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Taunton Warm and wet today Min Overnight - 45.3F (7.4C) Max Temp - 56.5F (13.6C) Rain – 6 mm to 10.30 pm Wind NW gusting to 15 mph but gusts earlier in day to 28 mph Barometer 1002 Mb and rising Current Temp – 45.6F (7.6C)

Cold start this morning -2.5C overnight But a lovely day today 11.9C and lots of sun Currently 2.0C

The stuff that was falling yesterday was soft hail. If you look back you might have noticed that the clouds were great towering efforts – almost cumulonimbus. All that was lacking was the thunder and lightning. So moisture was being convected to great heights where it became icy and where - almost certainly because of an extremely cold upper atmosphere – the drops crystallised to form snow; then were carried even higher where they froze into hail. What you might call ‘proper’ snow usually comes from cumulus clouds. Think of summer storms and rain showers. Rain showers come from small cumulus clouds – hail comes from thunder clouds. Not a truly scientific answer but it may help. B)

TAUNTON First flakes of snow falling now - some quite large but few and far between. Not settling. Wind getting stronger and gusty. Westerly up to 20 mph. Temperature is still up at 38.8F (3.8C) but it'll probably fall once the front has passed.

Just started snowing a few minutes ago. Just smallish flakes which aren't settling yet. Temp 2.5C (36.5F)

Taunton Somerset Today - Cloudy all day with continual rain since 11.15 am Max Temp – 4.8C (40.7F) Min Temp – 1.4C (34.6F) Rain - 26.5 mm up to 5 mins ago Wind - NE gusting to 25 mph Barometer - 1004 hPa

Thanks Cloudburst Missed the previous one so ta for your comments. I reckon that's a bit unfair. Makes me wonder how much extra 'precipitation' is recorded in seaside town as a result of seagulls s****ing in the collectors. :blink:

I guess that my question comes into this context – please will someone tell me the answer? When we have a good frost or a heavy dew around here, our local weather station usually shows 0.3 mm of rain (precipitation). Does this actually count towards annual or monthly rainfall figure? Not having an automatic set-up (yet) I’m just curious.

It’s lunchtime – so it’s started to rain! Overnight rain – from midnight – 5 mm Wind – blustery WNW around 17 – 25 kph Temperature – 11.2C - 52F Barometer 997h/pa and falling

Taunton Minimum Temp 19.5F -7C High thin cirrus moving in. Very slight westerly breeze.

Currently in Taunton Temperature – 44.8F/7C Humidity – 80% Pressure – 1022.5 falling Wind – Westerly light Cloud – 10/10 Light intermittent drizzle - not enough to record.

Has the rain gone at last? Another 26 mm in the rain gauge at midnight. What a wet start to the month. Max today 6.8C - no sun at all. Min Last night 3.2C and very windy. Barometer now 980 and rising. Current Temp 6.6C

Still chucking it down and blowing a gale. :huh: 29 mm yesterday to midnight. Rain falling for 19 hours. Got awfully wet checking my gauge!

A simple question - I hope! Where do we post monthly weather summaries? Found it!! Wasn't open when I asked. My monthly summary duly posted.

November Summary TAUNTON, Somerset. Records taken from observations in my garden on shaded max/min thermometers and with manual rain gauge. (And with wetted raised finger) Max Temp: 62F (16.7C) on 2nd Min Temp: 20F (-6.7C) on 20th Average Max: 51.0F (10.6C) Average Min: 34.2F (1.2F) (Assuming Min tonight of 7C – as forecast by Met Office.) Rainy Days - 15 Dry Days - 15 Total Precipitation: 84.5 mm Somerset Average: 113 mm

Another frost - our 13th in a row. -3C last night and it's only +0.5C now. Light scattered cloud. Almost no wind. Barometer 1011 - rising slowly.

Please read my signature. Then THINK!!! How many others feel the same way - you're getting worse than BBC - repeat after repeat. Bye bye for now

Bring back the Sun!! Yesterday Mon 4th Max Temp 19C Rain 1mm Currently Temp 9.6C Barometer 1015mb Wind NW light/still No clouds Humidity 94%

If this is July – bring back June!!! :lol: Max Temp yesterday 18C Rain 3mm Wind – westerly light Currently Temp 16.6C Barometer 1018mb rising Heavy overcast Wind - calm Humidity 98%

Hi Folks OON – what a good comment. The Government are actually doing their best to stamp the bloody things out, aren’t they? (Well, as hedging, anyway!) TM – excellent! Do you want a job at our local Garden Centre ‘cos the monkeys there all need shooting!

June 2005 in TAUNTON Warmest Max: 33.3C on 19th Coldest Max: 16.1C on 5th Warmest Min: 16.7C on 17th Coldest Min: 3.9C on 7th Average Max: 24.2C Average Min: 11.2C Rain: 97mm Dry Days: 19 Wet Days: 11

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A very muggy day. Sauna conditions mid-afternoon! Max Temp today 28C Rain 23mm 6mm fell in half hour around 5 pm and the rest fell during storms from 7 to 9 pm approx. Barometer 1011 falling Wind Light Northerly Current Temp 18.7C Humidity 98%

TAUNTON Not a bad day at all. Hazy sun at times; cloudy at times; bright sun for the rest. Max Temp yesterday 27.5C Currently Temp. 17.0C Barometer 1020 falling Humidity 82% Wind Easterly – very light No rain - yet

Hi all It can take a conifer several years to show that it isn't happy. When the leaves all start turning brown then it's usually too late. The chances are that they were a) frosted or dried out during the winter. Unfortunately a partly browned conifer seldom recovers to look good again. Pull them up and start again.