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Weather review – August 2014

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August 2014 started off warm with temperatures topping 20°C for the first nine days of the month. A high temperature of only 17.6°C on the 10th, ended a run of 25 successive days of above 20°C maximums. The arrival on these shores of ex-hurricane Bertha then signalled lower temperatures with record August high wind speeds. Rainfall was slightly below average for the month. The maximum temperature in the month was only 22.9°C on the 8th at 13:39, this was the lowest maximum temperature so far in August. The average daily high temperature was also a record low of just 18.7°C. [Read more]

Weather review – July 2014

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July 2014 was the sunniest so far recorded at Bracken House, though it wasn’t as warm as July 2013. Rainfall in the month was well below average. The maximum temperature in the month was 27.6°C on the 26th at 15:49. This was a yearly high after a previous yearly high of 25.9°C was recorded on four separate days earlier in the month. The minimum temperature was 9.0°C recorded on the 7th at 05:23, and the average for the month was 17.5°C, 1.1°C higher than the monthly mean. This was the 8th successive month when above average monthly temperatures were recorded, [Read more]

Weather review – June 2014

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June 2014 was an average month with no record-breaking weather. The month was warmer and drier than average with very light winds. The maximum temperature for the month was 23.6°C, the highest of 2014 so far, recorded on the 23rd at 16:04, and the minimum temperature was 6.0°C on the 6th at 04:54. The monthly average was 14.8°C, 0.8°C higher than normal, with the average high being 19.2°C and the average low 10.5°C. The average dew-point was 11.4°C and the maximum heat index was 25.2°C at 19:25 on the 20th. There were 105.7 sunshine hours in the month, slightly lower [Read more]

Weather review – May 2014

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May 2014 was milder and wetter than average with lighter winds than normal. The average temperature for the month was 11.8°C, 0.8°C above the normal. The maximum temperature was 22.7°C recorded at 14:18 on the 19th. The minimum temperature was 0.6°C recorded at 04:35 on the 3rd. The warmest spell was between the 15th and the 19th when the yearly record temperature was broken every day. The highest dew point of the year was recorded on the 19th at 14.6°C, with the average dewpoint being 8.7°C. The average high temperature for the month was 15.8°C, 0.4°C higher than normal. The [Read more]

Weather review – April 2014

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April 2014 was an average month all round. Temperatures were slightly higher than normal, rainfall was slightly below normal, and winds were lighter than average. No station records were broken in the month. The average temperature in the month was 9.6°C, 0.9°C above the average for the month. The average high temperature was 13.9°C, with the average low temperature being 6.3°C. There were no frosts recorded in the month. The highest temperature recorded was 18.4°C at 14:30 on the 21st. This was the highest temperature so far in 2014, beating the previous high of 17.2°C set on March 9th by [Read more]

Weather review – March 2014

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March 2014 was a fairly unremarkable month with temperatures slightly above normal. The month was also wetter and sunnier than average with wind speeds also above average. The average temperature in the month was 6.9°C, 0.9°C above the March average. The average high temperature was 11.4°C, compared to the average of 9.7°C and the average low temperature was 3.5°C, 1.2°C higher than average. The mean for the month is now 5.8°C. The maximum temperature was 17.2°C on the 9th at 15:23, and the minimum temperature was -1.8°C on the 24th at 07:23. There were only two frost days recorded. There [Read more]

Weather review – February 2014

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The wet and mild Winter weather continued into February, which was the windiest ever recorded, with temperatures and rainfall both well above average. There was an almost continual run of Atlantic low pressure systems, including the deepest low ever to pass over Bracken House. The average temperature in the month was 5.5°C, 1.5°C higher than the February mean, but 0.5°C lower than 2011’s record. The maximum temperature was 11.3°C on the 23rd at 15:11, with the lowest temperature being -0.3°C on the 10th at 05:36, the only time the thermometer dropped below zero in the month. This was only the [Read more]

Weather review – January 2014

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Weatherwise, January 2014 was a remarkable month with several records falling, and precipitation being recorded on every day of the month. It was the mildest, wettest and windiest January recorded so far at Bracken House. The incessant rain was the main feature of the month with a total of 90.4 millimetres being recorded. This was 46.7 millimetres more than the January average of 43.7 millimetres. For the first time, precipitation, a combination of rain, snow melt, frost melt and fog, was recorded every day, with the wettest day being the 31st, when 9.6 millimetres was recorded. Evapotranspiration for the month [Read more]

Weather review – December 2013

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December was a remarkable month in which, for the first time, the temperature never dropped below 0°C. Apart from being extremely mild, it was a very windy month, with the highest gust speed record broken, while rainfall was well down on the average. A new barometric pressure low was also set in the month. The average temperature in the month was 5.8°C, compared to the mean of 3.6°C. The highest temperature was 12.8°C recorded on the 16th at 06:39, with the lowest being 0.0°C at 00:20 on the 20th. This was the highest minimum temperature and the highest average temperature [Read more]

2013 – the highs and lows

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The first half of 2013 was cold and wet, with snow into April. The second half of the year saw a big improvement in the weather, with long sunny spells and below average rainfall. Here are the yearly records … Temperature Highest temperature: 29.9°C (1st August) * Lowest temperature: -6.3°C (16th January) Highest heat index: 32.2°C (1st August) * Lowest wind chill: -9.9°C (11th March) Warmest day (06:00-18:00): 25.3°C (13th July) Warmest night (18:00-06:00): 19.8°C (13th July) Coldest day (06:00-18:00): -4.3°C (16th January) Coldest night (18:00-06:00): -4.3°C (17th January) Wind Maximum wind gust: 48.3 mph (5th December) * Highest average [Read more]

Weather review – November 2013

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November 2013 was colder, drier and less windy than average, in fact the month was the least windy November recorded here. The average temperature in the month was only 5.7°C, compared to the mean for November of 6.6°C. Only November 2010 was colder with an average temperature of 4.8°C. The maximum temperature was 12.2°C recorded on the 11th at 19:04, and the minimum temperature was -2.3°C recorded on the 19th at 21:46. The first ground frost of the Autumn was recorded at 07:08 on the 4th, and the first air frost occurred on the 19th when -2.3°C was recorded at [Read more]

Weather review – September 2013

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September 2013 was the driest, and least windy September ever recorded at Bracken House, although the temperature was slightly below average. The maximum temperature recorded was 25.3°C on the 4th at 16:25, with the minimum temperature being 5.1°C on the 15th at 04:48. The average temperature for the month was 12.9°C, 0.4°C below the mean. The average daily maximum temperature for the month was 17.2°C, with the average daily minimum temperature being 9.4°C. The average dew-point for September was 10.4°C, with the maximum being 16.9°C on the 3rd at 10:28, and the minimum being 3.9°C on the 16th at 05:58. [Read more]

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