Weather Summary for 2008

I've now collated the data from my weather station for last year (2008). Overall a good year for the weather. We nearly reached 28ºC in the summer, but the winter has been fairly harsh.


The 72mph wind gust maximum in December was slightly above normal.

A particularly dry year, with only 2 months where rainfall exceeded expectations - August and October. Driest months were May (10mm), July (19mm), April (36mm), and November (36mm)

Minimum Temperature -4.9ºC on 31st December at 4:40am
Minimum Windchill -7.0ºC on 30th December at 3:40pm
Maximum Temperature 27.9ºC on 30th July at 5:10pm
Maximum Wind Gust 72mph on 20th December at 00:50am
Total Rainfall 554mm vs. the Met Office past average of 624mm. So, 89% of the past average.