[Ian Williams]

OK due to summer max challenge commitments, I wasn`t going to do a Andulucia v Attica thread this year so here is a small battle between Elefsina and Sevilla which has been in the past a very close battle in the past

At the moment it stands at 1 each in August 2010 first image posted below Elefsina won on the smallest of margins, last year which saw a 4 month battle (second image posted below) Seville manged to just pip Elefsina, so here we are 2012 for August whose going to nail it? 3rd image is this years. Let the battle commence!

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[Mesogeiakos]

Is it a mean monthly temp battle Ian?

[Ian Williams]

Mesogeiakos, on 03 August 2012 - 19:57, said:

Is it a mean monthly temp battle Ian?

Yes Pit as in previous ones, but with just these two which in the past have been evenly matched

[Mesogeiakos]

Also Ian its a pity you didnt do a mean monthly temps trial for the whole of summer at least for Greece.Heat will catch up again in the next few days in Greece and given an extremely hot June and July I believe that the summer of 2012 will probably be the warmest Greek summer ever in terms of mean monthly temps.It will be long before any stations outside Greece will manage to beat the probable records we are to see.

Just to say that Thiseio in Athens had a June simple mean of 28.5C and I am expecting a record simple mean for July close to 31.5C and if August continues in the same path we are talking obviously about the warmest summer ever in Greece and Europe actually...

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[Ian Williams]

Mesogeiakos, on 03 August 2012 - 20:07, said:

Also Ian its a pity you didnt do a mean monthly temps trial for the whole of summer at least for Greece.Heat will catch up again in the next few days in Greece and given an extremely hot June and July I believe that the summer of 2012 will probably be the warmest Greek summer ever in terms of mean monthly temps.It will be long before any stations outside Greece will manage to beat the probable records we are to see.

Just to say that Thiseio in Athens had a June simple mean of 28.5C and I am expecting a record simple mean for July close to 31.5C and if August continues in the same path we are talking obviously about the warmest summer ever in Greece and Europe actually...

Yes well unfortunately the summer max challenge, the daily extremes in Europe alone can take up to 2 or 3 hours of my day, then i have the UK annual challenge which i keep falling behind on, least that finishes at the end of this month. I am considering an autumn heat thread but for holiday destinations so perhaps mainly resorts really, this could help a few people decided that are either on a budget or prefer it less hot, or hot when choosing to go abroad in the autumn. For once the hottest doesnt have to be the best for some people, not sure whether to use just max temps or mean max/min temps or whether to go with it at all yet. Thoughts?

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[Ian Williams]

If i am to do this it would probably be from 15th September to 15th November and the more i think about it, especially through ease is to just use the maximum temperatures and in a similar format to the summer one, with say 6 resorts from France,Spain,Portugal, Greece and Italy and some wildcards, maybe even throw in a reort from Cyprus and Turkey and what i would like to do is spread them around a bit so they are not all concentrated around the same area of each country. Variety is the spice and all that!

[Mesogeiakos]

Yiah its a good idea Ian to have some variety

[Ian Williams]

Mesogeiakos, on 03 August 2012 - 21:28, said:

Yiah its a good idea Ian to have some variety

lol OK Pit well nearer the time i will start a prep thread to get some ideas but at first glance for Greece i am looking at surprise surprise Ierapetra, Palaiohora, hehe, then Corfu, Zakinthos, Rhodes and Kos

[Mesogeiakos]

Love your choices for Greece Ian!

[Ian Williams]

Despite Sevilles high maxes, Elefsina takes an even bigger lead due to it high minimums and gets a further 0.2C in front

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[Ian Williams]

Seville gained a tadge on Elefsina yesterday, that said i had to use the hourly max with there as no maximum was given by HNMS

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[Mesogeiakos]

37C was the maximum by the HNMS maps for Elefsina for the 4th Ian

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[Ian Williams]

Mesogeiakos, on 06 August 2012 - 05:08, said:

37C was the maximum by the HNMS maps for Elefsina for the 4th Ian

OK Thanks Pit I was using the wetter24, where the true readings are every 3 hours and inbetween they are guessed, i.e rounded up or down

http://www.wetter24....bsid/16718.html

I shall alter it to 37C when i get home from work tonight, cheers mate, thanks for your pm, have not had a chance to reply, been a manic day yesterday lol

[Ian Williams]

Elefsina continues to increase its lead over Seville

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[Ian Williams]

Well as it stands after 8 days you would never think these two cities were so close in summers past. Elefsina is wiping the floor with Sevilla at the moment!

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[Mesogeiakos]

Elefsina actually had an amazing daily mean of 35C for the 8th!!

[Ian Williams]

Is Seville going to make a come back?

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[Ian Williams]

Well the recent hot spell in Andalucia is helping Seville fight back but they have a hell of alot to do, especially Elefsinas high minimums helping their mean temperature

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[Ian Williams]

The gap narrows!

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[Ian Williams]

Both Elefsina and Seville see big drops

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