- The average number of days in a year which can be called ‘hottest day of the year so far’ is 20.0
- If we want to restrict the number of ‘noteworthy hottest days of the year so far’ to 3/year, we can restrict noteworthiness to days which are at least 20˚C and at least 1.6˚C hotter than the previous hottest day
- The places which set the most ‘hottest day of the year so far’ records are in the south east of England
Here is the full post by Eliot Fosong, via Sam Enright.