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 Weather in earlier years

Temperatures

Mean monthly maximum and minimum temperatures are calculated and from these the monthly mean and the annual mean temperatures are obtained.

Summer

Highest temp reached in ºC

1998

10 & 27 Aug

29.5

1999

30 Jul

29.5

2000

18 Jun

28.0

2001

29 Jul

30.2

2002

28 & 29 Jul

26.5

2003

7 & 8 Aug

32.0

2004

6 Sep

30.0

2005

13 July

30.0

2006

 16 July 

31.2

2007

Mid June

27.5

2008

27 July

27.5

2009

1 July 

29.0 

2010

9 July

28.0

 

Winter

 

Coldest daytime temp 

(ie. Lowest maximum ) in ºC

 

Coldest night time temp in ºC

1998-1999

   3.0

2 Dec & 8 Feb

- 7.0

5 / 6 Dec

1999-2000

   2.0

19 Dec

- 10.0

26 / 27 Jan

2000-2001

   1.0

16 Jan

- 9.0

1 / 2 & 4 / 5 Mar

2001-2002

   3.5

16 & 31 Dec

-11.2

31 Dec / 1 Jan

2002-2003

   0.7

7 Jan

- 10.0

10 / 11 Jan

2003-2004

   3.0

20 Feb

 - 9.5

29 / 30 Jan

2004-2005

   3.0

19 Dec & 25 Feb

- 8.0

26 / 27 Feb

2005-2006

   1.0

28 Dec

- 9.5

28 / 29 Dec

2006-2007

 - 0.2

20 Dec

- 6.5 

2 / 3 Nov 

2007-2008

   2.0

20 Dec

- 9.0

16 / 17 Feb

2008-2009

 - 2.5

3 Jan

- 9.0

4 / 5 Jan

2009-2010

 - 5.0

18 Dec

-16.0

25 / 26 Dec

 

    

Month

     MONTHLY MEAN TEMPERATURES in ºC

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

Jan

NA

6.5

4.9

4.2

7.0

6.9

6.2

 6.75

4.1 

7.7

  6.1

 3.3

Feb

NA

5.5

6.9

5.5

7.6

4.4

5.4

 4.7 

3.9 

6.4

   4.5 

 4.6 

Mar

NA

7.1

7.8

6.2

7.9

7.1

6.4

 7.8 

6.1 

7.6

   6.3 

 7.0 

Apr

NA

9.5

7.7

8.4

9.0

8.8

9.1

  9.2  

9.4

11.1

   7.5 

 9.0 

May

13.7

12.7

12.3

12.4

11.7

11.6

12.3

 11.5 

12.8    

12.1

13.1

11.7 

Jun

14.6

13.9

14.8

14.5

14.7

15.35

16.0

 15.9 

15.9    

NA

 13.6 

15.0 

Jul

15.8

16.5

16.1

16.7

15.3

17.0

16.0

 17.3 

18.1   

15.0

15.4 

15.6 

Aug

15.2

18.4

16.3

16.6

16.4

17.2 es

17.9

16.7

17.2   

15.2

15.7 

15.6 

Sep

14.7

15.1

14.9

14.6

13.2

13.9

15.3

14.8

16.0   

12.9

13.1 

14.3

Oct

11.1

10.5

10.5

14.2

10.3

8.6

11.0

 12.9 

12.5 

10.5

   9.1 

 11.0 

Nov

6.7

7.9

7.5

 7.5

9.4

8.4

8.2

  6.5

8.4 

6.8

  7.3

  8.8 

Dec

6.1

6.2

6.4

 4.9

6.7

5.9

5.6

  4.8

6.6 

4.7

   3.4 

 2.8

Mean annual temp

NA

10.8

10.5

10.5

10.8

10.4 

10.8

10.7

10.9  

10.4 est

   9.6 

 

9.9 

    

Month

     MONTHLY MEAN TEMPERATURES in ºC

2010

2011 

2012 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jan

1.6

  3.8 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feb

4.1

  7.7 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

   

Mar

6.0

  6.9 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

  

Apr

8.4

10.4 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May

10.6

11.7 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jun

14.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Jul

16.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

    

 

 

 

Aug

15.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Sep

13.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oct

9.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nov

5.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

Dec

0.2

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mean annual temp

8.8

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

Hours of sunshine

 

    

Month  

TOTAL HOURS OF SUNSHINE IN THE MONTH

2002

2003

2004 

2005 

2006 

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Jan

NA

109 

  81

 89

 81

   53 

   69

  76

80

  56 

 Feb

NA

 82 

  95

 82

 80

  78

 143

   74 

58

  71 

Mar

NA

171 

109

111

94

 157  

 134

195

134

151 

Apr

165

190 

 145 

147 

160

154 

 175

196

278

246 

May

170

165 

 212 

175 

153 

162 

  202 

 218 

208

198 

Jun

179

 191  

223

   196    

253 

98

 228

 200 

278

 

Jul

 148 

138 

 155 

189 

283 

 137

  179 

158

207

 

Aug

 179 

159 

 175 

257 

161 

 203

 101

 153 

172

 

Sep

164

157 

177

179 

167

 134

  130 

 181 

171

 

Oct

  94 

130 

110

123 

   63+ 

   81+

  135 

112

116

 

Nov

 64

 86

   77 

123 

 96

 107

   71

  67

90

 

Dec

 51

 59

  71

   80 

 49

72 

   98

   82 

50

 

Annual

Total

1214 +? 

1635 

1629 

1750 

  1641+

 1435+

 1666

1712 

1772

 

 

Sunniest Days

2002

1st June

 15.11 hrs

2003

20th June

 16.01 hrs

2004

15th June

 15.94 hrs

2005

8th June

 15.35 hrs

2006

14th July

 15.94 hrs

2007

? June

 14.58 hrs

2008

9th June 

 15.76 hrs

2009

2nd June

 15.79 hrs

2010

24 June

 16.25 hrs

 

Snowfall

Winter

Depth in cm

Date

1998-1999

Light cover

14 / 15 Apr

1999-2000

No snow cover this winter

 

2000-2001

 

Light cover

2.5

 

24 / 25 Feb

4 / 5 Mar

2001-2002

Light cover

Early hours of 29 Dec

2002-2003

1.5

Some snow fell

10 Dec

8 Jan

2003-2004

Light cover

28 Jan

2004-2005

 

Light cover

Odd dustings

 

17 / 18 and 25 / 26 Dec

20 / 21 Feb & rest of month

2005-2006

1.5

25 Nov

2006-2007

Nil

-

2007-2008

Nil

-

2008-2009

5

10 - 13 

1 / 2 Feb

5 / 6 Feb

2009-2010

 

5

3 (Wet snow)

 

5 / 6 Jan

12 / 13 Jan

2010-2011

 

6.5

7

 

17 / 18 Dec

20 / 21 Dec

 

Frosts

 

Date of first Autumn air frost 

 

Frost depends very much on local conditions - aspect, slope, altitude - and a light ground frost may not do any real damage to susceptible plants.  Residents who have lived here some time will usually know the dates for their own gardens.

1998

17th Oct

-2.0ºC

1999

4th Oct

-0.5ºC

2000

29th Oct

 0.0ºC

2001

5th Nov

-1.6ºC

2002

17th Oct

-1.0ºC

2003

23rd Sep

-2.0ºC

2004

13th Nov

-1.0ºC

2005

13th Nov

-2.5ºC

2006

1st Nov

-5.0ºC

2007

17th Oct

-0.7 ºC

2008

11th/12th Oct

-0.0ºC

2009

16th/17th Oct

-1.5ºC

2010

15th/16th Oct

-2.5 °C

 

Date of last Spring air frost 

1998

NA

 

1999

18th Apr

-3.5ºC

2000

20th Apr

-0.1ºC

2001

30th May

-0.9ºC

2002

26th May

-0.5ºC

2003

14th May

-1.5ºC

2004

23rd May

-0.7ºC

2005

17th May

-1.0ºC

2006

1st May

-1.0ºC

2007

4th May

-0.2 ºC

2008

16th Apr

-2.0 ºC 

2009

27th Apr

-2.5 ºC

2010

11th May

-2.5ºC

 

Rainfall

 

 Month

     MONTHLY RAINFALL in mm

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

Jan

   66

106.5

  21.1

101.1

 96.9

 71.1

122.1

  46.7 

20.7

    66.5 

107.0 

 84.2

Feb

    5

 22.3

  73.5

  60.1

 79.8

39.8

  47.0

  15.7 

 54.6

 104.5

 24.2

  69.5 

Mar

53.8

 42.4

  28.7

122.6

 64.8

30.2

  50.8

 57.0

 57.0

  73.4

104.0 

 32.6 

Apr

110.4

 83.9

161.9

  54.8

 41.0

29.0

  74.8

 67.1

 10.6

     6.6

  60.8 

 36.4 

May

  34.2

 36.4

  69.6

  26.1

116.8

 30.4 

  47.1

  45.2 

 80.1

  93.3

136.1 

 28.2

Jun

101.9

 59.0

  15.8

  24.8

 23.7

36.2

  40.1

 93.9 

  37.4 

  97.6

  22.1 

  54.5 

Jul

  39.5

   4.6

  65.7

  90.5

 67.2

57.3

  56.8

 50.0 

  23.3 

 82.3

  74.7 

 93.8

Aug

  11.2

124.1

  60.0

  55.2

 29.8

20.2

  49.0

30.4

 50.1 

 53.1

  84.8 

 36.3

Sep

102.5

143.0

  97.8

  21.6

  23.9

   6.8 

  32.3

40.2

51.9

 16.5

  62.1 

  19.5

Oct

104.9

  79.4

146.2

136.9

167.2

57.9

123.3

131.8 

143.6 

 32.0

  86.9 

  81.8

Nov

  53.4

  63.0

135.7

  29.2

134.7

83.8

  28.7

 68.8

108.7

  77.8 

 63.3

 161.4

Dec

  65.8

150.6

170.2

  25.5

107.5

75.5

  69.1

 85.9  

97.6 

 92.7 

  75.2 

   75.2 

Annual total

649 est

915

1046

748

945

538

781

 733

 736

796 

   901 

   773 

† The 1998 figures for Jan & Feb are actually London figures and Beercrocombe's were almost certainly more.

 

 Month

     MONTHLY RAINFALL in mm

2010

2011

2012 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jan

   72.1

  74.1  

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

   

 

 

Feb

  72.4

  41.0  

 

  

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

Mar

  44.9

 25.5 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Apr

  28.6

   7.7 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

  

May

  30.6

11.1

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jun

  24.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

Jul

  52.8

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Aug

  91.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sep

 54.6

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oct

  61.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nov

  80.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

Dec

  28.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

  

 

 

   

Annual total

622

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

Wettest Days

1998

26th Jun

25.0mm

1999

18th Sep

54.6mm

2000

29th Oct

44.6mm

2001

3rd Jul

42.2mm

2002

13th Oct

58.7mm

2003

30th Oct

23.3mm

2004

18th Dec

46.0mm

2005

1st  Dec

35.7mm

2006

17th Oct

28.3mm

2007

19th Nov

23.8mm

2008

11th/12th Dec

35.5mm

2009

7th / 8th Feb

35.3mm

2010

21st / 22nd Aug

42.6mm

 

2010

 

Total Annual Rainfall

622 mm

Wettest day

42.6 mm on 21st / 22nd August

Total hours of sunshine

1,772 hrs

Sunniest day

16.25 hrs on 24th June

Maximum Temperature

28.0ºC on 9th July

Coldest night

-16.0ºC on 25th /26th December 

Mean annual temperature

8.8 °C

Date of last spring frost

10th / 11th May - 2.5°C

Date of first autumn frost

15th / 16th October -2.5°C

Frost free period

162 days

Snowfall

50mm on 5th / 6th Jan,  30mm wet snow on 12th/ 13th Jan

65mm on 17th / 18th Dec,  68mm on 19th / 20th Dec

 

As in 2008 and 2009 the mean annual temperature is again below the 10°C norm for this part of the UK and seems to confirm a recent trend for warmer summers,  with slightly cooler, stormier conditions in autumn, and colder winters.

December 2010 has been the coldest in the UK since official records began in 1910 (and also since 1890 unofficial records).

 

The observations should become progressively more interesting as trends emerge.  Are we going to have wetter autumns and/or warmer temperatures?

If anyone else has local weather data I would be interested to compare notes.  Gill Reed 01823 480174