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Table 7.1: Signiflcant (p = 0.05) correlations between seasonal mei:tn weathertype frequencies and mean temperature and total seasonal precipitation over
the "British Isles". The correlations are shown for both the manual Lamb
classiflcation (L) and the objective scheme (0) described here.
CENTRAL ENGLAND TEMPERATURE
Winter
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Type
L
0
L
0
L
0
L
0
A
-.28
-.27 +.20 +.26 +.66 +.60
C
-.34
-.36
-.46
-.47
W
+.70 +.67 +.30 +.24 -.29
+.32
N
-.54
-.46
-.45
-.48
-.40
-.34
-.70
-.61
E
-.64
-.65
-.27
-.21
S
+.29 +.26 +.32 +.31 +.22 +.21 +.46 +.47
NW
-.34
-.24
ENGLAND AND WALES PRECIPITATION
Winter
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Type
L
0
L
0
L
0
L
0
A
-.81
-.82
-.69
-.74
-.76
-.76
-.71
-.68
C
+.73 +.69 +.72 +.73 +.80 +.78 +.73 +.76
W
+.23
N
-.25
E
S
+.22 +.31
NW
-.27