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Weather review – August 2015

Sep 012015

August 2015 was an average and unspectacular month from a weather point of view. No major records were broken. The average temperature in the month was 15.6°C, with the high being 27.0°C at 16:06 on the 22nd, and the low being 6.7°C at 05:26 on the 16th. The high temperature of 27.0°C was the third highest temperature of 2015. Only the 27.2°C on June 30th and the 32.7°C on July 1st were better. The maximum dew point was 19.3°C at 19:36 on the 22nd, with the lowest dew point being 5.6°C at 06:26 on the 16th. The average dew point [Read more]

Weather review – July 2015

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Aug 012015

Due to software and hardware problems, the station software was changed from Weather Display for Windows to WeatherCat for Mac. This was a major change of systems and as a result, no data was recorded from July 10th until July 12th. As a result of the system change, some features are no longer available to the site, but there are many new and improved features. All of the old data is still available on the new site, although some features will look different The problems weren’t sufficient to lose data on the hottest day ever recorded here, neither did they [Read more]

Weather review – June 2015

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Jul 072015

June 2015 was sunnier, but cooler than average. Rainfall was well below average. On the 1st of June, the beginning of the meteorological Summer, the weather was very unseasonal. The maximum temperature was only 12.1°C, and the minimum was 4.3°C. There was 5.8 mm of rain and the highest wind gust was 31.1 mph. The June average temperature was 13.5°C, 0.4°C below the mean. The highest temperature recorded was 27.3°C at 16:51 on the 30th, with the lowest being 4.3°C at 05:38 on the 1st. This was the lowest temperature ever recorded here in June. The monthly mean temperature for [Read more]

Weather review- May 2015

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Jun 022015

May 2015 equalled the coldest May so far recorded here. The month was also the windiest May ever, with rainfall well above average. The average temperature for May was 10.2°C, equalling the coldest May record set in 2013. The mean temperature for May has now fallen to 11.0°C. This was the third below average month so far in 2015. The maximum temperature was 18.9°C on the 11th at 15:36, this beat the previous year high of 18.4°C set on April 10th by 0.5°C, but was the lowest monthly maximum temperature for May.. The minimum temperature was 1.6°C recorded on the [Read more]

Weather review – April 2015

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May 112015

April 2014 was much sunnier than average – the second sunniest month ever recorded here. Temperatures were slightly above average and rainfall was lower than normal. The average temperature for the month was 8.8°C, 0.1°C above the mean. The highest temperature was 18.4°C recorded at 16:54 on the 10th, with the lowest temperature being 0.2°C at 05:56 on the 27th. The average daily high temperature was 13.7°C, 0.5°C above the norm and the average low temperature was 4.4°C, 0.4°C below the norm. Sunshine hours were 149.3, well above the April average of 99.2, and second only to July 2014, when [Read more]

Weather review – March 2015

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Apr 022015

March 2015 was a wet and windy month with temperatures and sunshine hours slightly below average. The month was the windiest March ever here and the month’s rainfall total was only bettered in March 2010. The average temperature for the month was 5.7°C, 0.1°C below the mean. The highest temperature recorded was 15.2°C on the 7th at 16:02, with the lowest being -0.3°C on the 9th at 05:48. The average high temperature was 9.5°C, 0.2°C below normal, and the average low temperature was 2.5°C, 0.2°C above normal. The mean temperature for March is now 5.8°C. This was the second month [Read more]

An aurora, an eclipse and an equinox

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Mar 212015

This week has been an exciting week for astronomers and skywatchers in the East Midlands. Within the space of four days, we saw a display of the Aurora Borealis, normally reserved for higher latitudes, as far south as Derbyshire, and a partial solar eclipse with 90% coverage. March 20th was also the spring equinox, the day when the Sun crosses the equator and moves above the Northern Hemisphere. The action started earlier in the week when a geomagnetic storm on the surface of the Sun produced a massive solar flare which collided with the Earth’s atmosphere on the evening of March 17th. The [Read more]

Winter was drier, sunnier and warmer than usual

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Mar 082015

Winter was drier, sunnier and warmer than usual

The meteorological Winter ended on February 28th and records show that it was another mild season with below average rainfall. There were only three occasions when a significant snowfall was recorded, and the deepest recorded snow depth was only 9.0 centimetres. The average temperature for the season, which covers December, January and February, was 4.0°C, 0.3°C above the norm for this site. The highest temperature was 14.0°C and the lowest was -3.5°C. The average high temperature was 6.9°C, 0.6°C above the norm, and the average low temperature was 1.4°C, 0.1°C above the norm. Rainfall was only 98.0 millimetres, well below the average of [Read more]

Weather review – February 2015

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Mar 022015

February 2015 was cooler and sunnier than average. Rainfall and snowfall were both less than average and winds were lighter than normal. This was also the first month since August 2014 to record below average temperatures. The warmest day was reserved for the last day when the temperature reached 10.1°C at 13:00. The lowest temperature recorded was -3.5°C at 02:54 on the 2nd, the lowest since -3.7°C was recorded on March 14th 2013. The average temperature for the month was 3.5°C, 0.4°C lower than the mean for February. The average daily maximum was 6.3°C, 0.2°C below the mean, and the [Read more]

Weather review – January 2015

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Feb 022015

January 2015 was slightly warmer and sunnier than average. Rainfall was less than normal but the month was the windiest January ever recorded here. Mild temperatures heralded the start of 2015 with a temperature of 11.9°C on New Year’s Day, the highest ever recorded here. The highest ever January temperature was also set at 17:37 on the 9th when the thermometer reached 14.0°C. This beat the previous best of 13.3°C recorded at 16:31 on January 29th 2013. The minimum temperature in the month was -3.1°C at 06:50 on the 19th. The last time a lower temperature was recorded was March [Read more]

Dramatic temperature plunge heralds arrival of Arctic air

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Jan 292015

Dramatic temperature plunge heralds arrival of Arctic air

After six days of relatively mild conditions, a cold front swept down the country on the 28th bringing cold air from the Arctic across most of the country. Although widely predicted, the rapid drop in temperatures was surprising. The chart below plots temperature and dew point readings sent from the Bracken House weather station to Weather Underground, and shows the dramatic fall in temperatures between 09:30 and 10:00. Between 09:33 and 10:00, the temperature fell from 8.6°C to 3.7°C, a fall of 4.9°C in 27 minutes. As can be seen on the graph, even after the cold front passed, the temperature [Read more]

2014 – where did you go to?

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Jan 122015

They say time flies by as you get older, and for me, this was certainly true in 2014. No sooner had the buds burst out on the trees, than the leaves were falling and Winter was returning to this part of the United Kingdom. I suppose the main reason the year flew by was because I was kept busy most of the time. I don’t seem to get bored, although I do have many moments when I sit around and watch the World drift by. Not having to work does give me the luxury to enjoy these quiet moments, and [Read more]

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