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Station Number: 4061
Latitude: 53°23’ N
Longitude: 1°29’ W
NGR: SK1339873
Height of anemometer above mean sea level: 141m
Height of cistern above mean sea level: 137m
We can provide daily summaries from 1882 until the present day. We also provide hourly summaries from June 2009.
Hottest Temperature: 38.9°C (19/07/2022)
Coldest Temperature: -14.6°C (08/02/1895)
Warmest Day (average): 30.3°C (19/07/2022)
Wettest Day: 119.2mm (15/07/1973)
Strongest Gust: 96mph (16/02/1962)
Warmest Month: July 2006 (20.0°C)
Coldest Month: February 1947 (-2.1°C)
Wettest Month: June 2007 (285.6mm)
Driest Month: September 1959 (0.6mm)
Warmest Year: 2022 (11.2°C)
Coldest Year: 1892 (7.8°C)
Wettest Year: 2023 (1210.5mm)
Driest Year: 1887 (488.5mm)
Month |
Average Max Temp (°C) |
Average Min Temp (°C) |
Average Mean Temp (°C) |
Average Rainfall (mm) |
Average Sunshine (hours) |
Average number of days with rain |
January |
6.9 |
2.2 |
4.5 |
75 |
50 |
20 |
February |
7.6 |
2.2 |
4.9 |
66 |
77 |
17 |
March |
9.9 |
3.3 |
6.6 |
60 |
120 |
17 |
April |
13.0 |
5.1 |
9.1 |
59 |
153 |
14 |
May |
16.3 |
7.7 |
12.0 |
55 |
197 |
14 |
June |
19.0 |
10.7 |
14.9 |
79 |
183 |
14 |
July |
21.2 |
12.8 |
17.0 |
65 |
203 |
14 |
August |
20.7 |
12.6 |
16.6 |
68 |
186 |
15 |
September |
17.7 |
10.4 |
14.1 |
65 |
136 |
14 |
October |
13.6 |
7.7 |
10.6 |
80 |
97 |
18 |
November |
9.7 |
4.7 |
7.2 |
84 |
60 |
20 |
December |
7.3 |
2.5 |
4.9 |
86 |
49 |
19 |