Coldest since 2017 and wettest since 2015 - MSLP was -7.0 Mb below average, rainfall 75.1% of the average for 2007-18 and the temp' was 0.75°c above average (2009-18).
Rainfall totalled 125.4 mm (CR school 149.6 mm) - Mean Min' of 2.15°c - Mean Max' 7.23°c - with a highest maximum of 11.1°c (5th, 7th, 19th) and a lowest minimum of -7.2°c (1st, 2nd).
There were: five air frosts and fifteen ground frosts, one 'Ice Day' (1st), snow and hail each fell on two days and with 33.8 mm the 10th was the (year's) wettest day.
Summary - is now updated with December's weather report.
A summary and detail of the weather for 2018 can be read here REVIEW OF 2018 and other summaries/articles are also available such as this: But it's meant to be Summer (Summer 2017)
Local Historical Weather
Morland - rainfall in January 1920 was 114.0 mm and between 1902-44 the average for the month was 102.4 mm
Orton - between 1967-2018 the average rainfall for January is 184.8 mm - the driest being 18.4 mm (1997) and the wettest 383.9 mm (1999)
Appleby - average rainfall for January for the period 1856-2018 is 93.6 mm - the driest decade was the 1950's (67.1 mm), the wettest, 1930's (117.3 mm)
Maulds Meaburn - January - whilst not the wettest month it is the one most likely to see 200mm+ of rain. It also tends to have one of the shorter ranges in mean temperature as well. Will this one be cold and dry or wet, grey and mild? - The mean temperature has ranged from 0.35°c (2010) to 4.57°c (2014). Averages 140.5 mm of rain - Air Frost on 12.1 days - Ground Frost on 20.1 days - Snowfall on 6.8 days - Snow Lying on 4.1 days - an inch of rain on 1.1 days
Mr. W. Hoggarth of Shap (Copy Hill) made the following comment in the 'British Rainfall Guides' regarding the January of 1881:-
'The coldest month remembered, many small birds killed by the cold and in a few instances farmyard poultry.' he made the following comments about particular days in the month:
31st 'Aurora Borealis at night' and at Reagill the headmaster noted: 13th 'six children absent through heavy fall of snow today'.
'HISTORICAL EVENTS' (above) is a start in recording historical weather in our immediate locality - now includes the flood report: Summary and Analysis
Weather Lore - January
"Cold is the night when the stars shine bright.""If the birds begin to sing in January, frosts are on the way."
"If on the 12th of January the sun shines, it foreshows much wind."
Sunrise: 8:14 Sunset: 16:30
Moon Phase: New Moon
LINKS TO OTHER WEATHER WEBSITES
Great Asby, Nr Appleby Local site, making for interesting comparisons with Maulds Meaburn.
Brampton Weather NE Cumbria An authoritative site that includes the Cumbrian Weather report.
Huncoat Weather Includes an excellent study on the history of British rainfall.
Cumbrian Weather Forum For all the latest discussion on the Cumbrian Weather.
Visit Cumbria Take a look at Maulds Meaburn and the surrounding area.
A summary of this stations data is sent to the Climatological Observers Link and to the Cumbria Weather Report and forms part of their monthly reports.
Forecast: Increasing clouds and warmer. Precipitation possible within 24 to 48 hours
Four Day Weather Forecast and current Synoptic and Rainfall charts
