Piers Corbyn reminded us that Positive Weather Solutions forecast the summer of 2010 to be the hottest on record.
Central England Temperatures in June and July were above the 1659-2010 median, but May and August were below. No month in 2010 has come close to a record high.
January was almost as warm as the year 1672. February was almost as warm as 1744. March was almost as warm as 1730. April was almost as warm as 1706. May was almost as warm as 1725. June was almost as warm as 1724. July was almost as warm as 1699. August was almost as warm as 1744. And September was almost as warm as 1752.
Of course. all of the 2010 temperatures are artificially high due to UHI effects. The real 2010 numbers are somewhat cooler. England is almost as warm now as it was in the 17th and 18th centuries!