Good Night, it's currently Dry and based on the last 12 hours weather trends we expect the weather to be clearing, cooler and windy.. At the moment we have overcastWeather: light rain skies with 3 mile(s) visibility.
Today we have 08:11 hours / mins of possible daylight compared to yesterday 08:09:00 (a change of 00:01:51 ) with the sun rising at 08:05 and setting at 16:16. Since the shortest day on 21st December our daylight has imcreased by 00:16 hours/mins. The moon rises today at 22:56 and is in the Waning Gibbous Moon phase, with the next full moon due at 22:10 UTC 1 February 2026.
Currently it's 3.5°C (which with the wind feels like -0.1°C and -0.3°C when you take into account the sun and humidity as well) and in the last hour has changed -2.0°C/last hr. Current humidity is 93% with a high today of 94% and a low of 92%. The maximum temperature today has been 5.7°C at 00:37 and the minimum 3.5°C at 02:28. Over the last week the maximum temperature has been 8.4°C and the minimum has been -9.4°C.
This day last year the maximum was 3.9 °C and the minimum was -4.4 °C. Our highest ever January temperature is 14.6°C which was in 2022 during day 9 , and our lowest ever January temperature is -9.4°C which was in 2026 during day 6.
The average temperature this month is 0.4C (compared to a 30 year average for the month of 4.5°C). The maximum has been 8.4C (on day 8) and the lowest -9.4° C (on day 6).
There have been 6 days this month where the temperature has gone below freezing (we would normally expect 11 days of frost in January) and 6 days in total this calendar year (we would normally expect 11 days of frost to the end of January). Since midnight today we have had 00:00 hours of frost. Going the other way there have been 0 days this month where the temperature has gone above 10°C and 0 days above 15°C
The highest temperature we have ever recorded is 37.3 °C which happened in month 8 on day 11 in 2020, and the lowest is -15.3 °C which happened in month 1 on day 7 in 2010.
In depth temperature records are available here
Current average windspeed is 9.4 mph (from a North north west direction). In the last hour the maximum gust has been 19.0 mph N at 02:26 and the maximum gust today has been 20.0 mph (5 on the Beaufort scale) at 01:12 from the NNW. The maximum gust this month has been 26.0 mph (on day 8). The average direction for the month has been West northwesterly.
The strongest gust we have ever recorded is 65.6 mph which happened in month 3 on day 28 in 2016.
So far today we have had 16.41 miles of windrun (yesterday 78.01miles) compared to our all time record of 335.1 miles on 9 2 2020.
In depth wind records are available here
Today there has been 0.2mm of rain (yesterday 11.5 mm), which gives 19.0mm for the month (compared to a 30 year average of 68.7mm). The most rain we have ever had in a month is 222.5mm, which was in January 2014.
The most rain we have ever had in a day is 56.9mm on the 15th September 2009, and the most we have ever had in an hour is 34.2mm which occurred between 4pm to 5pm on 17th August 2022.
So far this month we have had 5 days with rain (which means we've now had 4 days with rain this year) and it's been 0 days since it last rained (on 9/1/2026). The longest period we have had with no rain is 37days, which was in 2007 from 31st March to 6th May.
Over the last week we have had 18.6mm of rain and it's been raining now for 0minutes This year we have now had 19.0mm out of our normal annual rainfall of 691mm
In depth rain records are available here
Within 25miles of Crondall in the last hour we have detected 0 lightning strikes (0 strikes since midnight). This now gives us 0 strikes so far this month and 0 so far this year.
So far this winter we have had 0cm of snow, with snow falling on 1 days. There has been 0.0cm of snow today (yesterday 0cm) and the snow depth is currently 0cm. We estimate that snow will fall today at 467mtrs above sea level.
In depth snow records are available here
Current pressure is 980.0 mb and is Rising, with +6.6 mb in the last 3 hours and -16.0 mb in the last 12 hours. The highest pressure recorded since Feb 1996 is 1049.6mb in month 1, day 19 of 2020 and the lowest is 954.1mb in month 11, day 2 of 2023
In depth barometric pressure records are available here
The current dewpoint is 2.5°C and therefore clouds will be able to form from 703feet, but remember the Crondall weather station is at 280feet so deduct this in order to get the height above Crondall.
Today there are a possible 08:11 hours of sun and so far we have had 00:00 hours of sunshine (yesterday 00:29 hours). In January we would normally expect 53:12 hours:mins of sun and are up to 41:24 hours so far.
The current UV is 0.0 (which is Low and means normal skin will burn in 720 minutes) with a peak so far of 0.0 at 00:00. This compares to our maximum of 0.5 over the last week and our record high UV of 12.9 on 3 8 2021 , but remember we've only been measuring UV since 27th December 2020.
The max solar so far today is 0w/m2 (yesterday 79.0w/m2) and is currently 0w/m2. In terms of overall power generation, this year we have generated 6.6kwh/m2 (6.6kwh/m2 so far this month) out of a typical annual total of 1250kWh/m2.
In depth solar, sunshine and UV records are available here
The current Air Quality Index (AQI) level is 9.0 which is Good.
Under 50 is Good. 51 to 100 is Moderate. 101 to 150 is Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups. 151 to 200 is Unhealthy. 201 to 300 is Very Unhealthy and above 300 is Hazardous! These readings are taken from our Purple Air monitor and a full map and trend analysis can be seen here
The 2.5 micron particle measure is currently 2.2 which compares to 8.1 in the last 60 mins and 5.9 average for the last 24 hours (with a maximum of 44.9). The Davis Nowcast reading is 4.9 - this is based on a weighted average of the last 24 hours and gives a better indication of rapidly changing air quality.
In this context (based on 24hour average) Under 9 is Good; 9.1 to 35.4 is Moderate; 35.5 to 55.4 is Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups; 55.5 to 125.4 is Unhealthy; 125.5 to 225.4 is Very Unhealthy and above 225.5 is Hazardous!
The current Fire Weather Index (FWI) level is 0.0 which compares to 15.5 yesterday and therefore the danger of fire is seen as Low-Moderate. Under 11 is Low and above 50 is Extreme.