Weather log West Wales & Midlands March 2019

Weather log West Wales & Midlands March 2019

Key:

WW = West Wales

Lwn = Llanwnnen

AG = Aldermans Green, Coventry

LL = Long Lawford

CL = Church Lawford

CC = Capel Curig

MH = Milford Haven

Mids = Midlands

CITE = Coton-in-the-Elms, Derbyshire

COL = Climatological Observers Link

PWS = Personal weather station

Unsettled and wet start to Spring, much cooler than was the end of February even though it was quite mild..

Brief cold snaps with wintry showers in places mid month:

Sun 10th wintry showers, even parts of lowland N Midlands had a snow covering first thing, moreso Peaks and hills of Wales though. Thunder and hail in places too.. here at Lwn a heavy mid afternoon hail shower was accompanied by thunder and lightning. Strange day temperature- wise as a brief warm sector gave a max 8.9c here 0430 (it had been 3c around midnight), the day max then being 7.4c with a subsequent marked dip after the hail and thunder to below 3c for a while.

Tue 12th rain turned to sleet and snow in places during the day, a little sleet here midday and snow fell over the Beacons..

Very wet first half to March, most places at least double the average for this stage:

Here at Llanwnnen 145.1mm to 16th = looks like being the wettest March recorded here (167.9mm to beat from 2008). However the latter stages of the month look a lot more settled...

Wed 20th some places, especially much of WW Wales and S Midlands rather overcast and misty and as a consequence chilly, while others were rather warm and sunny, especially W & N Midlands (max Newport, Salop 17.8c, Trawsgoed 14.3c, Pershore 13.7c, Lwn 12.8c, Aberdaron 8.3c). Shawbury 10.3 hrs sunniest in UK (Bablake 8.5 hrs, Aberporth 7.7 hrs, Lwn est 1 hrs, Aberdaron & Valley 0 hrs)

Sunny and dry end to month and generally mild:

Thu 28th sunny (Aberporth 11.9 hrs = sunniest in UK, Shobdon 11.6 hrs, Lwn 11.5 hrs est, Aberdaron 5.4 hrs)

Fri 29th after fog and frost in places, largely sunny and mild/ rather warm, but much cooler (and locally misty/ cloudy) many coasts (Newport, Salop 17.6c, Watnall & Shawbury 16.9c, Bablake 16.8c, Llysdinam, Powys 16.0c, Lwn 15.3c, Trawsgoed 12.7c, Aberporth 9.9c, Pembrey 9.8c, Aberdaron max 8.9c). Sunshine Watnall 11.9 hrs, Shawbury 11.6 hrs, Aberporth 8.6 hrs, Lwn 8.5 hrs est, Valley 1.9 hrs. Driving to Aberaeron mid afternoon it was a mild, rather calm 14c when we set off, felt cooler air 12c by Temple Bar half way to the coast, then Ciliau Aeron to coast around 10c, although pleasantly sunny with light breeze all rest of the day.

Nature notes:

First Bluebell in flower (usual ones sheltered beneath house insulation), 'normal' ones look due for the usual April bloom.

Wed 20th Chiffchaff briefly heard Carmarthen (car park by old railway line)

Thu 21st first Bluebell flowers appearing at top of garden (again these are early cf countryside ones)

Fri 22nd Chiffchaff from garden; Sat 23rd Chiffchaff Lampeter University

GSW drumming heard a few times early month, almost daily latter month..

Sun 24th half a dozen Chiffchaff Longwood, 1 seen (3 singing within a 50m area by Castell Goetre fort and farm)

Thu 28th first Stitchwort flowers out

Fri 29th Aberareon plenty of Stitchwort flowering, also much Wood Anemone along the river; some trees leafing (inc Sycamore); snatch of Blackcap; plenty of Chiffchaff in the woods,

Fair bit of Blackthorn bloom out by month end; many Dandelions in flower

As per March log, plenty of red Holly berries remaining on garden tree..guess they will drop off by end of April?



March 2019 summary

Mild, rather wet/ wet; sunshine average to rather sunny

Rainfall March 2019:

Valley 96.6mm (154%)
CC 486.2mm (200%)
Aberdaron c 95mm
Trawsgoed c 155mm
Aberporth 81.8mm (131%0
Lwn 152.3mm (185%) = only wettest since 2017 (153.9mm)
Pembrey Sands c 60mm
MH 76.0mm

Nottingham 85.6mm
Shawbury 53.4mm (115%)
Coleshill c 72mm
Coventry, Bablake 64.2mm (135%)
CL 63.8mm (140%)
Pershore c 47mm
Hereford c 65mm
Shobdon 77.4mm (131%)

PWS

Llangeitho, Ceredigion 141.7mm
Talsarn, Abermeurig Bont, Ceredigion 108.4mm
Llanelli, Carms 75.5mm

Bulkington 51.2 mm
Clifton-on-Dunsmore, Rugby 50.3mm
Lilbourne, Rugby 52.6mm
Dunchurch 51.6mm
Crick 54.6mm
Daventry 49.3mm
Radford Semele, Leamington Spa 61.2mm
Shirley, Solihull 65.5mm
Edgbaston, Bham 72.4mm
Harbourne, Bham 89.7mm
Alvechurch 62.3mm
Malvern 69.3mm



Sunshine March 2019:


Aberporth 131.2 hrs (111%)
Llanwnnen est 93 hrs (100%)

Nottingham 125.7 hrs (134%)
Coventry 153.5 hrs (113%)
Shawbury 108.2 hrs (113%)

Weather log February 2019 West Wales & Midlands

Weather log February 2019 West Wales & Midlands

Key:

WW = West Wales
Lwn = Llanwnnen
AG = Aldermans Green, Coventry
LL = Long Lawford
CL = Church Lawford
CC = Capel Curig
MH = Milford Haven
Mids = Midlands
CITE = Coton-in-the-Elms, Derbyshire
COL = Climatological Observers Link

PWS = Personal weather station

Cold and locally wintry start to the month did nt last long:

Fri 1st first 0900 snow covering of Winter here but under 1cm, at nearby Longwood, a little higher up, a good 5cm

Sat 2nd hard frost Wales, min Tirabad -8.1c, Lwn -7.5c, Trawsgoed -6.6c, Pembrey -3.5c, Pershore -2.7c, Aberporth 2.9c. Sunny, chill day..

Sun 3rd widespread hard frost (Pershore -8.3c, Lwn -8.1c, Tirabad -7.4c, Shobdon -6.1c, Trawsgoed -6c, Bablake -5.2c, Pembrey -5c, Aberdaron 2.1c)

Then mild and more unsettled:

Sun 10th Trawsgoed 25mm wettest in UK (2100); Lwn 18.6mm to 0900

Settled and very mild mid month:

Thu 14th widespread slight frost to start with. wWidely very mild by day with strong virtually unbroken sunshine, exceptionally mild for parts of WW (maxima Gogerddan 16c, Trawsgoed 15.8c, Lwn 14.0c, Astwood Bank 13.4c, Nottingham 13.0c; sun Lwn est 9.5 hrs, Aberporth 8.8 hrs, Nottingham 8.4 hrs, Ross-on-Wye 8.2 hrs), cooler for some coasts with onshore breezes (Aberdaron max 8.9c, MH 9.4c). At Llanwnnen it was only the warmest February day since 2017 (max 14.3c on an overcast drizzly 22nd). Today was though more comparable to the remarkable 16.1c of 12/02/08 which was similarly sunny..

Fri 15th very mild and sunny again after widespread frost (min Shobdon -3.1c).  Max Rhyl 17.5c, Trawsgoed 15.8c, Pershore College 15.7c,  Lwn 14.1c, Aberdaron 10.1c). Widely 8 or 9 hours sunshine (Wellesbourne 9.1 hrs, Lwn 9 hrs est, Aberporth 8.4 hrs).

Thu 21st very mild indeed with sunny spells (Hereford 17.2c, Coleshill 16.4c, Trawsgoed 14.3c, Lwn 13.2c, max Aberdaron 10.1c)

Crazy 'warm' end to the month!!

Fri 22nd very mild/ rather warm widely; not quite a Feb record here at Lwn max 15.8c (Gogerddan 18.1c = warmest in UK; Trawsgoed 17.5c, CC 16.4c,  Lwn 15.8c; Nottingham 16.0c, Coleshill 14.8c, Mumbles 10.2c)

Sat 23rd another very mild/ rather warm day widely ( Pershore College 17.3c, Sutton Bonington 16.2c;  Trawsgoed 16.3c, Lwn 15.8c again, Aberdaron 10.7c)

Sun 24th record breaker! Max 17.7c here at Llanwnnen beating the 16.1c from 2008; Gogerddan max 19.1c set a new Welsh Feb record (Velindre, Powys 18.6c Feb 23rd 1990) also warmest in UK today obviously. Also Trawsgoed 18.9c, Capel Curig 17.4c, Mona 16.5c, Coleshill 16.3c, CITE 16.0c,  Hereford 13.1c..

Mon 25th another incredibly 'warm' late Feb day this after widespread frost (Pershore -3.8c, Lwn -2.6c, Tirabad -1.3c, Aberdaron 7.2c).  New UK Feb record achieved at Trawsgoed (max 20.6c) also this is the highest reading in UK for Winter- time. Other maxima Llanwnnen 18.9c (new record again), Gogerddan 20.1c, Pershore 17.8c, Watnall 17.2c, Coventry 17.1c, Aberporth 16.8c, Shobdon 15.1c, MH 12.1c). Sunshine virtually unbroken in most places (Wellesbourne 10.0 hrs, Watnall 9.9 hrs, Aberporth 9.7 hrs,  Lwn est 9.5 hrs:

Tue 26th widespread slight frost again (Hereford -2.2c, Lwn -1.2c, Tirabad -0.9c, Aberdaron 6.8c). Virtual repeat of yesterday, record breaking February warmth (Kew 21.2c, Porthmadog 20.8c, CC 19.3c, Coleshill 19.1c, Lwn 18.8c, Watnall 18.6c, Aberporth 18.1c, Shobdon 16.5c, MH 13.8c).  9 or 10 hours sunshine for most...i.e. unbroken..

Wed 27th warm again here with unbroken sun.

Max 16.8c here at Lwn the last day, probably, of a truly remarkable spell of late Winter weather!

Past 6 days all above 15c and 60f, past 4 days all above the former February record (16.1c from 2008).

Virtually unbroken sunshine past 4 days (8 to 10 hours daily). 

Nights became cold and frosty with slight air frost past 3 nights, as low as -2.6c. 

Todays maxima: Coleshill 18.3c, Trawsgoed 17.9c, Lwn 16.8c, Aberdaron 11.8c. Around 10 hours sun all stations (max possible)

Thu 28th back to normal, some rain in many areas and only rather mild!

Nature notes:

Quite a bit of bird song even early in the month (esp Song Thrush, Great Tit, Robin) also Owls calling a lot at night...

A good Spring for the Snowdrops..

Quite a few Daffs out by mid month...when it had became very mild and sunny indeed..

Thu 21st Dursley, Cotwolds Skylarks singing! Celadines in flower, plentiful Daffs out

Fri 23nd Thrush beautifully varied and vibrant dusk after max 16c

Sun 24th full on dawn chorus; Longwood Toads croaking loudly in pond

Mon 25th Bees in garden and a Butterfly (possibly Comma)

Tue 26th Bumble Bee garden

Magnolia coming into bloom Lampeter University and Llangranog

Month end: many Celandines in bloom, not so many Primrose as yet, Bluebell spikes getting tall, suggest some could be out by end of March; sporadic Song Thrush in song, especially towards month end: the odd Blackbird singing properly second half of month; some hedges coming into leaf (especially noticeable SW Midlands 21st).

Still plenty of berries on the garden Holly month end. The first ones turned red early in November. Most Winters the birds will pick them off, hardly seen this happen this year..

Lawns mowed 27th, first time ever in Feb, usually we hold out until early April!

Plenty of buds opening, some shrubberies blooming and leaves coming on some hedgerows month end.

February 2019 summary

Very mild, dry and sunny

2 to 3c above average. Most places below average rain and above average sunshine.

Notable for incredible warmth during final week which smashed February/Winter records, Porthmadog 20.8c and Kew 21.2c 26th being the peak.

Rainfall totals:

Valley 50.0mm (91%)
Capel Curig 224.8mm (100%)
Aberdaron 47.4mm (81%)
Trawsgoed c. 79mm
Aberporth c. 53mm
Llanwnnen 84.1mm (82%)
Milford Haven 52.0mm
Pembrey Sands 27.6mm (34%)
Mumbles 57.8mm (86%)

Nottingham c. 33mm
Shawbury c. 36mm
Coleshill 32.2mm (74%)
Coventry, Bablake School 33.2mm (75%)
Church Lawford 36.6mm (91%)
Pershore c. 28mm
Hereford 38.8mm (83%)


PWS

Llangeitho 81.5mm
Talsarn, Abermeurig Bont 67.3mm
Llanelli 50.8mm

Bulkington 29.2mm
Dunchurch 33.8mm
Clifton-on-Dunsmore 31.7mm
Crick 34.3mm
Daventry 37.8mm
Radford Semele 38.6mm
Shirley, Solihull 38.6mm
Edgbaston 29.5mm
Harborne, Bham 39.6mm
Alvechurch 38.9mm
Malvern 30.7mm


Sunshine:

Valley 110.2 hrs (137%0
Aberdaron 115.8 hrs
Aberporth 110.5 hrs (135%)
Llanwnnen estimated 98 hrs (153%)

Nottingham 122.2 hrs
Coventry 128.8 hrs (164%)
Shobdon 108.3 hrs

Winter 2018/19 summary

Very mild and rather dry; average to quite sunny thanks to the sunny Feb

Winter rainfall


Valley 197.4mm
Capel Curig 700.8mm
Trawsgoed c 314mm
Aberporth c 231mm
Llanwnnen 361.2mm (93%)
Milford Haven c 269mm
Mumbles c 288mm

Nottingham c 143mm
Shawbury 141mm
Coleshill c 139mm
Coventry, Bablake School 144.8mm (87%)
Church Lawford 151.8mm (99%)
Pershore 110mm
Hereford 140mm


Winter sunshine

Valley 165 hours
Aberporth 154 hrs
Llanwnnen estimated 145 hours (100%)

Nottingham 222 hours
Coventry, Bablake 240.9 hrs (121%)

Weather log West Wales & Midlands January 2019

Jan 2019

Key:

WW = West Wales
Lwn = Llanwnnen
AG = Aldermans Green, Coventry
LL = Long Lawford
CL = Church Lawford
CC = Capel Curig
MH = Milford Haven
Mids = Midlands
CITE = Coton-in-the-Elms, Derbyshire
COL = Climatological Observers Link
PWS = Personal weather station

Quite cold early month with unusually high pressure:

Wed 2nd highest pressure for some years nationwide, here at Llanwnnen the weather station reported 1045mbar, its highest pressure since commencing in Summer 2012. Bablake, Coventry 1045mbar also which was the highest since 1992..also a cold day, thankfully quite sunny WW at least! Maxima Libanus, Powys 2.1c, Llanwnnen 3.6c, Shawbury 3.2c, Coventry 4.8c, Nottingham 5.1c, Mona 7.2c

Thu 3rd cold again maxima Libanus +0.7c, Tirabad 1.7c, various Midlands 3.1c, Lwn 3.2c, Aberporth 3.4c Valley 6.6c...

Fri 4th clear allowed hard frost especially Wales (Llanwnnen -7.2c, Tirabad -7c, Pershore -6c, Nottingham -0.1c, Valley 4.7c). Some places barely above freezing with the calm high pressure inversion..maxima Llysdinam & Tirabad 0.7c, Astwood Bank 0.8c, Lwn 1.0c, Pershore 1.7c, Hereford 4.5c, Valley 6.3c

Mostly mild second week, a very dry start to January, mid month totals (to 15th):

Aberdaron 1.4mm

Trawsgoed 9.2mm

Llanwnnen 12.5mm

CL 2.0mm

Bablake 0.8mm

Pershore 0.4mm

Change to colder weather mid month:

Thu 17th wintry showers in places, sprinkling coverings in Coventry, some other parts of Midlands, Snowdonia and Brecon Beacons. Plenty of sunshine especially Midlands, WW clouded over (Wellesbourne 7.1 hrs, Lwn est 5 hrs)
 
Fri 18th wintry showers in places again especially Welsh hills and N Midlands where it settled in places (max generally 3 to 7c)

Tue 22nd wintry showers quite widespread. coverings in places, Llanwnnen had 4cm slushy covering in the morning that quickly melted..

Wed 23rd Midlands sunny, Bablake 7.3 hrs was sunniest January day since 2011 (7.8 hrs); Wellesbourne 7.2 hrs. Wintry showers in places giving some slight accumulations

Fri 25th mild/ very mild interlude, maxima Pershore 13.1c, Mumbles 12.7c, Lwn 10.2c, Nottingham 10.3c, Aberporth 9.8c

Sun 27th back to cold weather to end the month; gales up to 70mph for some Welsh coasts today (Lwn c 50 mph), wintry showers in places..

Tue 29th rain turned to sleet or snow in many places pm giving generally slight accumulations, with more appreciable depths to some hilly areas of Wales; slushy sprinkles to Llanwnnen, Coventry and Rugby for example..

Thu 31st hard frost widely, Coventry min -6.3c since 2010 (-7.0c) here at Lwn min -6.9c only the lowest reading since last October!  Other minima Tirabad -9.3c, Pershore -8.2c, CITC -8.0c.  Sleet and snow affected parts of the regions, in the main amounts negligible. Freezing fog persisted parts of N Midlands where temperatures stayed below zero (maxima Tirabad & Watnall -0.3c, Lwn 1.3c,  Wellesbourne 2.2c, Milford Haven 4.2c)

Nature notes:

Quite a bit of Gorse in flower still much of the month.

Quite a few Daff spikes by mid month, some 'mini' versions in bloom (early variety?).

First Snowdrops out well Fish & Anchor mid month (always the first here on a steep SW facing bank).

Great Tits increasingly heard to 'Teacher' as the month progresses.

Fair few Daisy in flower on lawns and fields throughtout the month, the odd Dandelion.
Hazel catkins out.

Fri 25th Blackbird singing after dusk Morrision, Carmarthen

Many Snowdrop in bloom month end


January 2019 summary

Dry with temperatures close to average; rather dull

Rainfall totals

Valley 38.0mm (50%)
CC 149.2mm (51%)
Aberdaron 41.4mm (50%)
Trawsgoed 84.8mm (70%)
Aberporth 54.2mm (65%)
Llanwnnen 95.4mm (67%)
MH c 75mm
Mumbles c 110mm 

Nottingham 29.0mm
Shawbury 34.2mm (61%)
Coleshill c 26mm
Coventry, Bablake 30.8mm (52%)
CL 30.8mm (55%)
Pershore 20.0mm (38%)
Hereford c 23mm
Shobdon 28.8mm (37%)



PWS


Llangeitho 86.4mm
Talsarn, Abermeurig Bont 69.1mm
Llanelli 72.1mm


Longford 30mm
Bulkington 17.8mm
Dunchurch 26.9mm
Crick 23.1mm
Daventry c 28mm
Radford Semele 30.7mm
Shirley 25.9mm
Edgbaston 27.2mm
Harborne 35.3mm
Alvechurch 37.3mm
Malvern 26.7mm








Sunshine totals

Valley 34.8 hrs (60%)
Aberdaron 39.3 hrs
Aberporth 31.9 hrs (52%)
Lwn 32 hrs (74%)

Nottingham 58.2 hrs
Shawbury 36.3 hrs
Coventry, Bablake 54.6 hrs (87%)

Weather log December 2018

Weather log December 2018


Key:

WW = West Wales
Lwn = Llanwnnen
AG = Aldermans Green, Coventry
LL = Long Lawford
CL = Church Lawford
CC = Capel Curig
MH = Milford Haven
Mids = Midlands
CITE = Coton-in-the-Elms, Derbyshire
COL = Climatological Observers Link
PWS = Personal weather station



Mild start to the month:

Wed 7th rainy much of Wales, Whitechurch 30.2mm wettest in UK,

Thu 6th very mild night generally, minima Pembrey 10.8c, Coleshill 10.2c, Llanwnnen 9.6c, Shawbury 6.5c. Maxima Hereford 14.0c, Trawsgoed 13.0c, Lwn 11.9c, Aberdaron 11.3c

Short cold snap towards mid month:

Fri 14th widespread frost, sharp locally (min Pershore -4.5c, Nottingham -1.1c, Tirabad -3.2c, Lwn -2.1c, MH 4.1c); maximaTirabad 1.7c, Lwn 3.7c, Pershore 4.0c, MH 6.8c

Soon back to milder unsettled pre Christmas. Wales is having a very dull month:

Thu 20th Aberporth just 6.6 hours sunshine so far (Lwn 11 hrs, Valley 13.5 hrs, Nottingham 36.2 hrs)

Sat 22nd a welcome dry bright day...est sun Lwn 3.5 hrs, Aberporth 3.8 hrs

Mild or very mild, benign Christmas and end of year, a little rain or drizzle; Wales very dull; Lwn no sun after 22nd:

Christmas Day, minima close to 0c Midlands rising to 7-9c, WW no frost and maxima 9-11c generally..

Sat 29th Pershore max 13.4c, Bablake 12.8c, Mona & Valley 11.9c, Lwn 10.7c, Pembrey 10.5c



December summary

Very mild and rather wet; very dull WW, sunshine around average Midlands

Rainfall totals:

Valley 109.4mm (121%)
CC 326.8mm (106%)
Aberdaron 142.6mm (173%)
Trawsgoed 149.8mm (111%)
Aberporth 123.6mm (129%)
Llanwnnen 180.7mm (125%)
MH 141.8mm
Pembrey 144.6mm (125%)
Mumbles 120.0mm (109%)


Nottingham 80.8mm (131%)
Shawbury 70.8mm (114%)
Coleshill 80.8mm (126%)
Coventry, Bablake School 80.8mm (131%)
CL 88.4mm (148%)
Pershore 62.0mm (116%)
Hereford 75.8mm (112%)
Shobdon 94.2mm (112%)

PWS

Llangeitho 115.1mm
Talsarn, Abermeurig Bont 118.1mm
Llanelli 122.7mm
Lawrenny, Pembs 129.8mm

Coventry, Walsgrave 102.6mm
Easenhall, Rugby 71.6mm
Dunchurch 60.5mm
Crick 71.4mm
Daventry c 67mm
Radford Semele, L/Spa 78.7mm
Shirley, Solihull 95.2mm
Edgbaston, Bham 84.1mm
Alvechurch 110.7mm


Sunshine totals:

Valley 19.8 hrs (41%)
Aberporth 11.3 hrs (22%)
Lwn est 15 hrs (40%)

Nottingham 42.2 hrs
Shawbury 43.2 hrs (101%)
Coventry 57.5 hrs
Shobdon 32.3 hrs



Nature notes:

Mistle Thrush singing weakly second week AG, Coventry

Tue 11th Song Thrush singing quite well Rugby dusk

Patches of gorse in bloom through November and December.

End of month: Great Tits heard to call Coventry; first few Primrose in bloom; first Daff spikes Lwn (usual spot); Bluebell spikes and Celandine foiliage back garden





2018 summary

A mild and rather sunny year generally; rather dry much of Midlands, WW around average to quite dry..


Rainfall totals 2018:

Llanwnnen 1395.7mm (105%)

Coventry, Bablake School 661.6mm (96%)
Long Lawford 584.1mm (91%) using CL data Nov and Dec
Church Lawford 563.1mm (some data missing)

Sunshine

Llanwnnen 1422 hrs (105%)

Coventry 1708.2 hrs (111%)

November 2018 weather blog

November 2018

Key:

WW = West Wales
Lwn = Llanwnnen
LL = Long Lawford
CL = Church Lawford
CC = Capel Curig
MH = Milford Haven
Mids = Midlands
CITE = Coton-in-the-Elms, Derbyshire
COL = Climatological Observers Link
PWS = Personal weather station


Rather cool start turned mild and more unsettled:

Tue 6th Scolton Park, Pembs 20.6mm wettest in UK from frontal rain

Mild unsettled to mid month:

Thu 15th mild to very mild; sunny much of WW, Midlands sunny intervals.. (Trawsgoed 17.3c, CC 15.5c, Lwn, Mona & Pershore15.1c, MH 13.8c, Shobdon 12.9c). Aberporth officially sunniest in UK with 7.2 hrs, while at nearby Llanwnnen the estimate 7.5 hrs.

Fri 16th very mild again and bright, minima high (Pembrey 12.1c, Persore 12.0c, Lwn 11.4c, CL 11.1c), maxima Lwn 15.6c, Mona 15.4c, Trawsgoed 15.2c, Aberporth 15.1c, Hereford 13.7c, Nottingham & Shawbury 12.9c, Aberdaron 12.8c)

Short cold snap:

Tue 20th cold with some showers, a little sleet or snow for some high ground such as Brecon Beacons (max Tirabad 4.7c, Lwn 6.4c, Valley 8.3c, CITE 5.1c, Nottingham 5.2c, Pershore 6.6c)

Wed 21st cold/ rather cold, many areas dry, a few showers, wintry in places (max CC 3.7c, Lwn & Aberdaron 5.5c, MH 7.4c, Shobdon 4.2c, Market Bosworth 4.3c, Pershore 7.0c, Wellesbourne 7.3c)

Thu 22nd widespread frost, quite hard locally (minima Shawbury -3.7c, CL -3.1, Hereford -0.3c, Tirabad -0.7c, Lwn +0.7c, Aberdaron & MH 4.7c). Another cold day but dry and WW sunny (Valley 7 hrs, Lwn est 6.5 hrs, Shobdon 5.6 hrs) but cloudy/ misty Midlands away from Herefordshire and where very cold in places (maxima Shawbury 3.7c, Hereford 4.7c, CC 4.0c, Lwn 5.4c, Valley 7.8c)

Mild, windy unsettled end to the month, plentiful rain Wales:

Tue 27th Scolton CP, Pembs 31.8mm = wettest in UK (frontal rain); Llanwnnen 17mm (these 2100), Bablake, Coventry 15.4mm, CL 5.0mm (these 0900 28th Nov)

Wed 28th very mild and windy, severe gales parts of WW..gusts 87mph CC and over 70 mph for exposed coasts (Lwn 58mph). Maxima Shawbury 15.5c, Trawsgoed 15.4c, Lwn 13.6c, Aberdaron 13.2c.


Nature notes

19th plentiful gorse bloom coast road and Aberystwyth, November mild and sunny so far..


November 2018 summary:

Mild/ rather mild
Rather dry much of Midlands, rather wet much of WW
Generally quite sunny

Rainfall totals:

Valley 139.2mm (135%)
CC 224.0mm (76%)
Aberdaron 187.6mm (162%)
Bwllch-llan 153.0mm
Aberporth 156.0mm (144%)
Llanwnnen 198.3mm (133%)
Pembrey Sands 154.4mm (126%)
Mumbles 119.2mm (106%)

Nottingham 34.8mm
Shawbury 34.8mm (57%)
Coleshill 47.0mm (68%)
Coventry, Bablake school 50.4mm (81%)
Church Lawford 39.2mm (65%)
Note: no Long Lawford data as garden renovations so gauge removed
Pershore 39.8mm (70%)
Hereford 67.8mm (106%)


PWS

Llangeitho 141mm
Abermeurig Bont, Talsarn 128mm
Llanelli 120.1mm
Lawrenny, Pembs 180.3mm

Longford, Coventry 36.1mm
Bulkington 34.5mm
Dunchurch 32.5mm
Crick 33.5mm
Radford Semele, Leamington Spa 44.2mm
Daventry c 40mm
Shirley, Solihull 66.3mm
Alvechurch 58.7mm
Harborne, Bham 71.9mm
Edgbaston, Bham 43.7mm

Sunshine totals:

Valley 69.1 hrs (119%)
Aberdaron 66.8 hrs
Llanwnnen 71 hrs estimated (134%)
Aberporth 81.8 hrs (133%)

Nottingham 52 hrs
Shawbury 50.2 hrs
Coventry, Bablake school 63.7 hrs (81%)
Shobdon 50.8 hrs

Weather log October 2018

Weather log October 2018

Key

WW = West Wales
Lwn = Llanwnnen
LL = Long Lawford
CL = Church Lawford
CC = Capel Curig
MH = Milford Haven
Mids = Midlands 
COL = Climatological Observers Link
PWS = Personal weather station

Fairly dry start to the month:

Sat 6th very cool rain at times Midlands, many places max below 10c; WW and Marches rain cleared early to sunny spells (max CL 9.2c, Shawbury 11.2c, CC 10.0c, Llanwnnen 12.4c, Pembrey 14.0c)..

Sun 7th widespread frost (Llanwnnen -2.8c, Swyddfynnon -1.9c, Pershore -1.6c, CL 0c)

Tue 9th Wellesbourne 10.1 hours sunniest in UK, Wellesbourne 20.6c max, Midlands having a warm day

Wed 10th unseasonable warmth and near unbroken sunshine: Pershore max 24.2c, Mona 24.0c, Trawsgoed 22.8c, Lwn 22.2c, Milford Haven 19.0c. Here at Llanwnnen it was the highest reading so far into October (cf though 26.4c 01/10/11 and 19.9c 01/11/15).  At Bablake max 23.2c was the latest 23c since 1892 (cf 22.8c 13/10/1990)

Thu 11th warm night, minima Valley 15.8c, Pershore 14.9c, Lwn 13.3c, Nottingham 12.1c; Pembrey 36mm wettest in UK.

Fri 12th very wet much of Wales, radar suggested over 200mm for some high ground such as Brecon Beacons. Libanus, Powys 138.6mm wettest in UK, with approx 67mm for the 24 hours to midnight at Lwn. Gales also for Wales, 63mph gust Lwn was strongest recorded here (srb 2013).

Sat 13th minima above 19c parts of SE and almost a UK October record night, Coventry and CL min about 17c. More very wet weather as fronts lingered WW with extensive flooding: 24 hour totals to 0900 Libanus 167.2mm (190.4mm in 48 hours), Tredegar 102.6mm and Tirabad 85.2mm (all in Powys). Friday 12th was easily the wettest day on record here at Llanwnnen with a total c. 80.6mm (beating 55.5mm 16th July 2009). 24 hour totals to 2100 Capel Curig 80mm, Trawsgoed 59mm, Pembrey 50mm. Severe flooding reported across SW Wales, such as Lampeter and Carmarthen. In stark contrast a warm bright day for much of the Midlands after some early rain, max 22 to 24c (Donna Nook, Lincs max 26.5c, Wellesbourne 23.4c, Coventry and Rugby c 23c)

Sun 14th many parts of SW Wales ended up with over 100mm in the past two days, and radar suggested over 400mm for some hills such as Brecon Beacons. At Llanwnnen a staggering 3 days total of 150.8mm for the 72 hours to 0900, with 126mm or 5 inches of this falling between 0300 12th and 1400 13th or within a 36 hour period. Thankfully the floods and receded for our drive home from Coventry and the day ended up dry and bright in Wales! Midlands saw some wet weather as Wales cleared up, with 20mm or so in places..(LL 17.3mm)

Sun 21st back to a mostly dry week: today bright and warm much of Midlands; cooler, cloudier, some drizzle WW (Pershore 19.0c, Coleshill & Shobdon 18.3c, Shawbury 15.9c, Mumbles 15.7c, Lwn 13.8c, Aberdaron 13.1c)

Cool/ cold end to month with notable frosts:

Fri 26th very cool and showery, some wintry showers high ground; plentiful rain and hail showers WW; central and east Mids mostly dry (max Tirabad 7.6c,  Coleshill 8.9c, Lwn 9.3c, Pembrey 10.8c, Pershore 11.1c)

Sat 27th wintry showers in places, parts of W Midlands in particular seeing snow showers early in the day..very cold day for October, particularly Midlands where some places did not exceed 5c, Bablake high 5.2c suggests it was the coldest October day since 1950 (5.0c) Other max Coleshill & Tirabad 5.3c, Shobdon 6.7c, Lwn 7.6c, Milford Haven & Pembrey 8.8c, Porthmadog 9.3c

Mon 29th widespread frost was sharp in places, here at Llanwnnen min -6.1c was the coldest on record for October (beating -5.6c 25/10/10). Other minima Pershore -4.9c,  CC -4.7c, Trawsgoed -4c. Another very cool/ cold late October day in spite of plentiful sunshine, maxima Tirabad 5.4c, Lwn 6.7c, Pershore 8.6c, Pembrey 9.2c, Porthmadog 9.9c; Wellesbourne 8.8 hrs sun; Aberporth 8.6 hrs, Lwn est 8.5 hrs)

Tue 30th another widespread frost, this severe over much of Wales, Llanwnnen min -8.0c smashing yesterdays record. Other minima Tirabad -7.3c, Trawsgoed -5.3c, Newport, Salop & Pembrey -3.9c, Shawbury -3.7c, Mumbles +1.2c, Nottingham 1.5c (Midlands clouded over). Derek Brockway said min -8c at St Harmon was the lowest in October in Wales for 21 years; checked in COL Presteign had -8.1c 29/10/97. Checking further online the St Harmon site stated in fact was min -8.6c which is lower than in 1997. Also a PWS Davis Vantage Pro near New Radnor had min -8.7c, Another lovely sunny day..

Wed 31st another widespread, in places sharp frost (min Shobdon -5.6c, Llanwnnen -4.9c, Aberdaron & MH 6.0c). A milder day.. generally 11 to 13c (MH 12.7c, Pershore 12.6c, Lwn 12.4c, Mona 10.0c). Thundery downpours over Wales during the evening in contrast!  Fair bit of lightning aand a rumble of thunder here at Llanwnnen..

Nature notes:

Fieldfare and Redwing arrived mid month

Decent late blooms of Red Campion this month (since late September?) particularly where hedgebanks had an Autumn trim.

Late month Starling flocks numbering 100-200 low flying above my head over Llanwnnen fields


October 2018 summary:

Average to quite cool temperatures: SW Wales average to rather wet excepting dry Swansea area; NW Wales and Midlands generally rather dry; sunshine near to rather above average


Rainfall totals:

Capel Curig 197.4mm (66%)
Valley 99.0mm (98%)
Aberdaron 96.8mm (91%)
Trawsgoed 138.0mm (95%)
Aberporth 132.8mm (119%)
Llanwnnen 203.2mm (142%) note: 75% in just 3 days 11th to 13th 
Milford Haven 92.4mm
Mumbles, Swansea 67.6mm (55%)

Nottingham 39.4mm 
Coventry, Bablake 41.2mm (59%)
Long Lawford 42.5mm (75%)
Church Lawford c 43mm
Shawbury, Salop 51.2mm (75%)
Shobdon, Herefordshire 66.6mm (76%)
Hereford 55.8mm (71%)


PWS:

Bont Godolfan, Powys (near Machylleth) 47.8mm

Llangeitho 154.7mm
Abermeurig Bont, Talsarn 144.8mm
Llanelli 72.9mm
Lawrenny, Pembs 68.6mm

Longford, Coventry 39.1mm
Bulkington 36.1mm
Dunchurch 35.1mm
Crick, Northants 44.2mm
Daventry 38.6mm
Radford Semele 52.1mm
Shirley, Solihull 47.8mm
Alvechurch 48.3mm
Harborne, Brum 42.4mm
Edgebaston, Brum 48.8mm
Malvern Wells 59.4mm


Sunshine totals Oct 2018:

Llanwnnen estimated from webcam captures 99 hours (111%)

Valley 96.3 hrs (96%)
Aberdaron 104.5 hrs 
Aberporth 97.9 hrs (95%)

Nottingham 111.0 hrs 
Coventry, Bablake school 128.1 hrs
Shawbury, Salop 98.1 hrs (108%)
Shobdon 115.4 hrs 

Weather log September 2018

Weather log September 2018

Warm start to September soon cooled off especially WW, still noit a lot of rain early in the month:

Sun 9th Capel Curig 24.0mm wettest in UK..

Tue 11th very mild/ warm night (minima Pershore 16.6c, Mumbles 16.4c, Lwn 14.1c, Ashawbury 13.0c, Capel Curig [CC] 11.2c)

Relatively dry start to September, with parts of the Midlands very dry til past mid month (Long Lawford only 8.0mm to 18th. Midlands also warm past week (up to 24c) whereas WW below 20c. Wales turned appreciably wetter mid month with Midlands wet too from 19th:

Thu 20th copious rainfall Wales and Marches..here at Llanwnnen (Lwn) it was the wettest September day on record as about 37mm had fallen since the morning reading and c 48mm in the 24 hours to midnight (previous 29.7mm 23/09/07) and wettest day this year (beating 35.7mm March 14th).

Other rainfall amounts (24 hrs to midnight): wettest Tirabad 74.0mm, CC 63.4mm, Shawbury 52mm, Pembrey 46mm, Mumbles 45mm, Hereford 43mm, and selected Trawsgoed 32mm, Aberporth 31mm, Church Lawford [CL] 18mm

Thu 20th the wettest September day at Llanwnnen with 46.6mm, 100mm for some hills (24 hour totals to 2245)

Fri 21st Lwn 24 hour total 46.6mm the third wettest day recorded (after 47.3mm 14/05/13 and 55.5mm 16/07/09). Showery day, hail and thunder in a few places such as Lwn morning thunder

18th - 21st saw strong to gale winds at times bringing down quite a few trees with gusts above 60mph to exposed Wales (Capel Curig 74mph, Lwn 44mph 19th)..

Sat 22nd very cool for September as well as damp/ wet. Here at Lwn max 10.7c notably low for September being the lowest such reading since 25/09/12 (max 10.5c). Other maxima Tirabad 9.1c, Aberporth 10.7c,  Shobdon 11.0c,  Wellesbourne 12.4c, Porthmadog 13.0c

Settled, often sunny end to September came as a relief in Wales at least:

Mon 24th atmospheric pressure close to September record highs, 1040mbar reached midday Lwn, 1041mbar for more southern Wales..

Tue 25th widesprerad frost, the lowest September readings for anumber of years in places, at Coventry the low of 1.5c was the coldest September night since 1987 (min 0.7c)  while here at Lwn min -1.7c was the second lowest in September (-1.8c 26/09/10). Other minima CC -1.2c, Shobdon -0.7c, Coton-in-the-Elms 1.0c)

Sat 29th another widespread early Season frost, here at Llanwnnen we broke the September record with a low of -1.9c. Other minima (to 0600) Tirabad -1.8c, Shobdon -0.5c, Pembrey -0.2c, Nottingham 4.7c, Mumbles 8.0c). Sunny periods if only rather cool to average (Hereford 17.7c, MH 17.5c, Lwn 16.3c, Aberdaron 14.7c; Wellesbourne 11 hrs sunniest in UK)

Nature notes:

Mid month still seeing some Swallow and Martin occasionally but most of the time absent from our skies. Hardly any sighting by the last few days when most seem to have migrated.

Chiffchaff heard as a subsong a couple of times in last week.

September 2018 summary

Rather cool to average temperatures; Average to wet WW and NW Midlands, with rest of Midlands average to dry; rather dull WW; Midlands an average to quite sunny month

Rainfall amounts:

Capel Curig  c 255mm
Aberdaron c 83mm
Trawsgoed c 121mm
Aberporth c 94mm
Llanwnnen 126.7mm (111%)
Pembrey c 87mm
Milford Haven c 70mm

Nottingham c 57mm
Coleshill c 42mm

Coventry, Bablake school 40.2mm (68%)

Long Lawford 35.2mm (68%)
Pershore c 45mm
Shobdon, Herefordshire 60.6mm

Personal weather stations:

Machynlleth, Powys 160.5mm
Llangeitho 97.5mm
Abermeurig Bont, Talsarn 96mm
Llanelli 75.2mm
Lawrenny, Pembs 65mm

Longford, Coventry 36.6mm
Bulkington 36.6mm
Dunchurch 26.9mm
Crick 32.8mm
Radford Semele, Leamington Spa 36.1mm
Daventry 23.9mm
Shirley, Solihull 47.5mm
Alvechurch 47mm
Harborne, Bham 53.8mm
Edgebaston, Bham 45.2mm

Sunshine:

Valley 123.8 hrs (96%)
Aberport 127.5 hrs (89%)
Llanwnnen estimated 104 hours (83%)

Nottingham 119.9 hrs
Shawbury, Salop 115.8 hrs (98%)
Coventry, Babalake school 146.2 hrs (106%)
Shobdon, Herefordshire 115.5 hrs (99%)