Weather in Beercrocombe
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Recording began in 1998 at map reference ST 323203 not far from the Village Green. The equipment consists of:
A louvred screen with a maximum thermometer, minimum thermometer and a wet and dry bulb whirling hygrometer for measuring humidity.
A Snowdon pattern rain gauge.
A barograph.
A sunshine recorder
An anemometer for continuous recording of wind speed and maximum gust speed given in m.p.h., knots and on the Beaufort scale. There is also continuous recording of wind direction.
In addition there is continuous logging of temperature, barometric pressure and rainfall at regular intervals. The latter is not as accurate as the manual rain gauge from which rainfall figures will continue to be listed.
Manual observations are made daily at 0900 hours and include estimates of cloud cover and visibility. Logged observations are fed into a computer and can be viewed on the screen or printed out for various time periods. An example is shown at the end.
For this year's weather see below.
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for weather in previous years.
Sunshine, temperatures and rainfall for 2009
Mean daily maximum and minimum temperatures are recorded and from these the monthly mean and the annual mean temperatures are obtained.
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Month |
Sunshine hours |
Mean Temperature °C |
Rain in mm |
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January |
76.0 |
3.3 |
84.2 |
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February |
74.1 |
4.6 |
69.5 |
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March |
195.2 |
7.0 |
32.6 |
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April |
196.3 |
9.0 |
36.4 |
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May |
217.8 |
11.7 |
28.2 |
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June |
199.6 |
15.0 |
54.5 |
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July |
157.7 |
15.6 |
93.8 |
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August |
153.0 |
15.6 |
36.3 |
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September |
180.5 |
14.3 |
19.5 |
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October |
112.0 |
11.0 |
81.8 |
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November |
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December |
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Snowfall
Early morning 2nd Feb about 50 mm of snow (2 ins)
Late 5th & morning of 6th Feb about 100-130 mm (4 or 5 ins)
Recent months
Details for September 2009
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Number of dry days |
24 |
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Number of wet days |
6 |
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Rainfall on wettest day |
11.8 mm |
1st / 2nd Sept |
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Max temp on warmest day |
24.0°C |
20th Sept |
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Min temp on coldest night |
5.0°C |
15/16 Sept |
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No of nights at or below 0 °C |
0 |
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Total rainfall |
19.5 mm |
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Total sunshine |
180.5 hrs |
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Sun on sunniest day |
12.00 hrs |
12th Sept |
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Greatest wind gust |
37 mph |
2nd / 3rd Sept |
This September has been dominated by a static high pressure system which accounted for the low rainfall [ only 19.5mm]. The one frontal system [999mb] brought rain on the 2nd and 3rd amounting to 92% of the total for September. Though very dry September 2003 was drier here with only6.8mm. The total of sunshine hours was high despite our having many days which were cloudy until late morning. The mean monthly temperature was normal for September.
Details for October 2009
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Number of dry days |
11 |
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Number of wet days |
20 |
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Rainfall on wettest day |
15.2 mm |
21st / 22nd Oct |
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Max temp on warmest day |
19.0°C |
24th Oct |
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Min temp on coldest night |
-1.5°C |
16th / 17th Oct |
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No of nights at or below 0 °C |
1 |
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Total rainfall |
81.8 mm |
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Total sunshine |
112.0 hr |
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Sun on sunniest day |
10.53 hr |
12th Oct |
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Greatest wind gust |
44 mph |
31st Oct |
Temperature values for this October were just a little cooler than in some recent Octobers but a pleasant 19°C was recorded on the 24th of the month.
Of the last twelve Octobers seven had rainfall over 100mm [167mm in 2002] and only one was very dry [32mm in 2007]. This October started with three mainly dry weeks except for heavy rain on the 7th as a cold front passed through. A period of high pressure followed until a sequence of fronts [20th - 23rd] brought 37mm of rain. A steep fall in pressure brought 12mm on the 31st October. Sunshine values were normal for October.
