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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reposted from the late Philip Eden\u2019s website, originally published in 2009:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coronation Weather, 1953<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Worst June weather of the century?
by Philip Eden<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

A very large woman wreathed in smiles and a rather small austere-looking man rode down the Mall in an open carriage. The Queen of Tonga\u2019s happy mien contrasted strongly with the lowering weather, and this particular image has proved to be one of the most enduring memories of our own Queen\u2019s coronation day \u2013 56 years ago this month.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weatherwise, 2 June 1953 was an atrocious day in the middle of a lengthy spell of atrocious weather. May that year had been a superb month with weeks of warm sunshine interspersed with occasional thundery downpours. Eight days before Coronation Day, on the Whit Monday holiday, the temperature soared to 31.7\u00b0C in London and Surrey but there was a sudden and complete change in the weather the following day.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A cold front brought thunder-showers and a sharp drop in temperature on May 26, and from then until the middle of June the British Isles lay between high pressure over the Atlantic, usually located somewhere between Ireland and Iceland, and low pressure over the near-continent. As a result the country lay under a very cool and moist northerly airflow throughout this period. June 2 itself was a miserable, November-like day in London as far as the weather was concerned, with dull skies, a chill wind and sporadic outbreaks of rain during the morning, although it dried out gradually later on. The afternoon temperature climbed no higher than 12\u00b0C \u2013 several degrees lower than the Queen\u2019s wedding day in November six years before.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It could have been worse \u2013 other parts of England had torrential downpours that day and there were floods in Northumberland after 70mm of rain fell in short order. And the following day was even colder; the maximum on 3rd June in London was 11\u00b0C, in Birmingham it was just 8\u00b0C, and at Aberdeen only 7\u00b0C.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

None of the 20th century\u2019s coronation days had been blessed with really good weather. George VI\u2019s, on May 12, 1937, was similarly cool and cloudy with rain during the first part of the morning and again in the evening; George V\u2019s, on June 22, 1911, was a disappointingly cloudy day with a chilly breeze although the rain held off; and Edward VII\u2019s, on August 9, 1902, was similarly cool and cloudy but dry with just a few fleeting flickers of sunlight.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recalling the pictures of that procession down the Mall, I am also reminded of No\u00ebl Coward\u2019s response when asked who Queen Sarote of Tonga\u2019s companion was. “Her lunch”, he said.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.weatheronline.co.uk\/reports\/philip-eden\/Coronation-Weather.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Queen of Tonga\u2019s happy mien contrasted strongly with the lowering weather, and this particular image has proved to be one of the most enduring memories of our own Queen\u2019s coronation day \u2013 56 years ago this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":256542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691819402,691819401],"class_list":{"0":"post-256540","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-coronation-day","9":"tag-june-1953","11":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/02.71899085.webp?fit=1280%2C853&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-14JK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":278705,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=278705","url_meta":{"origin":256540,"position":0},"title":"1953 Floods And\u00a0Drought","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"09\/14\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"On the night of 31 January 1953, a wall of water surged from the North Sea, over-topping sea defences and leaving a trail of death and destruction in its wake.","rel":"","context":"In \"1953 Major floods USA\"","block_context":{"text":"1953 Major floods USA","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=1953-major-floods-usa"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0c57652c1132aa5a2c565e776549488ec.jpg?fit=1024%2C737&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0c57652c1132aa5a2c565e776549488ec.jpg?fit=1024%2C737&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0c57652c1132aa5a2c565e776549488ec.jpg?fit=1024%2C737&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0c57652c1132aa5a2c565e776549488ec.jpg?fit=1024%2C737&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":256897,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=256897","url_meta":{"origin":256540,"position":1},"title":"The coming of the \u201cGreen\u201d King","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"05\/11\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Skyrocketing energy prices. 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