September 1865: Warm and very dry

[Weather-history]

September 1865 is the joint 3rd warmest September in the CET listings on record with a CET of 16.3°C, it is also the 2nd driest September on record with an EWP of 9.5mm.

It was an exceptional month and a very odd month as it was sandwiched between two wet months

August 1865: 126.0mm

September 1865: 9.5mm

October 1865: 168.4mm

 

 

Wisbech in Cambridgeshire recorded rain on just 2 days. The highest maximum of the month was 28.9°C on the 8th with a mean for the month of 17.8°C

Some data, I'll post some more later

Maxima recorded at Ganton, North Yorkshire during September 1865 in (°F)

1. 68

2. 74

3. 77

4. 73

5. 73

6. 72

7. 80

8. 83

9.  72

10. 74

11. 73

12. 75

13. 75

14. 74

15. 77

16. 78

17. 74

18. 75

19. 75

20. 75

21. 62

22. 66

23. 70

24.  71

25. 71

26. 75

27. 80

28. 63

29. 62

30. 62

 

Bury St Edmunds

1. 69

2. 77

3. 79

4. 79

5. 75

6. 74

7.  81

8. 81

9. 72

10. 77

11.  75

12. 74

13. 76

14. 76

15. 76

16.  81

17. 76

18. 72

19. 70

20. 72

21. 61

22. 63

23. 65

24. 65

25. 67

26. 68

27. 70

28. 67

29. 67

30. 64

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Weather-history]

Cambridge

Mean temp of 62.3°F and a rainfall of 0.485 inches of rainfall

 

Manchester (°F)

1st-10th mean: 64.8

11th-20th mean: 65.5

21st: -30th mean: 58.1

84.8°F on the 27th 

4 days with rain an a total of 0.74 inches

 

Birmingham

Mean temp of 61°F  and a rainfall of 0.2 inches of rain

 

 Waringstown

Mean temp of 59°F and a rainfall of 0.88 inches of rain with rain recorded on 4 days

 

 

 

[Weather-history]

Ryde on the Isle of Wight (°F)

1.   69

2.   74

3.  68

4.  73

5.  69

6.  68

7.  72

8.  77

9.  70

10.  69

11.  71

12.  73

13.  71

14.  72

15.  73

16.  74

17.  73

18.  73

19.  71

20.  73

21.  62

22.  65

23.  66

24.  70

25.  70

26.  69

27.  71

28.  68

29.  68

30.  68