RAF Finningley 1961-90 Averages

 

 

 

RAF Finningley was on the site of what is now Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield International Airport.  It is situated approximately 8km south-east of my station.  The following are the Met Office data from that site for the purposes of comparison with my own data.

 

 

Month

Max temp

( deg C )

Min temp

( deg C )

Days of airfrost (days)

Sunshine

( hours )

Rainfall

( mm )

Raindays >=1mm (days)

January

6.5

0.7

11.9

53.4

45

9.9

February

6.7

0.6

11.9

64.9

36

7.4

March

9.5

2.0

7.7

102.0

44

9.1

April

12.1

3.8

3.0

132.5

47

8.9

May

15.9

6.4

0.6

183.2

51

9.3

June

19.2

9.4

0.0

185.1

54

8.7

July

21.0

11.3

0.0

171.4

49

7.6

August

20.8

11.2

0.0

165.6

55

8.9

September

18.2

9.3

0.1

129.4

50

7.6

October

14.4

6.6

0.9

95.5

44

8.6

November

9.5

3.1

6.3

64.4

51

9.8

December

7.2

1.4

10.4

46.0

50

10.0

Year

13.4

5.4

52.8

1393.4

576

105.8