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Monthly total (1st - 16th) now up to 114 mm Len. That is pretty extreme for here and exceptional for March which is normally part of the seasonal 'drying out' time of year. And to make matters worse, it is snowing again! Third day this month with snow falling though this time it is not settling. The...

Well and truly soggy out there. Normally the end of February and early March represent the start of the 'drying out' after the winter but spring seems to have decided to take a break and it just keeps on raining and raining. And no end insight! March 1st - 11th Mean minimum = 1.7°C Mean maximum = 8....

The rare novelty of Devonshire snowfall last Thursday quickly wore off and by Saturday it had all but melted. And today is thankfully, back to normality! Sunshine and a few light showers, and more importantly a temperature of around 10°C. Certainly no heatwave but a welcome change from those absurdl...

The first snowfall here since December 2010. Now snowing qute heavily and the maximum temperature today has reached only -2.7°C. Today could end up with the lowest maximum I have ever recorded by quite a margin (2005).

Welcome to the first day of spring!

Len, 5 hours of sunshine today and coupled with yesterday's unbroken sunshine all day, the total is now up to 122 hours. My February 2008 record of 130 hours could be beaten. A rather chilly one today, a maximum of only 3.6°C making it the coldest day maximum since 3.3°C on the 11th February 2017. I...

Passed 100 hours of sunshine today putting this February in the sunny(ish) category. My sunniest February was in 2008 with 130 hours. Unbroken sunshine all day with today's total exceeding 10 hours for the first time since the 3rd October, though several days have come close over the last week. With...

Mostly quite cold with an unusually high amount of air and grass frosts. Average rainfall and a little above normal sunshine. Mean Max: 8.6ºC Mean Min: 2.4ºC Mean: 5.5ºC Rain Total: 35.2 mm Air Frost: 5 Days Grass Frost: 12 Days Snow Falling: 0 Days Total Monthly Sunshine: 52 Hours Sunless Days: 2 D...

Interesting blip on my barograph chart at about 05.15 BST this morning. Did a front pass? If not, can anyone explain? 16th October 2017 Time hPa 05:20 1011.0 05:25 1010.6 05:30 1010.4 05:35 1009.6 05:40 1010.1 05:45 1010.8 05:50 1010.6 John, was your 'blip' a sudden increase in pressure? If not the...

A recent run of unusually warm nights has pushed the mean temperature up to over 2°C above my very estimated LTA. 1st - 16th October Mean minimum = 10.6°C Mean maximum = 18.1°C Mean = 14.4°C Rain = 4.6 mm Sunshine = 64.4 hours. It has been the driest first half of any October I have recorded since b...

Not today Ken, summer's back and what a lovely change with a maximum of 24.7C, plenty of sunshine and with a DP of +21C made for a warm and rather humid day. August so far (1st - 21st) Mean minimum = 11.8C Mean maximum = 21.0C Mean = 16.4C Rain = 83.2 mm Sunshine = 104 hours. Sunshine is still suffe...