Weather log November 2022

Weather log November 2022

Key:

WW = West Wales

Lwn = Llanwnnen

AG = Aldermans Green, Coventry

CL = Church Lawford

LL = Long Lawford

ROW = Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire

CC = Capel Curig, Snowdonia

MH = Milford Haven

Carms = Carmarthenshire

Pembs = Pembrokeshire

Mids = Midlands

CITE = Coton-in-the-Elms, Derbyshire

COL = Climatological Observers Link

PWS = Personal weather station

NRW = National Resources Wales

est = estimated

inc = including

cf= compared with

An unsettled and rather mild start to the month:

Tue 1st showers or longer spells of rain, isolated thunder; over an inch to parts of Wales (Porthmadog 37.6mm wettest in UK).

Wed 2nd further downpours affecting S Wales in particular. Severe flooding affected Ystradgynlais (between Swansea and the Brecon Beacons) early evening, with flooding also in the Neath & Swansea areas. Libanus near Brecon wettest in the UK with 52mm. Isolated thunder again for a few places.

Thu 3rd showery and again thunder in a few localities; flooding affected Neath in the evening.

Fri 4th local air frost with widespread ground frosts (min Lwn -0.7c, Trawsgoed -0.2c, Pershore 1.7c, Hereford & Nottingham 4.5c, Aberporth 7.6c.

Very mild second week with some exceptional readings for mid November:

Fri 11th very mild night, stayed above 14c in places; minima Coventry 14.0c (21-0900), Shawbury 13.8c, Pershore 13.7c, Valley 13.6c, Trawsgoed 13.2c, Nottingham 12.7c,  Lwn 12.1c, CC 12.0c; reached 16c parts of the Midlands (Coventry max 16.2c, Shawbury 16.0c, Trawsgoed 15.7c, Lwn 15.2c,  CL 15.0c, CC 13.8c.

Sat 12th better sunny spells in places today, maxima Trawsgoed 17.0c, Pershore 16.8c, Coleshill 16.7c, Coventry 16.0c, Lwn 14.4c, Shobdon 13.7c, CC 13.3c.

Sun 13th exceptionally mild night for much of WW, minima Gogerddan 14.0c, MH 13.9c, Aberdaron 13.4c, Lwn 10.5c, Coventry & Shobdon 10.2c, CC 9.3c, Nottingham 7.4c. Exceptional mid November warmth with sunny spells for WW, an incredible max 21.2c at Porthmadog (warmest in the UK and  the highest UK temperature recorded so late in the year). Here at Lwn max 17.7c made it the mildest day recorded this late in the year (beating 17.1c same date in 2011), it was also the third highest November reading (after 19.9c and 19.2c at the beginning of November 2015). Parts of the Midlands had much cloud or mist today hence more like 12 to 15c; other maxima Llansadwrn (COL) 20.1c, Mona 19.5c, Trawsgoed 18.5c, CC 18.3c, Aberporth 16.9c, Shobdon 16.0c, Mumbles 14.9c, CL 12.3c, Nottingham 11.5c.

Very mild and rather wet first half to November; rather dull to average sunshine. Temperatures running 2 or 3c above normal to date. Few spots have had an air frost this month thus far (Lwn -0.7c 4th). Parts of the Midlands already received the average rain for a whole November.

Mid month temperatures returned to around average and it became unsettled again:

Wed 16th First sub 10c max of Autumn here at Lwn max 9.7c.

Thu 17th very wet north and east Midlands and N Wales with 2 inches locally and widely an inch.

Sat 19th widespread frost Wales & Marches, more cloud much of Midlands; lows Tirabad -2.5c, Lwn -2.0c, Shobdon -1.7c, Trawsgoed -1.5c, Nottingham 5.7c, Coventry 6.1c, Aberdaron 6.2c.

Sun 20th showery, hail in places and isolated thunder WW (thunder here at Lwn midday).

Mon 21st rainy, over an inch in places (Llanwnnen 21.7mm, Coventry 20.6mm).

Wed 23rd showery after early rain, thunder for parts of Wales and SW Mids, few showers north Mids. Lwn rumble heard 1755 from cell over Llangrannog (13 miles west); Whitchurch 23.6mm wettest in the UK.

Thu 24th active squall crossed WW late morning with thunder and hail; here at Lwn a fierce squall around 1115 with several rumbles of thunder, one close flash and louder thunder (2 miles), hail, brief gusts probably over 50 mph and visibility reduced to 100 m by torrential rain. This was the third thunder day of the month a November record (also the third out of the last 5 days).

Sat 26th Whitchurch-by-Cardigan (Pembs) having 26.4mm and the wettest place in the UK for the second time in a week.

A cooler end to Autumn particularly Midlands:

Tue 29th cold and murky day Midlands, quite mild much of WW; max Shobdon 2.3c, Hereford 2.9c, CL 4.8c, Pershore 5.5c, Coventry 5.6c, CC 8.0c, Lwn 8.8c, Trawsgoed 12.0c.

Nature notes

Thu 3rd snatch of Blackbird song heard Carmarthen this lunchtime.

Sun 13th snatch of Mistle Thrush song on this notably warm November day! Also a Red Admiral.

Mid month with the very mild first half to November and continued lack of frost, many flowers are still in bloom inc Roses, lots of Ox eye Daisies in Lampeter, etc. Plenty of Gorse out (one of the few plants able to bloom any month of the year!). A few Dandelions giving a late show.

Brambles still extending at a rate comparable with late Summer, grass still growing (cut the lawns Sun 13th and in shorts both the latest ever). 

Fri 18th Aberystwyth decent Starling roost of 5000 plus, no large single murmuration though, it was quite windy and mainly smaller groups going straight under the pier. 10 or so Turnstone just under the sea wall near the pier again it was high tide as with last month.

Sun 20th Neuadd lane, Llanwnnen: much fresh foliage evident (nothing below -2c as yet), inc Wild Rose, Honeysuckle these where the hedgerows have had their recent trim; much Celandine leafage covering the south facing bank; some Red Campions out. Blackbird dusk 'cacophony'.

Late month: growth continues albeit slowed down now, Buddleia sprouted fresh shoots since the trim last month. Some Oak trees hanging on in leaf, most other trees now bare.

Fri 25th Aberaeron prolific blooming in the town gardens (the 'second Spring' as reported on BBC), inc Roses, Hydrangea, Fuchsia and various potted plants. Also shrubs where trimmed during the Autumn have regrown and some of these flowering again. Typically by late Autumn frost would have curtailed this.

Sat 26th Bluebell spikes appearing under the Apple tree (note they were well out in the exceptionally mild Dec 2015).

Sun 27th Neuadd lane, Llanwnnen dusk: much flowering still evident, with  Pink Clover, Campion and Daisy all out; fresh Hawthorn and Oak sapling leaves in the hedgerows; with Sycamore and Oak having fresh sprouting too;  hundreds of Starling heading to local roosts

November summary

Very mild/ mild.

Midlands wet/ very wet (locally twice the average). W Wales generally rather wet.

Sunshine around average.

Coventry has had only 2 warmer Autumns since 1892 (1994 & 2015)

Rainfall totals Nov 2022

Capel Curig, Snowdonia c 340mm (near average)

Valley, Anglesey c 165mm (rather wet)

Aberdaron, Llyn Peninsular c 140mm (rather wet)

Aberporth, near Llangrannog c 125mm (rather wet)

Llanwnnen 189.4mm (130%)

Milford Haven, Pembs c 150mm (rather wet)

Mumbles, near Swansea c 185mm (wet)

Nottingham c 100mm (wet)

Shawbury, Salop c 90mm (wet)

Coleshill c 120mm (very wet)

Coventry, Bablake School 119.2mm (190%)

CL, Warks 98.4mm (164%)

Pershore, Worc c 105mm (very wet)

Hereford c 120mm (very wet)

Shobdon c 130mm (very wet)

COL stations rainfall Nov 2022

Llansadwrn, Anglesey 181.1mm (136%)

Ludlow, Salop 126.2mm (165%)

Alvechurch, Worc 134.7mm (157%)

Warstock, Brum 150.1mm (191%)

Cosby, Leic 93.5mm (145%)

Hinckley 134.4mm (very wet)

Towcester, Northants 119.2mm (161%)

Daventry, Northants (PWS) 73.3mm (much less than Towcester)

National Resources Wales (NRW) rain gauges Nov 2022

Llyn Cefni, Ynys Mon 189.0mm (wet)

Bethesda Quarry (Gwynedd) 264.4mm (rather wet)

Cwm Dyli (Snowdonia) 386.2mm (near average)

Corris, near Machynlleth 307.6mm (rather wet)

Bow Street (near Aberystwyth) 153.8mm (wet)

Frongoch (Devil's Bridge, Ceredigion) 137.6mm (wet)

Penuwch (Ceredigion) 183.8mm (rather wet)

Rhos Ymryson (near Gorscoch and 5 miles NW of Lwn) 198.6mm (rather wet)

Cellan (2 miles NE of Lampeter) 189.0mm (wet)

Pencader (Carms) 257.4mm (wet)

Abergorllech (Brechfa Forest, Carms) 269.6mm (wet)

Rhydargaeau (Carms) 251.2mm (wet)

Garnswllt (near Ammanford, Carms) 320.6mm (very wet)

Felinfoel (near Llanelli, Carms) 215.6mm (wet)

Maenclochog (near Preselis, Pembs) 235.4mm (rather wet)

Tenby (Pembs) 179.2mm (wet)

Bolton Hill (near Haverfordwest, Pembs) 165.0mm (rather wet)

Sunshine totals Nov 2022

Llanwnnen estimated  51 hours (96%)

Coventry, Bablake School 62.0 hours (94%)

COL stations sun:

Ludlow 62.7 hours

Alvechurch 50.9 hrs

Cosby 62.7 hrs

Towcester 70.2 hrs

Autumn 2022 summary

Mild/ very mild; generally wet; rather dull or average sunshine

At Coventry only autumn 2006 & 2011 have been warmer since 1892.

All of the Midlands had a wet Autumn and much of Wales.

Llanwnnen  528.0mm = second wettest Autumn (528.2mm in 2018).

Rainfall totals Autumn 2022

Aberporth c 311mm (quite wet)

Llanwnnen 528.0mm (130%)

MH c 341mm (average)

Mumbles c 380mm (wet)

Nottingham c 272mm (wet)

Shawbury, Salop c 260mm (wet)

Coleshill, Warks c 277mm (wet)

Coventry, Bablake School 286.0mm (150%)

CL, Warks 239.2mm (125%)

Pershore c 250mm (wet)

Hereford c 259mm (wet)

COL stations rainfall Autumn 2022:

Llansadwrn 459.6mm (121%)

Ludlow, Salop 284.7mm

Alvechurch, Worc 307.2mm

Warstock, Brum 318.8mm

Cosby, Leic 244.7mm

Hinckley 321.9mm

Towcester, Northants 245.3mm

National Resources Wales (NRW) rain gauges Autumn 2022 

Bethesda Quarry (Gwynedd) 600.8mm

Cwm Dyli (Snowdonia) 973.6mm

Corris (near Machynlleth) 745.0mm

Bow Street (near Aberystwyth) 386.8mm

Penuwch (Ceredigion) 426.6mm

Rhos Ymryson (near Gorscoch and 5 miles NW of Lwn) 529.0mm

Cellan (2 miles NE of Lampeter) 523.8mm

Pencader (Carms)  628.8mm

Rhydargaeau (Carms) 585.2mm

Felinfoel (near Llanelli, Carms) 469.0mm

Tenby (Pembs) 349.4mm 

Sunshine Autumn 2022

Llanwnnen 229 hours (86%)

Coventry 317.5 hrs (103%)

Weather log October 2022

Weather log October 2022

Key:

WW = West Wales

Lwn = Llanwnnen

AG = Alderman's Green, Coventry

CL = Church Lawford

LL = Long Lawford

ROW = Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire

CC = Capel Curig, Snowdonia

MH = Milford Haven

Mids = Midlands

CITE = Coton-in-the-Elms, Derbyshire

COL = Climatological Observers Link

PWS = Personal weather station

NRW = National Resources Wales

est = estimated

inc = including

c = approximately

cf = compared to

A rather unsettled start to October but with some fine dry interludes, Midlands faring better for mildness and sunny spells:

Wed 5th much rain for Wales since Tue 4th with widely over an inch for WW and over 2 inches for some (chiefly hilly) areas; measured 26.0mm here at Lwn this morning the second wettest day of 2022 to date. Other 24 hour totals to 0900 GMT: Capel Curig c 77mm, Pembrey Sands 38.2mm, Trawsgoed 25.4mm. Pencader NRW gauge some 8 miles SW of Llanwnnen received c 57mm in the same period while Cellan east of Lampeter had c 25mm. Some rain for the Midlands where a much more transient affair of generally under 10mm. Isolated thunder Menai Straits afternoon.

Fri 7th isolated thunder mid Wales afternoon (chiefly near Aberystwyth).

Sun 9th ground frost in places, minima Shobdon +0.1c, Trawsgoed 2.4c, Coventry 3.1c, CL & Nottingham 3.4c, Lwn 3.5c, Mumbles 9.6c.

Tue 11th widespread ground frost with localised air frost; minima Shobdon -0.9c, Pershore -0.6c, Tirabad -0.3c, CL & Lwn 2.2c, Nottingham 5.0c, Aberdaron 8.7c. Pleasantly dry and bright these past few days, near average by day, max generally 13 to 16c.

Thu 13th Mona min overnight +1.2c and so unusually this site on Anglesey was the coldest spot in Wales (CC 1.3c also but most places stayed above 4c (Lwn 4.6c).

Fri 14th Shobdon max 18.4c, warmest in the UK, more widely reached 15 to 17c (Lwn 15.5c, CL 16.0c).

Sat 15th showery with thunder for Cardigan Bay and Snowdonia.

Mid month: so far October dry for much of the Midlands, around average rainfall WW & Shropshire; it has been rather mild and quite sunny.

After mid month some warmth and fine for a time before turning unsettled but still very mild:

Mon 17th and Tue 18th warm sunny periods temps widely 16 - 18c max but local ground frosts by night; maxima Tue 18th Gogerddan 18.8c, CITE 18.3c, CL 17.9c. Some thundery showers about over SW Wales late evening 18th.

Wed 19th warm and windy Wales with some rain and thunderstorms; more cloud and less mild Midlands; here at Lwn there was frequent sheet lightning and some thunder heard to the west mid evening as storms tracked between Carmarthen and Cardigan; maxima Pembrey Sands 19.9c, Pershore 16.9c, Aberporth & Lwn 16.5c, CL & Coleshill 15.5c, Nottingham 13.6c, CC 13.3c.

Thu 20th pleasant with a few showers WW, much of the Midlands spells of rain, this very heavy and thundery E Mids where 2 inches fell in places (Nottingham 23.4mm).

Fri 21st showers or longer spells of rain, some very heavy downpours giving over an inch in places in 24 hours (06-0600 except where shown); Shobdon 21.4mm, Coventry 19.8mm (09-0900), Lwn 19.6mm (09-0900), Nottingham 16.0mm, CC 15.2mm, CL 13.2mm, Shawbury 3.0mm, Pembrey Sands 0.8mm.

Sat 22nd/ Sun 23rd showers or longer periods of wet weather over the weekend too, parts of the Midlands again catching one or 2 inches; 24 hours to 0900 23rd Coventry 20.0mm, Lwn 4.9 mm; 06-0600 24th totals: Shawbury 38.4mm, MH 7.2mm, Aberdaron 0.6mm. Warm sunny spells between the bouts of rain though, max Sun 24th Pershore 19.0c, Coleshill 18.9c, Trawsgoed 18.6c, CL 18.0c, Nottingham, Pembrey Sands & Shobdon 17.1c, Lwn & Mona 17.0c, CC 15.7c (these 4 to 6c above average for late October). Thunder and lightning in the rain during Sun 23rd evening for the Midlands (inc Coventry & Rugby).

All this rain means that much of the Midlands is now above the October average.

Wed 26th min 13.3c Lwn the mildest night of the month to date; other minima Mumbles 14.6c, Trawsgoed 13.3c, Pershore 14.2c, CL 12.8c, CC 11.7c; some places topped 18c today which has not been unusual at all this very mild October; maxima Pershore 18.6c, Nottingham 18.4c, Mumbles & Shawbury 17.3c, Aberdaron & Lwn 15.6c.

Thu 27th very mild even warm locally, even with limited sun, max Pershore 19.2c, Coventry 18.9c, CL, Shawbury, Shobdon & Trawsgoed 18.2c, Lwn 17.6c, Nottingham 17.0c, Aberdaron 15.6c.

Sat 29th exceptional temperatures for the end of October in the Midlands, maxima Pershore 21.2c, Coleshill & Coventry 20.1c, Hereford & Nottingham 19.2c, Trawsgoed 18.5c, Shobdon 18.4c, Lwn 17.1c, Aberdaron 15.6c. This even with much cloud (Coventry just 2.4 hours). Kew Gardens managed a remarkable 22.9c today.

Sun 30th showery, isolated thunder.

Mon 31st thunder reports from Coventry early evening (note no sferics showed for this and hardly any thunder at all today)

Nature notes:

Mon 3rd before dusk another gathering of House Martin (cf end Sept) with 15 or so above the village feeding up.

Thu 6th 4 or 5 Red Admirals on a profuse Buddleia by the Co-op Lampeter.

First few Redwings heard overhead after dark one evening first week.

Sat 8th Speckled Wood by Aberystwyth Castle. 

Fine berry Season this in particular Holly and Rowan, rarely seen the like.

Mon 10th Forestry a few Foxgloves in bloom (often seems to happen in Autumn). A few Redwing.

Mid month plenty of flowers out still what with lack of frost and reasonable sunshine still.

One case of Apple blossom on the large tree (brought on by recent pruning no doubt).

Ash leaves starting to be shed.

Orange Hawkweed (Fox & Cubs) still going well.

Still a couple of Sunflowers in bloom (small ones by now)

Sat 15th Forestry Kestrel hovering above the slope down to the main road - unusual to see one around here.

Leaf fall starting in earnest after mid month. Bit of an influx of Blackbirds to the back garden after mid month (residents or migrants given there were few about during September?).

Thu 20th Aberystwyth several thousand Starling before dusk, surprised this early and with it being nice and warm still! A couple of Turnstone feeding at high tide in the seaweed below the wall and immediately below all the people on the Prom above, they were under 10 metres away a great view.

Thu 20th evening plenty of Redwing heard passing over at Llanrhystud and back home.

Sun 23rd a few Fieldfare on fields opposite the school.

With the mildness of October and lack of frost vegetation continues to grow and with plenty of blooms on the go still too. The Lords & Ladies by the shed has fresh leafage!

Fri 29th surprised to hear a Song Thrush singing quite well from the back garden (they are usually silent August to February).

Month end still quite a few insects and moths about; quite a few Apples still on some trees.

October 2022 summary

Very mild; rainfall between average to wet, locally very wet Mids; sunshine generally above average

Here at Lwn this was the fifth wetter than average October on the trot.

With a mean temperature of 13.2c Coventry had it's second warmest October on record (mean temp 13.7c 2001). The past 3 Octobers have exceeded 100mm rain in the city (average 69mm).

Rainfall totals

Mona, Anglesey 113.4 mm (average)

Trawsgoed, Ceredigion c 155 mm (average)

Aberporth, near Llangrannog 106.0 mm (99%)

Llanwnnen 179.9 mm (126%)

Pembrey Sands, Carms c 130 mm (average)

Milford Haven, Pembs 114.6mm (96%)

Mumbles, near Swansea c 125 mm (average)

Nottingham c 120 mm (very wet)

Shawbury, Salop c 110 mm (very wet)

Coleshill c 100 mm (wet)

Coventry, Bablake School 101.4mm (150%)

CL, Warks 87.8 mm (130%)

Pershore, Worc 94.2 mm (145%)

Hereford c 80 mm (average)

Shobdon, Herefordshire 109.8 mm (130%) 

National Resources Wales (NRW) rain gauges 

Llyn Cefni, Ynys Mon 121.4 mm (average)

Bethesda Quarry (Gwynedd) 201 mm (rather wet)

Cwm Dyli (Snowdonia) 347.2 mm (average)

Corris (near Machynlleth) 268.4 mm (rather wet)

Bow Street (near Aberystwyth) 121.4 mm (rather wet)

Frongoch (Devil's Bridge, Ceredigion) 114 mm (average)

Penuwch (Ceredigion) 145.8 mm (rather wet)

Rhos Ymryson (near Gorscoch and 5 miles NW of Lwn) 167 mm (average)

Cellan (2 miles NE of Lampeter) 158 mm (rather wet)

Pencader (Carms)  210.4mm (rather wet)

Abergorllech (Brechfa Forest, Carms) 213.6 mm (rather wet)

Rhydargaeau (Carms) 193.2mm (average)

Garnswllt (near Ammanford, Carms) 223.2 mm (rather wet)

Felinfoel (near Llanelli, Carms) 150.4 mm (average)

Maenclochog (near Preselis, Pembs) 246.4 mm (rather wet)

Tenby (Pembs) 101.0 mm (rather dry)

Bolton Hill (near Haverfordwest, Pembs) 134.6 mm (average)

COL stations rainfall 

Llansadwrn (Anglesey) 181.0mm (140%)

Ludlow, Salop 110.8 mm (134%)

Alvechurch, Worc 115.3 mm (139%)

Warstock, Brum 111.8 mm (139%)

Cosby, Leic 89.0 mm (129%)

Hinckley 120.2mm

Towcester, Northants 73.2 mm (95%)

Daventry, Northants (PWS) 61.0 mm

Sunshine totals

Aberporth 97.5 hours (94%)

Llanwnnen estimated  93 hrs (106%)

Coventry, Bablake School 126.9 hrs (127%)

Shobdon, Herefordshire 113.3 hrs (110%)

COL stations sun

Ludlow 116.4 hrs

Alvechurch 78.4 hrs

Cosby 144.3 hrs

Towcester 146.7 hrs

Weather log September 2022

Weather log September 2022

Key:

WW = West Wales

Lwn = Llanwnnen

AG = Alderman's Green, Coventry

CL = Church Lawford

LL = Long Lawford

ROW = Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire

CC = Capel Curig, Snowdonia

MH = Milford Haven

Carms = Carmarthenshire

Pembs = Pembrokeshire

Mids = Midlands

CITE = Coton-in-the-Elms, Derbyshire, near Burton-on-Trent

COL = Climatological Observers Link

PWS = Personal weather station

NRW = National Resources Wales

est = estimated

inc = including

cf= compared with

A warm start to Autumn but soon turned unsettled with low pressure anchored close by:

Thu 1st warm start to Autumn max Porthmadog 24.8c, CITE 24.7c, Newport, Salop 23.8c, Coventry 23.0c, Pembrey Sands 22.6c, Lwn 22.1c, Hereford 22.0c, CC & Aberporth 20.6c. Sunny spells but rather cloudy mid and SW Wales and south Midlands...

Fri 2nd warm for many but with some rain or showers about. Heavy downpours affected WW pm giving an inch or so locally according to the radar including a small area just 5 miles west of here. Max Porthmadog 25.2c.

Sun 4th an inch of rain past 24 hours parts of Wales (Whitchurch 26.4mm). A few thundery showers pm. Another warm day max Coleshill 25.1c and widely 22 to 24c (Coventry & Trawsgoed 23.8c, Lwn 22.3c, MH 20.8c).

Mon 5th heavy overnight rain in places with a band of rain and thunderstorms with spectacular lightning crossing Midlands early hours (inc Coventry & Warks). Wettest day of the year to date here at Lwn with 26.5mm to 0900 this more than during the whole of August. Other rain totals CC 29.8mm, Hereford 17.6mm, CL 10.4mm. Warm sunny spells again maxima widely 21 to 24c (Nottingham 24.5c, Gogerddan & Pershore 23.8c, CL & Coventry 22.9c, Lwn 22.c, Mumbles 20.0c..

Further showers or longer spells of rain in most places again became widespread with more thunderstorms later (shotgun thunder from a close strike here teatime put this laptop out).  Another band crossed the Midlands late evening giving an inch  or more in a couple of hours locally such as Warwick area (Coventry 13mm between 22 - 2300 BST). Much spectacular lightning again Midlands reported. 

Tue 6th  another showery but warm day, several torrential downpours here at Lwn with thunder again 

Wed 7th widespread showers and thunderstorms pm - Coventry, Rugby and Llanwnnen all had thunder, the worst over Rugby mid afternoon with dozens of strikes within a few miles of the town and several PWS recording around 20mm in one hour, however either side (to the west and east) of the town little rain fell (just 2mm at Church Lawford). That's 3 days on the trot with thunder now here at Lwn which has not occurred in this month before. 

A warm but for some areas very wet first week to September. 

Rainfall totals to 0900 8th:

Valley 36.8mm

CC 50.0mm (note only 25% of the whole Sept average at this very wet location)

Trawsgoed 42.4mm

Llanwnnen 78.3mm (whole Sept average is 114mm)

MH 35.8mm

NRW (Wales) rain gauges:

Bow Street, near Aberystwyth 40.2mm

Penuwch, Ceredigion 36.4mm

Rhos Ymyrson, 5 miles from Llanwnnen 61.0mm

Cellan (near Lampeter) 91.8mm

Abergorllech, Carms 104.4mm

Rhydargaeau, Carms 81.6mm

Garnswllt, near Ammanford 135.4mm (already above the whole Sept average)

Nottingham 26.4mm

Shawbury 23.0mm

Coleshill 15.6mm (27% of the whole Sept average)

Coventry 26.8mm

Hereford 25.8mm

Mean temperatures for the first week at 17 or 18c and so several degrees above average; 16.9c here at Lwn which a touch above that of August. It has also been a rather dull month to date.

Thu 8th showers or longer spells of rain, still thunder in places but not widespread (a few rumbles heard at Coventry around 1400 from a cell just NE of the city). Parts of SW Wales caught 2 inches today (Whitchurch 31.6mm). First day to fail to reach 20c here this month at Lwn (max 17c). Max generally 18 -20c close to the early September averages (Pershore College 20.6c, Hereford, MH & Nottingham 20.3c, Trawsgoed 19.8c, Market Bosworth & Shobdon 18.9c, Aberporth 17.0c. 

Fri 9th showery again, fewer than of late, thunder in these again (especially Midlands). Thunder heard again at Coventry (one cell passed over the city) and Rugby (more distant rumbles). The past 7 days have all now had thunder at least somewhere in Wales and/ or the Midlands!

Mon 12th a drier past few days. Warm and humid today, some rain in places, cooler for wetter N Wales. Warmest day of the month here at Lwn (23.9c) that with a lot of cloud; other maxima Hereford 24.8c, Pembrey Sands 23.8c,  Shawbury 21.4c, Mona 17.1c.

Tue 13th Gogerddan max 21.0c the warmest in the UK (Lwn 20.4c, Coventry 19.1c).

Cool north to NW winds around mid month though still largely dry:

Thu 15th Lwn max 15.1c the coolest day since mid June so proper Autumn conditions. Other max CC 14.2c, Aberporth 15.7c, Shawbury 17.2c, Coleshill & Coventry 17.7c, CITE 19.2c, Pershore 20.5c.

Fri 16th Pershore max 19.4c (warmest in UK) this the first day of the Season that no station attained 20c; other max Mumbles & Pembrey 17.1c, CITE 17.0c, CL, Nottingham & Shawbury 16.2c, Lwn 15.6c,  Aberporth 14.6c, CC 14.5c.

Sat 17th first air frost of the Season near Tregaron (min Swyddffynnon -0.3c); quite a widespread ground frost for rural areas, air minima Trawsgoed 1.0c, Lwn & Pembrey Sands 1.5c, Pershore 1.8c, Sutton Bonington 2.8c, Coventry 5.9c, Hereford 6.8c, Aberporth 11.9c (and so over 10c milder than inland).

Sun 18th ground frost much more localised overnight, minima Lwn +0.6c, Pembrey Sands 1.6c, Pershore 4.5c, Coleshill 10.8c, Aberporth 11.8c.

Thu 22nd became rather wet across WW & Marches (up to an inch in places, Lwn 15.7mm) but small amounts of rain much of Midlands.

Mostly dry and bright several days from Fri 23rd, just a few scattered showers about before turning much cooler Mon 26th, several very cool days for example:

Wed 27th very cool and showery, maxima Libanus (Powys) 11.6c, CC 11.7c,  CITE & Shawbury 12.3c, Lwn 13.1c, Coventry 13.2c, Pembrey Sands 14.6c, Gringley-on-the-Hill 15.8c (Notts), Pershore 16.2c.

Sat 30th a wet and windy last day, over an inch parts of WW locally over 2 inches

Nature notes:

Wed 7th 40 or 50 hirundines (mostly Swallow) above Rhydybont chapel, Llanybydder this evening.

Forestry: large number of small birds in the trees (hard to see) saw a few Coal Tit but most sounded like Goldcrests. 

Sat 10th Aberaeron early evening 10 - 15 H Martin.

Mid month north winds seem to have carried most Hirundines south.

Sat 17th think I caught a glimpse of a couple of Swallows from the back window.

Sat 17th snatch of a Chiffchaff call Forestry.

Sat 17th 20 or 25 Collard Dove on wires above a nearby farm this evening, just about the largest gathering of them I have ever seen (to think they were not resident in the UK until the 1950's). A few tens of metres away the Red Kites were feeding (not on Doves).

Late Sept: first reddening Holly berries, many on the turn.

It has been a bumper year for apples, never seen so many (many hundreds on our trees) Often here late frosts in May damage the blossom and so not so many apples.

There have been an abundance of Large White Butterflies all through this month, most times I have gazed at the back garden at least one or 2 flutter over.

Sun 25th walking just outside the village: 7 Swallow, 5 of which on a telegraph wire, several definitely young as being fed by adults which were feeding over adjacent fields. Late in the walk 3/ 4 House Martin above Capel-y-Groes.

Wed 28th a few H Martin & Swallow flew over the edge of the village heading S.

Fri 30th fantastic sight before dusk for 45 minutes after rain and wind cleared of 25 to 30  House Martin feeding above the gardens. Rarely seen so many together.  They suddenly disappeared so wondered if they went down somewhere or continued flying? PS I did see also just after they disappeared around 20 small birds rapidly alighting in one of the trees beyond the houses and thought perhaps Pied Wagtails which do suddenly go to roost in trees, however some research said that Martins do roost in trees during migration by quickly setting down in a tight group. It was too fast to know for sure what these birds were though.

September 2022 summary

Temperatures between average and rather warm; rainfall variable between rather dry and wet; dull to average sunshine

Cool spell in the last week prevented it from being a warmer September. 

Llanwnnen had its wettest September (srb 2006) just topping 155.2mm in 2017.

Rainfall totals September 2022

Capel Curig, Snowdonia 186.4mm (90%)

Valley, Anglesey 93.8mm (127%)

Trawsgoed, Ceredigion 135.0mm (135%)

Aberporth, near Llangrannog  c 80mm (rather wet)

Llanwnnen 158.5mm (139%)

Pembrey Sands, Carms c 90mm (rather wet)

Milford Haven, Pembs 76.0mm (94%)

Mumbles, near Swansea c 70mm (near average)

Nottingham 51.6mm (90%)

Shawbury, Salop 60.0mm (98%)

Coleshill 57.4mm (99%)

Coventry, Bablake School 65.4mm (111%)

CL, Warks 52.8mm (81%)

Pershore, Worc 50.6mm (97%)

Hereford 59.4mm (117%)

National Resources Wales (NRW) rain gauges 

Llyn Cefni, Ynys Mon 99.2mm (near average)

Bethesda Quarry (Gwynedd) 135.4mm (75%)

Cwm Dyli (Snowdonia) 240.2mm (82%)

Corris - Aberllefenni (near Cadair Idris mountain) 169.0mm (85%)

Bow Street (near Aberystwyth) 111.6mm (121%)

Frongoch (Devil's Bridge, Ceredigion) 137.2mm (152%)

Penuwch (Ceredigion) 97.0mm (79%)

Rhos Ymryson (near Gorscoch and 5 miles NW of Lwn) 163.4mm (wet)

Cellan (2 miles NE of Lampeter) 176.8mm (164%)

Pencader (Carms)  161.0mm (121%)

Rhydargaeau (Carms) 140.8mm (92%)

Garnswllt (near Ammanford, Carms) 181.0mm (141%)

Felinfoel (near Llanelli, Carms) 103.0mm (86%)

Maenclochog (near Preseli's, Pembs) 204.2mm (151%)

Tenby (Pembs) 69.2mm (69%)

Bolton Hill (near Haverfordwest, Pembs) 99.0mm (93%)

COL stations rainfall 

Llansadwrn 97.5mm (96%)

Ludlow, Salop 47.7mm (75%)

Alvechurch, Worc 57.2mm (88%)

Warstock, Brum 56.9mm (86%)

Cosby, Leic 62.2mm (107%)

Hinckley 67.3mm 

Towcester, Northants 52.9mm (87%)

Daventry, Northants (PWS) 84.8mm - not so from from Towcester

Sunshine totals

Valley 127 hours (84%)

Llanwnnen estimated  86 hours estimated (68%)

Nottingham 113 hrs (82%)

Shawbury 88.3 hrs (66%)

Coventry, Bablake School 128.5 hours (94%)

Shobdon, Herefordshire 94.1 hrs (63%)

COL stations sun:

Ludlow 96.2 hours

Alvechurch 63.4 hrs

Cosby 107.8 hrs

Towcester 102.6 hrs

Weather log August 2022

Weather log August 2022

Key:

WW = West Wales

Lwn = Llanwnnen

AG = Aldermans Green, Coventry

CL = Church Lawford

LL = Long Lawford

ROW = Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire

CC = Capel Curig, Snowdonia

MH = Milford Haven

Mids = Midlands

CITE = Coton-in-the-Elms, Derbyshire

COL = Climatological Observers Link

PWS = Personal weather station

NRW = National Resources Wales

est = estimated

inc = including

c = approximately

cf = compared to

A damp humid start to August across Wales and parts of W Mids, rest of Midlands very warm and dry (max 26.8c Wellesbourne Mon 1st cf CC 18.1c).

Tue 2nd very wet overnight mid and N Wales, PWS near Blaenau Ffestiniog almost 100mm, not very much further south just a few mm generally, but at least it's nice and green again cf E Mids! CC wettest place officially in the UK with 57.6mm. A very warm night for many above 17c, minima Hereford 19.0c, Coventry 18.3c, Pembrey Sands 17.8c, Shawbury 17.5c, Aberporth & Lwn 16.8c, CC 15.6c.

The dry weather continued well into August for the Midlands with just a little rain in places the first few days here, very little rain too for most of S Wales with a hosepipe ban coming into force for Pembrokeshire and the west of Carmarthenshire (ironically much of Carmarthenshire saw near average rainfall in July!).

Thu 4th/Fri 5th lovely weather across W Wales, plenty of sunshine and a nice cool breeze, maxima between 17c and 20c, still pretty warm parts of the Midlands though; maxima 5th Aberporth 16.7c, Lwn 17.8c, Aberdaron 18.0c, MH 19.1c, Shawbury 19.3c, Mumbles & Nottingham 20.2c, Coventry 21.4c, Pershore 23.9c.

Sat 6th quite a cold August night in many places and close to a grass frost for a few, minima Lwn 2.3c, Tirabad 2.6c (officially coldest in UK), Shobdon 3.8c, Trawsgoed 4.3c, CL 5.4c, Nottingham 7.9c,  Coventry 8.8c, Aberdaron & Mumbles 11.8c.

Sunny weather continued into the second week, still cool nights inland at first but with temperatures rising by day:

Mon 8th minima as low as 4c (third successive night below 4c here at Lwn), Swyddffnnon 3.8c (coolest in UK), Lwn 4.0c, Trawsgoed 4.4c, Shobdon 7.5c, Coventry 11.5c, Nottingham 12.3c.Mumbles 14.4c. Sunny again, warm or very warm WW and very warm/ hot Midlands maxima Pershore 28.8c, CITE & Coventry 27.7c, CL & Hereford 27.6c, Mumbles 26.1c, Lwn 23.6c, Aberporth 19.8c.

Tue 9th another refreshingly cool night in the countryside, for some coastal spots a warm night; minima CC 4.6c, Lwn 5.2c, Trawsgoed 7.2c, Shobdon 8.4c, CL 10.9c, Nottingham 11.2c, Coventry 12.7c, Mumbles (Swansea) 16.4c. Near unbroken sunshine again (14 hours is the most possible at this stage) and very warm or hot, maxima ROW 30.1c (hottest in UK), CITE 29.7c, Pershore 29.4c, CL 29.3c, Nottingham 28.1c, Shawbury 27.2c, Tirabad 26.4c, Lwn 26.3c, MH 25.2c, Aberporth 20.0c; all locations 12 to 14 hours bright sunshine.

The heat continues to build in this more prolonged heatwave of Summer 2022; maxima widely over 30c:

Wed 10th hot and sunny for mosts, cooler sea breezes to Cardigan Bay, many places in the Midlands topped 30c; maxima CITE 32.1c, ROW 31.1c, Pershore 30.4c, Shawbury 30.3c, CL 29.7c, Nottingham 29.5c, Lwn 29.2c (second hottest in August (after 29.3c in 2020), Trawsgoed 28.0c, Mumbles 27.7c, Aberporth 22.5c. 14 hours of unbroken sunshine here at Lwn the sunniest August day since my webcam estimations began in 2013, most other places having 13 or 14 hours again today.

Thu 11th thankfully nights here in rural Wales are refreshingly cool at this stage in the heatwave, not so for coasts and cities with the though Swansea area having a very warm one; minima Lwn 7.8c, CC 9.7c, Shobdon 9.8c, Coleshill 11.9c, Nottingham 13.5c, Coventry 14.3c, Aberporth 16.5c, Mumbles 18.6c. A very hot and sunny day (mostly cloudless), here at Lwn max 30.8c made it clearly the hottest recorded August day (beating 29.3c in 2020) and perhaps the hottest in August since 2003 when much of Wales managed above 30c? Other maxima Shawbury 33.4c, CITE 33.1c, Coleshill 32.1c, CL 31.5c, Nottingham 31.1c, Trawsgoed 30.1c, CC 29.0c,  Aberporth 25.1c; once more virtually unbroken sunshine in most areas (13 or 14 hours).

Fri 12th a warm night for coasts, still getting refreshingly cool for many inland rural locations though such as Lwn (min 9.4c); other minima Mumbles 19.5c, Aberporth 17.7c, Coventry 16.5c, Nottingham 13.6c, Shobdon 10.6c, CC 10.3c. A very hot and very sunny day, the August record went again here at Lwn, max 32.7c beating yesterday's 30.8c (note the August record high up to 2019 was just 28.3c, so we have now leaped 4c above that. Other max ROW 33.8c, CITE 33.6c, Pershore 33.0c, CL & Hereford 32.4c, Trawsgoed 31.6c, Nottingham 31.4c, MH 30.8c, Aberporth 26.8c. 

Sat 13th a warm or very warm night for coasts and some urban areas again; Mumbles 20.8c, MH 18.6c, Coventry 16.0c, Trawsgoed 15.1c, Nottingham 14.3c, Lwn 13.2c, Shobdon 11.9c. Another day widely into the low to mid 30's c and all stations above 27c (81f). Here at Lwn max 32.6c a shade under yesterday's. That's two successive days above 32c (90f) which we have not had here before in any month. Other maxima ROW 33.8c, CITE 33.7c, Pershore 33.1c, CL 32.8c, Coventry 32.1c, Gogerddan (Ceredigion) c 32c, Shawbury 31.7c, Nottingham 31.6c, Trawsgoed 31.4c, MH 30.6c, Aberporth 27.1c. Almost unbroken sun widely 12 to 14 hours.

Sun 14th quite widely a warm night, locally very warm, refreshingly average here at Lwn and some other rural spots; minima Aberdaron 20.9c, Mumbles 20.3c, Coventry 16.7c, Nottingham 14.4c, CC 12.2c, Shawbury 11.3c,  Lwn 11.2c. Last day of the heatwave, it has been 6 days long (>25c) here at Lwn and 7 days (>27c) at Coventry. Maxima ROW 34.0c, CITE 33.8c, Pershore 33.4c, CL 32.9c, Nottingham 32.2c, Lwn 31.8c, Trawsgoed 31.2c, Mumbles 29.7c, Aberporth 27.0c; a few thundery showers affected N Wales pm.

Mon 15th another warm night in some areas, minima Mumbles 17.5c, CC, Coleshill & MH 16.5c, Pershore 14.7c, Trawsgoed 12.3c, Lwn 11.4c. Cooler but still a warm and humid day, maxima mainly between 22 and 26c; Astwood Bank 27.0c, Coventry 26.4c, Market Bosworth & MH 25.1c, Lwn 24.4c, Trawsgoed 23.7c, Shobdon 21.0c, Aberporth 20.5c. Scattered thunderstorms pm, these gave toorential downpours of 2 inches in parts of Carmarthenshire & Pembrokeshire but many places escaped dry; Hereford 18.8mm (18mm of this in an hour), Abergorlech (NRW) 17.2mm in an hour, Lwn 0.3mm. Much thunder from the Abergorllech storm 10 miles SE audible here early evening with spectacular Cumulonimbus clouds.

Most areas have had a very warm, very dry and very sunny first half to August. Temperatures 2 to 4c above normal, most places 80% or 90% of the average August sunshine total already. Much of the Midlands has average around 27c by day (cf  WW 22 to 25c).

August rainfall to 0900 16th:

Mona 28.4mm, Valley 10.6mm, CC 74.2mm (near average), Aberdaron 10.6mm, Trawsgoed 8.2mm, Aberporth 2.6mm, Llanwnnen 4.8mm, Pembrey Sands 3.6mm, MH 3.6mm, Mumbles 5.6mm.

Nottingham 0.8mm, Coleshill 1.4mm, Coventry 0.2mm, CL 1.2mm, Hereford 18.8mm, Shobdon (Herefordshire) 3.2mm.

Sunshine to 15th:

Llanwnnen 148.5 hours (estimated from webcam captures)

Nottingham 156.5 hours, Shawbury 148.4 hrs, Coventry 151.7 hrs, Shobdon 150.2 hrs.

Tue 16th a mild/ warm night again; min Coventry 16.4c, Mumbles 16.3c, Nottingham 15.3c, CL 14.7c, Lwn 13.4c Trawsgoed 13.8c, CC 12.5c, Shobdon 10.4c. Much cloud by day, much cooler for WW, still fairly warm Midlands. Widespread downpours with thunder in places (thunder reported Coventry early evening) these most prevalent over the Midlands with most getting a decent soaking, some places had 50mm in a couple of hours with some PWS in the Cotswolds receiving over 100mm; wettest place officially though across Wales & the Midlands was Astwood Bank (Worc) 31.6mm (to midnight). Holbeach in Lincolnshire received 143mm - much over a few hours today, while Marham not 30 miles away in neighbouring Norfolk has had just 0.4mm all month to date! Maxima mostly 17 to 20c today WW and 21 to 25c Midlands; CL 25.1c, Nottingham 24.5c, Market Bosworth 23.1c, Lwn 17.9c (below Aug average), Mumbles 20.7c, Shobdon 20.5c, Aberporth 16.1c.

Wed 17th 24 hour rainfall totals to 0600: Pershore 37.2mm, CL 28.8mm, Coventry, Nottingham & Shobdon 9.8mm, Shawbury 2.0mm, Lwn 1.0mm, Aberporth 0.2mm, MH 0.0mm. Another mild/ rather warm night, minima generally 13 - 16c. A lot of cloud again little rain or drizzle in places. A cool day for the Midlands, max 17.6c at Coventry the only day of the month thus far not to get above 70f (21c); other max Shobdon 16.8c, CC 17.7c, Nottingham 18.8c, Trawsgoed 19.2c, Aberporth 20.1c, MH 21.4c, Lwn 21.6c.

Big transition in the weather after mid month and post heatwave for WW in particular to a lot of cloud and temperatures back down to average or at best merely warm! Occasional rain or drizzle, quite small amounts for many areas. Much of the Midlands remained mostly dry and warm with some sunny spells, temperatures here reaching 25c or so in places along with some further often warm, muggy nights (Coventry all nights above 15c and therefore 'warm' 12th to 19th):

Sat 20th quite a pleasant and rather warm day for many places with sunny spells, maxima generally 20 to 24c (Coleshill 25.0c, Coventry 24.1c, Nottingham 23.2c, Lwn 22.0c, Trawsgoed 21.8c, Valley 20.2c, CC 18.4c).

Tue 23rd a warm night above 15c widely, lows CL 17.8c, Coleshill & Coventry 17.7c, Nottingham 17.5c, MH 17.2c, Lwn 15.9c, Mona 14.5c, Shobdon 13.6c. Much cloud, a little rain in places as has been the case much of this past week.

Wed 24th a warm or very warm night; minima Pershore 19.6c, Coleshill 19.0c, Coventry & Nottingham 18.7c, Pembrey Sands & Shobdon 17.3c, Lwn 15.9c, Mona 14.6c. First appreciable rain of the month here at Lwn, 10mm falling during the early hours, some decent falls of up to an inch over some other parts of WW too, mostly dry night Midlands.

Thu 25th first nice and sunny day WW for 10 days (just 11 hours estimated during those in stark contrast to the preceding 11 days that produced 137 hours).  The Marches warm, sunny spells; Midlands quite cloudy with some rain. Lwn est 10 hours sun, Aberporth 9.8 hrs. Rain: Astwood Bank 11.2mm, Coventry 4.0mm, most of Wales & Marches a dry day. Maxima Shobdon 23.2c, Mumbles 22.8c, Lwn 19.8c, Sutton Bonington 18.7c, CL 17.9c, Nottingham 17.8c, Aberporth 17.6c.

A largely fine and warm end to Summer 2022 with variable cloud but most seeing decent sunny spells, particularly WW sheltered from the NE breeze:

Sun 28th mainly dry and warm day, however SW Wales saw some isolated heavy downpours pm; radar suggested 40mm just west of Carmarthen fell late afternoon.

Bank Holiday Monday 29th most places warm sunny spells, more cloud Midlands, best of sun WW. Very warm here at Lwn max 25.0c (highest reading since 14th). Other max Whitchurch, Pembs 25.5c (warmest in UK), Mumbles 24.6c, ROW 22.8c, Hereford 22.0c, CL 21.0c, CITE 20.8c, CC 20.5c, Nottingham 18.9c.

Nature notes

Sat 6th not seen a Swift for about a week now.

Wed 10th 'other/ opposite' Forestry dusk 20 - 25 H Martin flew around in quite a tight bunch which is unusual as normally they are more apart. Goshawk I think glimpsed several times as it kept taking off ahead of us as we walked along (grey- blue uppers and a bit bigger than a buzzard?).

Fri 12th quite a large bat flew over high above the garden going more or less due north, it was n't a Noctule as they have more chunky body this was slimmer but long winged (reminded me of a Greater Horseshoe we saw high above Brandon Marsh in the mid 1970s).

Mid month: the large pond below the church which when full takes some 3 feet has now almost completely dried out, it came close in Summer 2018 but was not completely dry.

From mid August large gatherings of Swallows which they tend to do before the majority head south (seen 30 to 40 together).

Sat 27th Forestry: quite a few Butterfly on profuse Heather along with Bees and other winged insects. Butterflies seen Painted Lady, Small & Large Tortoiseshell, Peacock.

Tue 30th Merlin's Walk, Carmarthen is a good place for House Martin nests (they use the bends in downpipes above the row of shops. Three nests this year all now seem unoccupied (they were actively feeding chicks in late July).

Fewer H Martin by month end it seems, quite a few Swallow though.

August 2022 summary

Warm or very warm; dry or very dry and sunny.

Here at Lwn it was the driest, warmest and sunniest August since records began in 2006. In Coventry with records dating back to 1892, only two August months have been warmer than this year (1995 and 1997).

August 2022 rainfall

Capel Curig, Snowdonia c 105mm (dry)

Valley, Anglesey c 31mm (dry)

Trawsgoed, Ceredigion c 25mm (very dry)

Aberporth, near Llangrannog c 11mm (very dry)

Llanwnnen 21.2mm (21%)

Pembrey Sands, Carms c 19mm (very dry)

Milford Haven, Pembs c 15mm (very dry)

Mumbles, near Swansea c 26mm (very dry)

Nottingham c 21mm (very dry)

Shawbury, Salop c 18mm (very dry)

Coleshill c 21mm (very dry)

Coventry, Bablake School 16.0mm (25%)

CL, Warks 33.0mm (53%) - 29mm of this in one day.

Pershore, Worc c 45mm (rather dry) - 37mm in one day.

Shobdon, Herefordshire 21.4mm (33%)

Hereford 40.0mm (68%)

National Resources Wales (NRW) rain gauges 

Llyn Cefni (Ynys Mon) 56.4mm (61%)

Bethesda Quarry (Gwynedd) 74.4mm (59%)

Cwm Dyli (Snowdonia) 145.4mm (57%)

Bow Street (near Aberystwyth) 31.2mm (36%)

Frongoch (Devil's Bridge, Ceredigion) 32.2mm (42%)

Penuwch (Ceredigion) 19.0mm (18%)

Rhos Ymryson (near Gorscoch 5 miles NW of Lwn) 34.2mm (29%)

Cellan (2 miles NE of Lampeter) 22.2mm (23%)

Pencader (Carms)  36.0mm (29%)

Abergorllech (Brechfa Forest, Carms) 45.8mm (38%)

Rhydargaeau (Carms) 49.6mm (38%)

Garnswllt (near Ammanford, Carms) 44.0mm (38%)

Felinfoel (near Llanelli, Carms) 35.0mm (33%)

Maenclochog (Preselis, Pembs) 46.2mm (33%)

Tenby (Pembs) 23.6mm (27%)

Bolton Hill (near Haverfordwest, Pembs) 17.6mm (17%)

COL stations rainfall Aug 2022

Llansadwrn, Anglesey 67.4mm (75%)

Alcaston, Salop 17.4mm (28%)

Alvechurch, Worc 65.7mm (88%)

Warstock, Brum 25.7mm (37%)

Cosby, Leic 36.7mm (57%)

Hinckley 26.4mm 

Towcester, Northants 27.0mm (42%)

Daventry, Northants (PWS) 10.2mm

Sunshine totals Aug 2022

Llanwnnen estimated  207 hours (128%)

Nottingham 226.7 hours (127%)

Shawbury 202.9 hrs (121%)

Coventry, Bablake School 231.6 hours (133%)

Shobdon, Herefordshire 206.7 hrs (123%)

COL stations sun

Alvechurch 185.1 hrs

Cosby 235.6 hrs

Towcester 235.5 hrs

Summer 2022

Dry and warm; sunshine generally above average

The Midlands experienced a very good Summer being very warm and dry/ very dry; WW had a warm one with most places below average rainfall. Sunshine ranged from around average to sunny for the E Midlands. Summer 2022 will be remembered for the record breaking heat in July when a few places topped 40c and most places broke long- standing heat records.

Here at Lwn the Summer started with a rather wet June, then a rather dry and warm July ending with a very dry, warm and sunny August. 

Coventry saw all 3 months of well below average rainfall, June there was fairly warm and slightly sunny, July warm and slightly sunny, then August very warm and sunny.

Summer 2022 rainfall

Mona c 135mm (dry)

Aberporth c 77mm (very dry)

Llanwnnen 180.5mm (65%)

Pembrey Sands c 123mm (very dry)

Mumbles 93mm (very dry)

MH 126mm (very dry)

Nottingham c 77mm (very dry)

Shawbury c 76mm (very dry)

Coleshill 72mm (very dry)

Coventry, Bablake School 74.0mm (41%)

CL 110.0mm (62%)

Pershore c 104mm (dry)

Hereford 102.4mm (dry)

Summer 2022 sunshine

Llanwnnen estimated 534 hours (106%)

Nottingham 599.4 hours (quite sunny)

Coventry 651.4 hrs (116%)