LONG TERM WEATHER
AVERAGES AND RECORDS
It's all too easy to think a particular day, week or even month is abnormal.
The
Met Office has the
following data for the period 1971 to 2000 available for Wisley so it will be
fairly representative of Crondall.
|
|
Max Temp |
Min Temp |
Days of
Air Frost |
Sunshine |
Rainfall |
Days of
Rainfall
>= 1mm |
|
Month |
[deg C] |
[deg C] |
[days] |
[hours] |
[mm] |
[days] |
|
Jan |
7.6
|
1.8
|
9.5
|
52.1
|
62.5
|
11.6
|
|
Feb |
8.0
|
1.5
|
9.6
|
70.6
|
40.6
|
8.6
|
|
Mar |
10.7
|
3.0
|
6.3
|
107.6
|
47.7
|
9.6
|
|
Apr |
13.3
|
4.0
|
3.9
|
152.4
|
47.6
|
9.0
|
|
May |
17.2
|
6.8
|
0.9
|
194.4
|
51.1
|
9.3
|
|
Jun |
19.9
|
9.7
|
0.0
|
188.1
|
51.6
|
8.3
|
|
Jul |
22.5
|
12.0
|
0.0
|
203.7
|
39.6
|
6.3
|
|
Aug |
22.3
|
11.6
|
0.0
|
200.6
|
49.4
|
7.2
|
|
Sep |
19.1
|
9.5
|
0.0
|
143.4
|
61.2
|
9.1
|
|
Oct |
15.0
|
6.8
|
2.2
|
112.8
|
71.2
|
10.0
|
|
Nov |
10.6
|
3.8
|
6.6
|
66.6
|
60.3
|
10.0
|
|
Dec |
8.4
|
2.7
|
8.4
|
42.5
|
64.5
|
11.2
|
|
Year |
14.6
|
6.1
|
47.4
|
1534.7
|
647.1
|
110.2
|
So maybe it's not so different after all !
But on the other hand let's not lose sight of the extreme weather records that
the UK has experienced, courtesy of the Met Office
|
TEMPERATURE RECORDS |
|
Highest |
38.5 °C |
Brogdale near
Faversham (Kent), 10 August 2003 |
|
Lowest |
-27.2 °C |
Braemar, Grampian,
10 January 1982 & 11 February 1895
Altnaharra, Highland, 30 December 1995 |
|
RAINFALL RECORDS |
|
Highest 24-hour
total |
279 mm |
Martinstown, near
Dorchester, Dorset, 18 July 1955 |
|
Highest 5-min total |
*32 mm |
Preston,
Lancashire, 10 August 1893 |
|
Highest 30-min
total |
80 mm |
Eskdalemuir,
Dumfries and Galloway, 26 June 1953 |
|
Highest 60-min
total |
92 mm |
Maidenhead,
Berkshire, 12 July 1901 |
|
Highest 90-min
total |
117 mm |
Dunsop Valley,
Lancashire, 8 August 1967 |
|
Highest 120-min
total |
193 mm |
Walsaw Dean Lodge,
West Yorkshire, 19 May 1989 |
|
Highest 180-min
total |
178 mm |
Horncastle,
Lincolnshire, 7 October 1960 |
|
HIGHEST GUST RECORDS |
|
Low-level site |
142 mph |
Fraserburgh,
Aberdeenshire, 13 February 1989 |
|
High-level site |
173 mph |
Cairngorm (1,245 m
AMSL), 20 March 1986 |
|
SUNSHINE RECORDS |
|
Highest monthly
total |
384 hours |
Eastbourne and
Hastings, Sussex, July 1911 |
|
Lowest monthly
total |
0 hours |
Westminster,
Greater London, December 1890 |
