Intervals of bright or hazy sunshine and one or two cloudier periods.
Distant thunder in the evening.
Temps: Min: 8.7; Max: 17.2. Rain: Nil.
Saturday 30 April 2011
Friday 29 April 2011
Dry April
One month ago, March 2011 was set to become the driest month since my records began, seeing less rainfall than June 2009 with its 16.1 mm. With just two days to go, rain fell and June 09 held onto its title.
Now, April is also set to become the driest month since my records began. So far, 11.1 mm of rain has fallen this month, and there are just two days to go to set a new record! Let's see what happens this time!
Now, April is also set to become the driest month since my records began. So far, 11.1 mm of rain has fallen this month, and there are just two days to go to set a new record! Let's see what happens this time!
Thursday 28 April 2011
Wednesday 27 April 2011
Sunny until mid afternoon then mostly cloudy but still with some strands of sunshine.
Temps: Min: 9.7; Max: 17.1. Rain: Nil.
Temps: Min: 9.7; Max: 17.1. Rain: Nil.
Wednesday 27 April 2011
Tuesday 26 April 2011
Sunny in the morning. Mainly cloudy for a time during the first part of the afternoon, then sunny again later.
Temps: Min: 8.9; Max: 19.5. Rain: Nil.
Temps: Min: 8.9; Max: 19.5. Rain: Nil.
Tuesday 26 April 2011
Monday 25 April 2011
Sunny intervals. Mainly cloudy for a time during the late morning.
Sunny again in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 9.9; Max: 21.5. Rain: Nil.
*Just when many parts of the UK were cooling down, the absence of the SE breeze meant that the maximum temperature on Monday at this location was actually 4.8 degs C higher than on Sunday.
It was the first time in 2011 that the temperature exceeded 20 degs C. In 2010 this happened on April 26th, exactly 52 weeks ago!
It was also the warmest day since 11 September 2010.
Sunny again in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 9.9; Max: 21.5. Rain: Nil.
*Just when many parts of the UK were cooling down, the absence of the SE breeze meant that the maximum temperature on Monday at this location was actually 4.8 degs C higher than on Sunday.
It was the first time in 2011 that the temperature exceeded 20 degs C. In 2010 this happened on April 26th, exactly 52 weeks ago!
It was also the warmest day since 11 September 2010.
Monday 25 April 2011
Sunday 24 April 2011
Saturday 23 April 2011
Lengthening sunny intervals in the morning. Mostly sunny in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 11.8; Max: 17.3. Rain: Nil.
Temps: Min: 11.8; Max: 17.3. Rain: Nil.
Saturday 23 April 2011
Friday 22 April 2011
Sunny intervals in the morning. Cloudy in the afternoon with a little light rain.
Temps: Min: 12.2; Max: 18.7. Rain: 0.5 mm.
Temps: Min: 12.2; Max: 18.7. Rain: 0.5 mm.
Friday 22 April 2011
Thursday 21 April 2011
Mostly sunny.
Temps: Min: 9.5; Max: 19.2. Rain: Nil.
It was the warmest day since 11 October 2010.
Temps: Min: 9.5; Max: 19.2. Rain: Nil.
It was the warmest day since 11 October 2010.
Thursday 21 April 2011
Wednesday 20 April 2011
Mostly Sunny.
Temps: Min: 9.5; Max: 18.7. Rain: Nil.
It was the warmest day since 11 October 2010.
Temps: Min: 9.5; Max: 18.7. Rain: Nil.
It was the warmest day since 11 October 2010.
Wednesday 20 April 2011
Tuesday 19 April 2011
March 2011 Summary
In general, March 2011 was very dry, and after a mild February, it's night-time temperatures, though around average for March, were lower than those of the previous month.
Temperatures [Minimum]:
Night-time temperatures ranged from 0.3 degs C on the night of the 4th/5th, to 11.2 degs C on the night of the 30th/31st, giving an average of 5.96 degs C, which compares to a February minimum of 7.45 degs C.
This was not the first time the March minimum average has been below that of February however, as it also happened in both 2007 and 2008.
Six nights during March were colder than the minimum reached during February [3.1], although compared to other recent Marches, 2011 was only the third coldest of the last eight.
Conversely, the 11.2 recorded on the night of the 30th/31st was the second warmest March night at this location* - beaten only by 11.4 in 2010.
The temperature fell below 5 degs C 9 times during the month, the least number of occasions for March, but twice more than in February. Last March [2010] the minimum fell below 5 degs C 18 times!
Temperature [Maximum]:
Daytime temperatures ranged from 7.3 degs C on the 4th to 17.1 on the 30th, giving an average of 13.05.
Following the reverse trend against February found in the minimum figures, the 7.3 degs recorded was lower than any day during February, when 9.7 was the lowest. Four further days in March - [all in the first 6 days] - recorded lower temperatures than the February minimum.
After that time however, maxima recovered and the average of 13.05 was the 3rd highest of the last eight.
17.1 on the 30th made it the warmest day since 5 November 2010, and the warmest ever March day at this location*
Rainfall:
Probably the most significant feature of March 2011 was the lack of rainfall - with just 22.7 mm recorded for the whole month - making it the driest month since May 2010 [20.2mm] and the driest March of the last three - figures do not go back beyond 2009.
This compares to 101.3 mm in February 2011 and 90.8 in March 2010.
The wettest day was the 30th [also the warmest], with 9.0 mm, and a further 3.3 fell on the 31st**, so if it had not been for those last two days, March 2011 would have easily been the driest month ever recorded at this location.
In total there were 19 completely dry days - with no rain at all between the 1st and the 8th and the 19th and the 28th.
* Since 2004.
** Until 1400 only - however no more than 0.9 mm would have fallen between then and 2200 - the normal reading time.
Temperatures [Minimum]:
Night-time temperatures ranged from 0.3 degs C on the night of the 4th/5th, to 11.2 degs C on the night of the 30th/31st, giving an average of 5.96 degs C, which compares to a February minimum of 7.45 degs C.
This was not the first time the March minimum average has been below that of February however, as it also happened in both 2007 and 2008.
Six nights during March were colder than the minimum reached during February [3.1], although compared to other recent Marches, 2011 was only the third coldest of the last eight.
Conversely, the 11.2 recorded on the night of the 30th/31st was the second warmest March night at this location* - beaten only by 11.4 in 2010.
The temperature fell below 5 degs C 9 times during the month, the least number of occasions for March, but twice more than in February. Last March [2010] the minimum fell below 5 degs C 18 times!
Temperature [Maximum]:
Daytime temperatures ranged from 7.3 degs C on the 4th to 17.1 on the 30th, giving an average of 13.05.
Following the reverse trend against February found in the minimum figures, the 7.3 degs recorded was lower than any day during February, when 9.7 was the lowest. Four further days in March - [all in the first 6 days] - recorded lower temperatures than the February minimum.
After that time however, maxima recovered and the average of 13.05 was the 3rd highest of the last eight.
17.1 on the 30th made it the warmest day since 5 November 2010, and the warmest ever March day at this location*
Rainfall:
Probably the most significant feature of March 2011 was the lack of rainfall - with just 22.7 mm recorded for the whole month - making it the driest month since May 2010 [20.2mm] and the driest March of the last three - figures do not go back beyond 2009.
This compares to 101.3 mm in February 2011 and 90.8 in March 2010.
The wettest day was the 30th [also the warmest], with 9.0 mm, and a further 3.3 fell on the 31st**, so if it had not been for those last two days, March 2011 would have easily been the driest month ever recorded at this location.
In total there were 19 completely dry days - with no rain at all between the 1st and the 8th and the 19th and the 28th.
* Since 2004.
** Until 1400 only - however no more than 0.9 mm would have fallen between then and 2200 - the normal reading time.
Monday 18 April 2011
Sunday 17 April 2011
Saturday 16 April 2011
Sunny to start. Cloudy from late morning to late afternoon, although sunnier to the north. Clear in the evening.
Temps: Min: 6.3; Max: 16.7. Rain: Nil.
Temps: Min: 6.3; Max: 16.7. Rain: Nil.
Friday 15 April 2011
Mostly cloudy. Drizzle late afternoon. A few gaps in the clouds in the evening.
Temps: Min: 9.6; Max: 14.6. Rain: Trace.
Temps: Min: 9.6; Max: 14.6. Rain: Trace.
Friday 15 April 2011
Thursday 14 April 2011
Mostly cloudy and dull. Drizzle in the evening.
Temps: Min: 9.3; Max: 15.7. Rain: Trace.
Temps: Min: 9.3; Max: 15.7. Rain: Trace.
Thursday 14 April 2011
Wednesday 13 April 2011
Mostly cloudy. A dry morning but rain/drizzle/showers in the afternoon and evening.
Temps: Min: 7.7; Max: 13.7. Rain: 3.5 mm.
Temps: Min: 7.7; Max: 13.7. Rain: 3.5 mm.
Wednesday 13 April 2011
Tuesday 12 April 2011
Monday 11 April 2011
Mostly cloudy in the morning. Mainly sunny in the afternoon and evening.
Temps: Min: 9.8; Max: 16.0. Rain: Nil.
Temps: Min: 9.8; Max: 16.0. Rain: Nil.
Monday 11 April 2011
Sunday 10 April 2011
Saturday 9 April 2011
Bright with cirrostratus clouds and some sunny intervals.
Temps: Min: 9.6; Max: 15.9. Rain: Nil.
Temps: Min: 9.6; Max: 15.9. Rain: Nil.
Saturday 9 April 2011
Friday 8 April 2011
Thursday 7 April 2011
Misty, hazy to start, then sunny.
Temps: Min: 7.6; Max: 18.3. Rain: Nil.
*It was the warmest day since 11 October 2010.
Temps: Min: 7.6; Max: 18.3. Rain: Nil.
*It was the warmest day since 11 October 2010.
Thursday 7 April 2011
Wednesday 6 April 2011
Tuesday 5 April 2011
Rain overnight and in the morning. Overcast and dull but some breaks in the cloud in the evening.
Temps: Min: 10.3; Max: 14.8. Rain: 6.2 mm.
Temps: Min: 10.3; Max: 14.8. Rain: 6.2 mm.
Tuesday 5 April 2011
Sunday 3 April 2011
Update
Update figures for the period Thursday 31 March 2011 [1400] to Sunday 3 April 2011 [2200]:
Temps: Min: 8.0; Max: 17.2. Rain: 0.9 mm.
Temps: Min: 8.0; Max: 17.2. Rain: 0.9 mm.
Thursday 31 March 2011
[Until 1400 only]:
Some rain overnight, then cloudy and rather damp with a few drizzly showers in the morning.
Temps: Min: 11.2; Max: 14.5. Rain: 3.3 mm.
*It was the mildest night since 16th January.
Some rain overnight, then cloudy and rather damp with a few drizzly showers in the morning.
Temps: Min: 11.2; Max: 14.5. Rain: 3.3 mm.
*It was the mildest night since 16th January.
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