With weeks of non-stop sunshine and daytime temperatures seldom falling below 20°C you'd think summer 2018 was Huddersfield's hottest ever summer .
It wasn't — but it came extremely close, missing the record by just 0.1°C.
Huddersfield's hottest summer on record was in 2006 when an average temperature of 16.8°C was recorded.
Summer 2018 placed joint second with an average temperature of 16.7°C — also recorded in 2003.
Examiner weatherman Paul Stevens , who provided the data, described the season as 'the remarkable unremarkable summer'.
Third hottest was 1995 with an average of 16.6°C, followed by 1933 (16.3°C) and 1976 (16.1°C).
While the temperatures themselves may not sound that high they take into account night temperatures which are significantly cooler.
He said: "There is no doubt it will be remembered but it wasn’t the hottest; it actually falls into joint second place with 2003...
"Nothing of the summer 2018 stands out to me apart from it started in May and seemed to go on without a break until August.
"What stands out more was the dryness. The lawns turned yellow and dry."
Paul added: "2018 will go down as the remarkable unremarkable summer but joint second warmest on record at 16.7°C against a local average of 14.7°C based against the Maurice Bower Oakes record, maintained by the Met Office."
