[SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 26/03/2018 onwards]

Observations of summer 2018 ( June, July, August ). Stats courtesy of Weathercast Herstmonceux, East Sussex site. Daily records from that site as recorded by me.

http://www.weathercast.co.uk/world-weather/weather-stations/obsid/3882.html

JULY:

Max Temp:    32.1c ( July 26th )

Lowest Max:  18.8c ( July 29th )

Lowest Min:   11.2c ( July 18th )

Number of days 20.0c or above:   29

Number of days 25.0c or above:   16

Number of days 30.0c or above       1

Total Rainfall:     32.8mm

Days with rainfall:   6

Sunshine total:   281.3 hours

Average sunshine hours per day :   9.07 hours

Days with Zero sun:    2

Sunniest day:   810 minutes ( July 2nd )

Thunderstorms:   1 ( July 27th )

August figures to follow.

 

 

[SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 26/03/2018 onwards]

Observations of summer 2018 ( June, July, August ). Stats courtesy of Weathercast Herstmonceux, East Sussex site. Daily records from that site as recorded by me.

http://www.weathercast.co.uk/world-weather/weather-stations/obsid/3882.html

JUNE:

Highest Max:  26.1c ( June 30th )

Lowest Max:   16.7c ( June 17th )

Lowest Min:    7.2c ( June 22nd )

Days of 20.0c or above:  20

Days of 25.0c or above:    2

Days of 30.0c or above:    0

Total Monthly rainfall:    2.2mm

Total number of days  with rainfall:   4

Days with rainfall of 0.2mm:  2

June sunshine total:  241.9 hours ( average of 8.06 hours a day )

Days with zero sun:   1  ( June 1st )

Sunniest day:  822 minutes  ( June 26th )

Thunderstorms:  0

 

 

 

 

[SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 26/03/2018 onwards]

On 31/08/2018 at 16:05, SenlacJack said:

As I count down the hours to the end of 'meteorological summer' ( yes I know, but I happen to like the JJA definition ! ) I'm looking forward to adding up all the stats I've been recording from Weathercasts Herstmonceux site for summer 2018.
 

Stats all done now, details to follow shortly. I've taken them from the Herstmonceux site because it's the nearest official site to my location, approximately 9 miles as the crow flies and therefore a far more reliable source than any other I can find locally.

[SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 26/03/2018 onwards]

First day of 'meteorological autumn' here in St Leonards on Sea has been a 10/10 with cloudless skies, barely a breeze and a max of 21.7c, better than quite a few days in August in fact.

[SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 26/03/2018 onwards]

As I count down the hours to the end of 'meteorological summer' ( yes I know, but I happen to like the JJA definition ! ) I'm looking forward to adding up all the stats I've been recording from Weathercasts Herstmonceux site for summer 2018.

I'm pretty certain August will fare worse than the previous 2 months though in terms of warmth, sunshine and particularly rainfall. I'll hopefully post the figures here tomorrow for anyone interested.

Currently a pleasant 20.5c under clear blue skies in St Leonards on Sea.

[SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 26/03/2018 onwards]

7 hours ago, alexisj9 said:

Persistent rain still falling here. Anyone get a storm out of this muck.

I can't remember the last storm we've had here Alexis, it was that long ago

[SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 26/03/2018 onwards]

2 hours ago, LightningLover said:

Tipping it down here in Hastings ATM.

It's been a pretty lousy month here so far hasn't it ?  7.4mm of rain so far this morning taking the months total to 113.4mm.

[South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 21/05/2018 Onwards]

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Posted 39 minutes ago

What a thoroughly depressing afternoon it's been here in Hastings/St Leonards on Sea. The rain arrived shortly after midday and has been relentless ever since, with winds now gusting around 30mph.

Nearby Herstmonceux has so far recorded 19.6mm today, bringing the months total so far to 102.6mm and it's still pelting down. Although the temperature has now reached 15.7c it was just 13.1c at 2pm ( bst) this afternoon.

Pretty shocking for late August.

[SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 26/03/2018 onwards]

What a thoroughly depressing afternoon it's been here in Hastings/St Leonards on Sea. The rain arrived shortly after midday and has been relentless ever since, with winds now gusting around 30mph.

Nearby Herstmonceux has so far recorded 19.6mm today, bringing the months total so far to 102.6mm and it's still pelting down. Although the temperature has now reached 15.7c it was just 13.1c at 2pm ( bst) this afternoon.

Pretty shocking for late August.

[SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 26/03/2018 onwards]

Currently some beefy looking showers just offshore in the English Channel and it's currently tonking it down here in St Leonards on Sea

[SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 26/03/2018 onwards]

An absolute pants weekend down here on this part of the South Coast. Not even a hint of sunshine and intermittent drizzle today. 19.2c the max locally.

[SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 26/03/2018 onwards]

It's been a decent enough summers day here in St Leonards on Sea so far with a lightish breeze and some good sunny spells, temperatures locally 20.0c. Certainly a big improvement on the last couple of days but sadly due to take a turn for the worse tomorrow it seems.

According to Weathercast, Herstmonceux recorded a total of 49.8mm yesterday, making it the wettest day of the year at that site if my records are correct.

My entirely unscientific measurements here in my back garden indicate precipitation totals in the range of 30-35mm during the 24 hours on Friday, the vast majority of which fell within a 3 hour period between 4 and 7pm.

[SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 26/03/2018 onwards]

Winds gusting to near 40mph at times here in St Leonards on Sea this afternoon and some torrential downpours here since around 5pm.

Not at all surprised that Herstmonceux just 12 miles away is reporting 46.8mm so far today. 40.0mm of which fell in the last 2 hours. Just one rumble of thunder heard so far today.

[SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 26/03/2018 onwards]

13 minutes ago, Hurricane Debby said:

Evening Lightning Lover. I only moved down here two years ago and I'm still trying to find the best spots to go to when the weather gets interesting. Please enlighten me ! After all the heavenly rain we had today, when I popped out for some vino this evening I saw the most amazing clouds. I ended up down in the end car park of Hastings old town. I love it down there. I just love Hastings  

Hello Debby, welcome to Hastings/ St Leonards on Sea. I've been a regular visitor to the area but moved down here permanently just over 3 years ago and like you love it down here.

Back on track, the car park at Rock-a-Nore is a good spot for watching any incoming weather from across The Channel but for more elevated views I would recommend the West Cliff and the Firehills in Fairlight.

 

 

[SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 26/03/2018 onwards]

Skies now clearing here in St Leonards on Sea after a day of sullen skies and fairly persistent rain. Nearby Herstmonceux has recorded 9mm so far today and the temperature there has just reached 16.2c, making it the coolest day since May 24th.

Edit: now up to 17.8c at Herstmoneceux and it's clouding over again here.

Re the Persieds, if the weather plays ball I would suggest The Firehills in Hastings Country Park or the West Cliff in Hastings as good viewing locations.

[SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 26/03/2018 onwards]

Much fresher here in Hastings but apart from some dark threatening skies around midday it's been a pleasant enough day with plenty of sunshine either side of lunchtime.

With a Tmax locally of 20.6c it's been the coolest day since July 29th.
The moderate breeze led to the sea being choppier than it's been for some time, so curtailing the spectacle of shoals of mackerel chasing whitebait right up to the shoreline that's been an attraction for the last few days.

The evening showers yesterday were hit and miss, with nearby Herstmonceux reporting 8.2mm, but about half of that here in my garden in St Leonards on Sea.

Summer is not over yet

[Convective/Storm Discussion Thread - 1st June onwards]

3 minutes ago, LightningLover said:

Being on the East Sussex coastline, should I give in and call it a night, or wait a bit longer?

To be honest I really don't see any prospects at all for our area tonight.

[SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 26/03/2018 onwards]

What a fantastic day it's been for watching the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and the Red Arrows on Hastings seafront. Mostly clear skies, a light breeze and 24c.

The town was packed all day and will no doubt be the same for tomorrows repeat display. BBMF at 12.30pm and Red Arrows at 6.00pm for anyone interested.

On the downside I could see the smoke from the Friston grass fire on the South Downs , seems to have been dealt with though.

[SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 26/03/2018 onwards]

Here in the Hastings area we've had the first rainfall for 50 days. It started around 9am and continued until around 5pm. Very light rain for much of that time but rain nonetheless.

Just started raining again as I type.  A total of 6.4mm so far.

I'm hoping it clears in time for tomorrows Hastings Raf100 flypast :

https://www.lovehastings.com/hastings-raf-100/

[South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 21/05/2018 Onwards]

Greetings from the bordering region and thanks for allowing me to post here. My first post of  what is generally recognised as being the start of the meteorological summer.

It was a year ago today that saw the beginning of what turned out to be the best spell of weather for the whole summer of 2017 here in St Leonards-on-Sea( East Sussex ).

No repeat of that today though and this week we seem to have paid the price for last weekends fantastic Bank Holiday weather. It's been gloomy pretty much since then with varying degrees of mist, murk and muck with a bit of rain thrown in for good measure. Oh and not a storm in sight despite all the warnings. On a positive note we did get around 3 hours of decent sunshine on Wednesday afternoon here.

Today saw a continuation of the low cloud and mist, with temperatures struggling up to 17.8c.

Hoping for an improvement this weekend with the Hastings Jazz and Blues Festival and Hastings Town and Country Show taking place.

[Convective/Storm Discussion Thread - 19th May 2018 onwards]

1 hour ago, Flash bang flash bang etc said:

For the south coast are we supposedly seeing something during the wee hours?

I saw a forecast earlier which mentioned thunderstorms for parts of Surrey at 12am - but that’s in two hours

I always thought 12am was Midday, not Midnight ?

[Convective/Storm Discussion Thread - 19th May 2018 onwards]

It's great to see and read all these reports but it really would be helpful if everyone could put their location in their profile, or better still a location of where they are actually posting from at the time.

Posts saying it's doing this or that 'here' are pretty meaningless if we don't know where 'here' is !!

[Convective/Storm Discussion Thread - 19th May 2018 onwards]

11 minutes ago, East_England_Stormchaser91 said:

Anyone in Kent or Sussex make anything of those cells in the channel or that one that’s currently going off on one approaching Calais region? 

It's nothing like last nights spectacular lightning display here  but it certainly seems to be perking up as it heads my way.

[Convective/Storm Discussion Thread - 19th May 2018 onwards]

44 minutes ago, LightningLover said:

Flashes becoming more frequent; As was the case last night, Lightning Maps is struggling to pick up most of the lightning.

That storm in the Channel is certainly trying to reach us here !

[Convective/Storm Discussion Thread - 19th May 2018 onwards]

It's been a fantastic weekend of weather here in St Leonards-on-Sea. (East Sussex ).

Saturday saw the mercury rise to 26.1c under near cloudless skies but with immaculate timing, around 9.30pm the storm clouds arrived and delivered a spectacular display of night time strobe lightning for over 4 hours. Just a few drops of rain and occasional barely audible thunder though.

Usually with storms like this the following day is a mess of cloud and clag but today ( Sunday ) has been another cracker with near cloudless skies and a max of 24.5c locally.