Weather Round-Up For.......March 2015.

A rather dry and warm month ,with pressure persistently high. The highest pressure recorded was a 1033.8mbs on the 18th and the lowest was 998.2mbs on the 1st. Pressure was fairly persistently high for three quarters of the month ,with the last quarter seeing pressure becoming lower. Highest wind gust was 38 mph Westerly on the 31st.  There were 16 dry days and 15 wet days, but despite this the average rainfall is 57mms ,but recorded rain was 34mms. Highest temperature was 14.7c/58f  on the 28th and the coldest temperature was minus 1c/30f. on the 25th. There were 10 ground frosts  and two air frosts. The average day temperature is 9.6c/49f  and recorded temperature 11.6c/53f. The average night temperature is 2.7c/26f and recorded was 3.7 c/38f.

Weather Round-Up For.....February 2015

A fairly settled month with slightly above average temperatures and about average rainfall. Highest pressure was a 1038.4mbs on the 7th and the lowest pressure was 988.2mbs on the 23rd. Highest wind gust was 31 mph from the northwest. There were 16 dry days and 12 wet days with the recorded rainfall of 45mms with the normal being 50mms. There were 7 air frosts and 8 ground frosts . The highest temperature was 13.6c/56f  on the 25th  and the lowest temperature was minus 3.2c/27f  on the 7th. The average day temperature is 6.9c/45f and recorded was 8.1c/46f  and the average low temperature is 1.3c/35f and recorded was 2c/36f.

Weather Round-Up For.......January 2015.

This month saw above average temperatures ,average rainfall, and generally unsettled conditions.  There were 5 air frosts and  10 ground frosts.[temperatures at or below 3c/37f] The average day temperatures came out at 6.4c/42f ,recorded was 8.6c/47f. The average night time temperature is 1.4c/35f. ,recorded was 2.6c/37f. The highest temperature was recorded on the 9th at 16.3c/62f  but that temperature rose suddenly between five and seven at night which given the time of year is unusual! The lowest night temperature was minus 5c/24f on the 23rd. Highest wind gust was on the 9th along with that high temperature of 33mph southerly. There were 11 dry days and 20 wet days. The average rainfall is 62mms and 57mms just over two inches recorded.

Weather .Round-Up For ........December 2014.

This month was drier than average but with mixed conditions with some hard frosts, with the Christmas period being quiet and rather cold. The average rainfall is 74mms, recorded was 49mms [2 inches]. There were 15 dry days and 16 wet days. The highest pressure was a 1029.3mbs on News Years Eve. The lowest pressure was a 1004.1mbs on the 12th. Highest wind speed was 35 mph southwesterly  on the 9th. Highest temperature was on the 14.3c/58f on the 18th and the coldest temperature was minus 4c/25f under high pressure conditions on the 29th. The average temperature was still above average with the day time temperature recorded 9.6c/49f compared to the average of 7.7c/45f. The night time temperature recorded was 3.2c/37f compared to the average of 2.2c/36f.

Weather Round-Up For.....November 2014.

A rather traditional November , a very mild, wet a and windy month.There were only 8 dry days with 79mms of rain [3 inches] compared to the average of 79mms. The highest pressure was on the 20th where pressure rose briefly to a 1024mbs and the lowest pressure was 986.9mbs on the 3rd.. The highest temperature was on the 2nd with 15.8c/60f recorded and the lowest temperature was minus 2c/28f on the 25th.The highest windgust was 28mph SouthWesterly  on the 13th. The average daily temperature is 9.8c,/49f but recorded was 11.7c/53f and the night time average temperature is 3.8c/40f and recorded came out at 6.3c/44f.  Three airfrosts were recorded.