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The data collected at the Weston Park weather station feeds into the global climatological dataset. On this page you will find information about the means and extremes recorded at the station.

Station Details

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

 

Data Elements

We can provide daily summaries from 1882 until the present day.  We also provide hourly summaries from June 2009.

  • Temperature (Air temperature, maximum, minimum, grass minimum, 30cm depth and 100cm depth)
  • Air Pressure (at station height and at sea level)
  • Rainfall
  • Windspeed and direction (at 09:00UTC and maximum gust)
  • Humidity
  • Sunshine (Hours of sun from 1897, Solar Energy (from Nov 2019), Radiance (from Nov 2019)
  • Snow depth (from 1909, not comprehensive)

Means and Extremes

Days

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)

Months

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)

Years

Warmest Year: 2022 (11.2°C)

Coldest Year: 1892 (7.8°C)

Wettest Year: 2023 (1210.5mm)

Driest Year: 1887 (488.5mm)

30 Year Averages (1991-2020)

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

  • Rainfall
  • Rain Days
  • Sunshine
  • Minimum Temperatures
  • Average Temperatures
  • Maximum Temperatures