This is excellent. In fact July 1985 was a sultry month in the SE of England. We enjoyed a great deal of warm sunny weather and a couple of great storms. The heat peaked in the low 30s on the 25th of the month if memory serves me correctly.
This was after a warm spell in the SE with 29°C recorded in Southampton the previous day. The next week stayed anticyclonic (dominated by high pressure) & ended with a thundery spell too. The entire month was warm in the SE but dull & wet up north.
They got a tip off from the London Weather Centre 20 minutes before it hit which allowed them to get the covers on just before it started, hence the swift resumption once it had passed.
20 days after this we had a massive thunderstorm in Ireland on July 25th and 26th in most parts of the country the west of Ireland got very little of it
Yes i have read a story about this and there was a narrow tunnel that thousands of people went under when it rained and it very nearly killed many people in the crush that followed
"putting a roof over Centre Court, maybe this will spur on the conversation"... only took another 25 years ;D
This is excellent. In fact July 1985 was a sultry month in the SE of England. We enjoyed a great deal of warm sunny weather and a couple of great storms. The heat peaked in the low 30s on the 25th of the month if memory serves me correctly.
Great find. To think both men talking are dead now, Arthur Ash and Harry Carpenter
wow that's incredibly weird :o
Presumed drowned.
I remember this well - it absolutely pissed down!
I was there OMG
No jokes about it.
This was after a warm spell in the SE with 29°C recorded in Southampton the previous day. The next week stayed anticyclonic (dominated by high pressure) & ended with a thundery spell too. The entire month was warm in the SE but dull & wet up north.
This was just after I left to live in Massachusets ' was there for the next 5 years ' (May 85 I think)
I remember that day well. Less than half an hour after the rain stopped the players were back on court playing.
They got a tip off from the London Weather Centre 20 minutes before it hit which allowed them to get the covers on just before it started, hence the swift resumption once it had passed.
20 days after this we had a massive thunderstorm in Ireland on July 25th and 26th in most parts of the country the west of Ireland got very little of it
Well this beats the Cliff Richard rain delay hands down now-extraordinary scenes!
@Gromit9 - I agree this was 100 times worse than the infamous rain delay incident with Sir Cliff. Glad I found this.
Fantastic blast from the past. Good to see Arthur Ashe.
Live Aid started just 8 days after this imagine if this rain happened then!
And thankfully the sun shone on that day!
wow - amazing footage, much appreciated!! cant believe britain used to get storms like this... i swear we dont these days :D
They were more common in the SE when I grew up there during the Seventies and Eighties ' where I live now in North West Wales ' they are pretty rare.
HARRY CARPENTER, THE BEST BBC WEATHERMAN THE MET OFFICE NEVER HAD !
A week later was beautiful sunshine in London for Live Aid.
Wow, this is like an American storm.
Mcs thunderstorm, impressive gusts
I was 26 months ago.
its spitting its spitting its just a sunshower
Imaging if this was a thing now in tennis.
They should play in this. Earn their money.
You are joking not like rain like this!
@@flowerofthesouth I was joking. But it would be quite entertaining anyway wouldn't it :)
@@SpeccyHorace No wonder Cliff Richard sang at Wimbledon one year :D
It would be way too dangerous.
@@davidtownson1476So what. As much money as they get paid, they better get out there! 😂
Yes i have read a story about this and there was a narrow tunnel that thousands of people went under when it rained and it very nearly killed many people in the crush that followed
I was born the following day Saturday 6th July 1985 at 1.31pm British Summer Time.
John King Yeah?
Yes, I turn 32 tomorrow
26 days before dantrell davis was born 31st of july
I got caught in the rain🌧️just to stop me taking my waterproof trousers off
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Normal for uk lol