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With Summer Over Bournemouth Welcomes Autumn and Winter
22nd Sep 2008
Forecasters warned yesterday that there is little chance of a real Indian summer, despite the glorious days guests staying at hotels in Bournemouth have had this weekend.
Rain is expected to return to many areas today, and though there is the possibility of a period of relatively dry weather after that, the days are not tipped to be either very sunny or warm.
A Met Office spokesman told the Daily Mail: Bournemouth hotel visitors see no signs of an Indian summer ahead, especially in the eastern part of the country which could see some rain this week. It will however be a bit sunnier in the West.’
He added: ‘It’s difficult to remember when we had such a nice weekend, it’s just been one of those summers.’
On the weekend, temperatures topped 21c (70f) in many parts of the UK.
Average September temperatures for England and Wales are around 18c (64f) or 19c (66f) – the sort of numbers predicted for the rest of this week.
Thousands headed to stay in Bournemouth hotels yesterday to make the most of the warm weather.
Angie Moss, 60, who was on her summer leisure break in Bournemouth: ‘It’s the summer we never had. There isn’t a cloud in the sky and there’s very little wind.
‘The beach looks great and the kids love it – and it’s cheap. I’ve seen some people in the water, and there are hundreds just walking up and down the promenade.’
A spokesman from the town’s beach office told the Daily Mail: ‘It’s lovely and there are plenty of people here. I think it’s busier than Saturday.’
Today’s September equinox heralds the start of autumn. The Met Office prediction for the season is average temperatures and below-average rainfall.
A glance at the weather statistics for summer shows that it has been anything but average. In fact, it has been one of the wettest and least sunny on record.
Britain has now had two miserable summers in a row and last year saw the worst floods in a generation.
Still, some optimists are willing to bet on a better result next year. William Hill is offering odds of 8-1 on there being a 100f (38c) heatwave next summer.
