Can Anyone Help? Weather Stats For Dorset

[microclimate]

Hi all,

I need some weather stats for the Blandford area. My brother in law had a nasty cycling accident caused by a pot hole on an official cycling route. The council are citing bad weather but I don't recall the weather being particularly cold or wet after mid January but I'm on the coast and the weather can be very different inland.

What I am more precisely interested in is whether there was any very wet or cold weather between 1st March and 7th April as this is when the pot hole apparently 'appeared'. Also whether there was any severe weather between 20th January and 7th April as the road was apparently checked and there were no potholes yet the pothole my Bro in law hit was very deep and large.

Hope someone in that area can help,

thanks.

[knocker]

Hi all,

I need some weather stats for the Blandford area. My brother in law had a nasty cycling accident caused by a pot hole on an official cycling route. The council are citing bad weather but I don't recall the weather being particularly cold or wet after mid January but I'm on the coast and the weather can be very different inland.

What I am more precisely interested in is whether there was any very wet or cold weather between 1st March and 7th April as this is when the pot hole apparently 'appeared'. Also whether there was any severe weather between 20th January and 7th April as the road was apparently checked and there were no potholes yet the pothole my Bro in law hit was very deep and large.

Hope someone in that area can help,

thanks.

I would think your best bet is to contact the Met. Office who deal with legal problems involving the weather and have alot of experience in this field.

Edited August 18, 2011 by weather ship

[microclimate]

Yes, I think if it comes to legal action then he'll do this but at the mo he is just trying to establish whether it's worth pursuing and a heads up to their weather defence would help this decision.

[knocker]

Yes, I think if it comes to legal action then he'll do this but at the mo he is just trying to establish whether it's worth pursuing and a heads up to their weather defence would help this decision.

Im not sure what else to suggest. You obviously need a station near Blandford that keeps records. Might be worthwhile contacting Wareham weather http://www.wareham-weather.co.uk/wdlive.html or further inland Comptron Abbas weather station http://www.abbasair.com/index.php/compton-weather-station. The nearest METO site would be Hurn.

[microclimate]

Im not sure what else to suggest. You obviously need a station near Blandford that keeps records. Might be worthwhile contacting Wareham weather http://www.wareham-w....uk/wdlive.html or further inland Comptron Abbas weather station http://www.abbasair....weather-station. The nearest METO site would be Hurn.

Cheers for the links.

[Dorsetbred]

Cheers for the links.

You could always check out my site, I have accessible historic data !

Edited August 18, 2011 by Dorsetbred

[microclimate]

You could always check out my site, I have accessible historic data !

Excellent, thanks v much. I just wanted to confirm my recollections that it wasn't a particularly wet or cold month. I don't think it was much different further inland but perhaps somebody else knows differently.