2008 Weather Records

[Osbourne One-Nil]

Here are the weather records for Great Asby for 2008.

Monthly mean termperatures (10yr average in brackets)

January 5.1C (3.7C)

February 4.1c (3.2C)

March 4.4C (5.1C)

April 6.4C (7.6C)

May 12.2C (10.9C)

June 12.6C (13.6C)

July 15.1C (15.3C)

August 14.6C (14.2C)

September 11.7C (12.8C)

October 8.0C (8.1C)

November 5.7C (5.7C)

December 2.5C (3.1C)

Annual mean temperature 8.6C (ten year mean 8.7C)

Highest daily maximum temperature 26.8C (July 25th)

Lowest daily maximum temperature -3.1C (Dec 31st)

Highest daily minimum temperature 16.3C (July 31st)

Lowest daily minimum temperature -6.8C (Feb 17th & 18th)

No of air frosts; sixty-two

Total rainfall; 1382.2mm

Highest wind gust; 65mph (Feb 29th)

[johnholmes]

but it says 2009 in the title oh learned one!

[Osbourne One-Nil]

Yes, they are my predictions for this year.

Sorted!

[Red Raven]

And mine can be found at http://www.lortonweather.co.uk/Analysis-2008.htm.

Coldest year yet! Last night just after midnight so not in 2008 records I recorded my all time low of -9.8C

[Andy Bown]

I haven't posted my monthly accounts for a while due to criticism at my method. They were mainly recorded in the way they were due to only having a max/min thermometer, something corrected by now having a weather station.

2008 Stats for Westbury, Wiltshire

Jan = 7.14c

Feb = 6.30c

Mar = 7.01c

Apr = 9.38c

May = 14.70c

June = 14.81c

July = 16.97c

Aug = 16.23c*

Sept = 13.59c

Oct = 10.25c

Nov = 7.53c

Dec = 4.10c

Mean = 10.66c (0.02c above 5 year mean. All have been between 10.22c and 10.97c)

Highest temp = 30c (27, 28 July)

Lowest temp = -6c (17 Feb)

Dry days = 156

Precip days = 210 (18 wintry)**

Rainfall = 1012mm (47mm above 4 year average)

*= the first time August has been cooler than July

** = 366 days due to leap year

[MP-R]

I have posted an attachment of this year's weather records file.

[Zenarcher]

Castlebay Isle Of Barra 2008

Highest wind speed 104mph

Highest pressure 1040mb

Lowest pressure 964mb

Lowest wind chill -16c

Total rainfall 750mm

Lowest temperature -2c

Highest temperature 26.9c

Highest dew point 15.5c

Lowest dew point -4c

Lowest Humidity 45%

Highest Humidity 98%

The year started off dull cloudy and stormy with rain, gusts up to 104mph was recorded at the end of January making it the worse storm since 2005. Through spring we had good sunny dry weather. We had a fair summer but the end was wet and windy. Through Autumn it was wet and windy again with 101mph gust on 25th October. The end of the year was very wet but the high pressure at the end made up for it bringing good sunshine days.

[Matt Taylor]

Portsmouth, Hampshire.

Jan: 8.3

Feb: 7.3

Mar: 7.5

Apr: 9.5

May: 15.3

Jun: 16.1

Jly: 17.4

Aug: 17.2

Sep: 14.7

Oct: 11.3

Nov: 8.8

Dec: 5.0

2008: 11.6

Total rainfall: 979.2mm (about 250mm above average).

Hottest day: Jly 27th ,ean of 22.9

Coldest day: Dec 31st mean of 0.3

Wettest day: Dec 13th 38.1mm

Highest temp: July 27th: 26.9

Coldest temp: Dec12 -1.8

Hoping for a warmer and drier summer this year!

Matt

[johnholmes]

Cantley, Doncaster

Values given are the average min, max, mean, rain days(0.2mm or more), snow falling snow lying, air frost, ground frost, fog, thunder

6.8C(5.8C ), 14.3C(13.4), 10.7C(9.6), 201(160), 17(26), 3(11), 36(49), 70(82), 12(26), 5(11)

So above the long term average temperatures, likewise for rain, lower for the rest.

Absolute maximum was 29.7C on 11 June with the absolute minimum -6.6C on 17 February.

[The PIT]

Stevenson data can be found here http://www.sheffieldweather.co.uk/Stevenson-2008.htm

Davis VP2 can be found here. http://www.sheffieldweather.co.uk/html/2008_vp2_data.html

Overall the year came in at 9.5C the coolest year since 1995 and when you consider how warm it all started 9.5C is remarkable end result.

December was the coolest December since 1996 as well. Yet despite this only a brief covering of snow during the month. A pathetic depth of 1cm as well.

December was the driest since 2005 recording only 61.3mm of rain despite a wet start. The year was the wettest since 2002 with 983mm of rain.

[TonyH]

WEATHER STATS MONTHS AND 2008 FOR LAMPETER

2008 average temps

Month Max Min Daily

January 9.1 4.2 6.65

February 10.3 1.0 5.65

March 9.9 2.6 6.25

April 13.0 3.5 8.25

May 18.9 8.3 13.6

June 18.1 8.1 13.1

July 18.7 10.8 14.75

August 19.5 12.1 15.8

September 17.4 7.8 12.6

October 13.0 5.9 9.45

November 9.5 4.2 6.85

December 6.2 0.1 3.15

2008 13.6 5.7 9.7

MONTH RD WD HR AF GF ID S SL T H G F F9

(rain days; wet days over 1mm; days of heavy rain over 10mm; air frost; ground frost; ice days; snow or sleet; snow lying 0900; thunder; hail; gale; fog; fog 0900)

January 23 21 8 7 6 0 0 0 0 5 3 3 0

February 12 8 4 13 17 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0

March 26 20 4 4 9 0 0 0 0 10 4 0 0

April 22 16 1 6 13 0 2 2 0 9 0 1 0

May 15 9 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 0

June 13 10 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

July 20 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0

August 25 21 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0

September 15 14 6 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 2

October 25 20 10 2 7 0 2 1 0 7 0 0 0

November 21 18 5 5 6 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 1

December 19 14 2 18 22 0 2 0 0 3 0 3 3

2008 236 185 55 55 89 0 6 3 9 43 7 22 6

Total rainfall: 1553mm

Wettest month: Jan 238mm

Driest month: May 48mm

Wettest Day: 40.8mm 13/1

High Max: 27.8c 28/7

Low Max: 1.3c 15/12

High Min: 16.3c 30/8

Low Min: -7.7c 17/2

High Pressure: 1042 mbar 16/2

Low pressure: 975 mbar 4/12

[JRMcLeod]

Here are the weather records for Great Asby for 2008.

Monthly mean termperatures (10yr average in brackets)

January 5.1C (3.7C)

February 4.1c (3.2C)

March 4.4C (5.1C)

April 6.4C (7.6C)

May 12.2C (10.9C)

June 12.6C (13.6C)

July 15.1C (15.3C)

August 14.6C (14.2C)

September 11.7C (12.8C)

October 8.0C (8.1C)

November 5.7C (5.7C)

December 2.5C (3.1C)

Annual mean temperature 8.6C (ten year mean 8.7C)

Highest daily maximum temperature 26.8C (July 25th)

Lowest daily maximum temperature -3.1C (Dec 31st)

Highest daily minimum temperature 16.3C (July 31st)

Lowest daily minimum temperature -6.8C (Feb 17th & 18th)

No of air frosts; sixty-two

Total rainfall; 1382.2mm

Highest wind gust; 65mph (Feb 29th)

Thanks for the information, surprised by December and May...Wonder what the stats are for Aberdeen?

[Polar Continental]

2008 Report.

Summary for 2008

Mean temperature was 9.96c, the lowest since my records started in 2005 and locally since 2001 (9.5c) A rather wet year for this area with 787.7 mm of rain, the wettest since my records began in 2005 and from local records since 2000.

Stats for 2008

Mean maximum temperature = 13.8c

Mean minimum temperature = 6.1c

Mean temperature = 9.96c

Highest Maximum 27th July = 28.9c

Lowest Maximum 31st Dec = -1.9c

Highest Minimum 30th Aug = 18.1c

Lowest Minimum 18th Feb = -7.6c

Minimum Grass Temperature on the 17th Feb = -11.0 c

Ground Frosts = 114

Air frost = 57

Days of Rain, with 1mm or more = 141

Total rain days = 177

Wettest Day 5TH Sept = 39.9mm

Days of snow = 8

Days of lying snow = 10

Thunder heard / Thunderstorms = 5

Rain total for 2008 = 787.7mm

Paul

[Paul Sherman]

Here are the Leigh On Sea Figures For 2008

Summary

2008 Had an Average Temperature of 11.1c which is 0.34c above the 1971-2000 Average. It was a Below Average Year in Terms of Sunshine and About Average For Rainfall. A Notable Run of 30 Day produced the Wind Direction from an Easterly Quadrant Continously from the 3rd May until the 2nd June 2008 :lol: 1 Notable Thunderstorm Complex occured on the 6th August with 4 Hours of Continual Thunderstorms from an MCS From France.

Stats

Jan 08 - 9.9c / 5.9c (7.9c) +3.2c / Rain 40.4mm / Sun 76.22 Hours / Ave Barometer 1013.2

Feb 08 - 9.9c / 2.9c (6.4c) +1.5c / Rain 10.6mm / Sun 146.91 Hours / Ave Barometer 1023.9

Mar 08 - 10.2c / 4.2c (7.2c) +0.2c / Rain 47.6mm / Sun 113.85 Hours / Ave Barometer 1006.4

Apr 08 - 12.9c / 5.1c (9.0c) +0.0c / Rain 39.8mm / Sun 171.19 Hours / Ave Barometer 1010.6

May 08 - 17.9c / 9.0c (13.5c) +1.2c / Rain 88.0mm / Sun 234.93 Hours / Ave Barometer 1015.4

Jun 08 - 19.8c / 11.7c (15.7c) +0.3c / Rain 27.0mm / Sun 213.49 Hours / Ave Barometer 1016.5

Jul 08 - 22.2c / 13.5c (17.9c) +0.0c / Rain 48.0mm / Sun 245.64 Hours / Ave Barometer 1013.6

Aug 08 - 21.3c / 14.3c (17.8c) -0.1c / Rain 76.2mm / Sun 133.23 Hours / Ave Barometer 1010.4

Sep 08 - 17.7c / 10.5c (14.1c) -1.1c / Rain 40.8mm / Sun 143.26 Hours / Ave Barometer 1017.3

Oct 08 - 14.3c / 7.0c (10.7c) -0.8c / Rain 46.4mm / Sun 151.80 Hours / Ave Barometer 1014.6

Nov 08 - 10.5c / 6.3c (8.4c) +0.8c / Rain 66.8mm / Sun 69.05 Hours / Ave Barometer 1013.1

Dec 08 - 6.8c / 2.5c (4.6c) -1.1c / Rain 13.2mm / Sun 93.27 Hours / Ave Barometer 1018.4

Annual Temperature = +0.34c From the 1971-2000

Highest Daily Max = 28.3c On July 27th

Lowest Daily Max = 3.1c On December 31st

Highest Minimum = 17.7c On August 29th

Lowest Minimun = -5.8c On February 17th

Highest Daily Rain = 25.8mm On May 25th

Number Of Frosts = 48

Annual Rainfall = 544.8mm

Annual Sunshine = 1,579 Hours

Average Pressure = 1014.5

Regards

Paul Sherman

[J07]

Not the UK, but may be of interest. This was the 3rd wettest year on record. Wellington is a very temperate place, with few extremes, except with regards to wind. This winter was very wet, possibly the wettest winter I've experienced either here or in the UK (not sure though, total rainfall was 600mm in the three months).

In terms of temperature, every month here was pretty much bog standard, except May which was notably cold (clearly, when the mean temp for June was identical!)

Wellington City, New Zealand:

Month: Mean Temperature; Total Rainfall; Total Sunshine hours

January: 17.8C; 33mm; 271 hours

February: 17.7C; 54mm; 223 hours

March: 16.9C; 170mm; 216 hours

April: 14.3C; 210mm; 176 hours

May: 10.4C; 100mm; 139 hours

June: 10.4C; 136mm; 123 hours

July: 9.2C; 252mm; 94 hours

August: 9.2C; 205mm; 155 hours

September: 11.0C; 181mm; 127 hours

October: 12.4C; 89mm; 202 hours

November: 14.1C; 98mm; 239 hours

December: 16.0C; 132mm; 228 hours

2008: 13.5C; 1662mm; 2205 hours

Highest Max: 29C

Highest Min: 19C

Lowest Max: 7C

Lowest Temperature: 2C

Air frosts: 0

Days of falling sleet: 1

Highest Wind Gust: 84mph

Highest UV Index: 14

Just a quick comparison with the closest one above, the most notable aspect is that compared with Paul, I received 50% more sunshine, but 300% more rain also.

For New Zealand as a whole, a place of reasonable variation as usual. One somewhat interesting statistic is that November saw snow fall to sea level in Southland, with 20cm in places, and 33C recorded in the Wairarapa (which actually wasn't a record for them), about 2 weeks apart.

Extreme Max: 35C (happened in both January and March)

Extreme Min: -10C

Highest Wind Gust: 114mph (happened in two different places on two different days, and amazingly was from the east on both occasions)

Driest Place: Alexandra with 376 mm

Wettest Place: Cropp River, near Hokitika with 10,940 mm

Sunniest Place: Blenheim with 2505 hours

Warmest Place: Leigh with a Mean Annual Average Temperature of 16.5C

NIWA's brief summary of the months:

January: very dry and settled conditions

February: unsettled, with low pressures

March: dry and settled (much like January)

April: warm, moist northeasterlies affected the North Island

May: wet and cold easterlies predominated

June: strong southwesterlies prevailed

July: unsettled, with low pressures

August: wintry southerlies occurred frequently

September: a switch to warmer northwesterlies

October: tending more westerly

November: back to warm, northwesterlies (similar to September)

December: moist northeasterlies.

Their full summary is at: http://www.niwa.cri.nz/ncc/cs/annual/aclimsum_08