[Past Weather Photos]

Here are some scans of 35 mm photos taken on 11th December 1981.

10~15 cm of snow had fallen overnight and into the morning on this Friday which was the second snowfall in the 8th to 14th December severe spell.

[No Better]

Updated: Sunday 17/08 19:20

More rain to come throughout this week as atlantic low pressure systems maintain their grip on the UK's weather.

Read full story here

Any prospects of some decent quantities of rain in S.E. England ? - despite this endless run of atlantic depressions very little rain has fallen in Guildford in the last 3 days. In common with the rest of this awful 'summer', as each depression gets closer the forecast for any decent rainfall in the south is downgraded or heavy rain is forecast and the result is still a failed situation. Saturday night and now Sunday evening are just two of the recent examples. Viewers of this post may surprised to read that this "unsettled" summer (1st June to now) has only yielded two days with rainfall exceeding 10 mm (3rd June and 9th July) and a total of 147 mm here in Guildford

Will this coming week with another dire wet forecast finally bring a decent total in s.e. England in line with the rest of the u.k.?

[Storm Reports]

A thunderstorm at Guildford!

Thunder to N.W. at 1:53 pm with periodic activity to 2 pm. Newly developing cell to S.W. advances with shower from 2:21 pm. Very heavy rain with slight hail (<5 mm diameter) at 2:27 pm to 2:29 pm, estimating that 3 to 4 mm rain fell in this time. Thunder from this cell as it recedes to N.E. at 2:30 pm to 2:40 pm, with rain easing at 2:35 pm. A short and intense thundery shower yielding about 7 mm rainfall and a drop of temperature from 19.5 deg C to 12.6 deg C.

Although the wind was prevailing from W.S.W., rain was lashing against the North facing windows suggesting a N.W.ly component to the squall during the most intense activity.

The cumulonimbus receded east with an impressive sky - as photographed at about 3:15 pm.