Driest yet recorded - MSLP was +3.8 Mb above average, rainfall 22.6% of the average for 2007-20 and the temp' was 0.48°c above average (2009-20).
Rainfall totalled 20.1 mm - Mean Min' of 8.59°c - Mean Max' 19.05°c - with a highest maximum of 23.2°c (29th) and a lowest minimum of 1.7°c (22nd).
There were the following 'Days of' - none - 0 air frosts and 1 ground frost. With 11.2 mm the 24th was the month's wettest day and the highest gust of wind was 38 Mph (11th) - the mean wind speed was 5.87 mph.
Summary - is now updated with the weather report for June.
A summary and detail of the weather for 2020 can be read here REVIEW OF 2020 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 July 1921 was 78.0 mm and between 1902-44 the average for the month was 76.3 mm
Shap - average rainfall for July is 98.8 mm - and the average mean temperature is 14.05°c with an average of no air frosts and 11.7 'Wet Days'
Appleby - average rainfall for July for the period 1856-2020 is 74.9mm - the driest decade was the 1990's (49.5 mm), the wettest, 1880's (104.6 mm)
Maulds Meaburn - July - as i always say (along with August), the expectation and the reality rarely meet! July is a wet month and whilst it was always throw up a few hot days, it rarely gives a prolonged hot and sunny spell (2013 being a slight exception, but which from the 22nd went downhill and the first half of 2018 was good). And this July is looking like being unsettled well into the month, but with a few early signs of finishing well - The mean temperature has ranged from 13.77°c (2012) to 17.14°c (2013). Averages 101.3 mm of rain - 20°c on 10.4 days - 25°c on 2.3 days - 30°c on 0.1 days - Thunder on 1.0 days - Fog on 0.2 days
Mr. W. Hoggarth of Shap (Copy Hill) sent the following entry to the 'British Rainfall Guides' regarding the July of 1882:-
'Cold and wet, very trying for farmers; grass remarkably thick, but very little cut.' He made the following comments regarding particular days of the month (3rd and 11th are from Elterwater):
1st 'Thunderstorm' 3rd 'Violent storms of wind and rain' 11th 'Thunder and lightning most of the day.'
'HISTORICAL EVENTS' (above) is a start in recording historical weather in our immediate locality - now includes the flood report: Summary and Analysis
Folk Lore - July
"If spiders are many and spinning their webs, the spell will soon be dry" "If birds be silent expect thunder"
"Dandelion blossoms close before a storm"
Sunrise: 5:18 Sunset: 21:14
Moon Phase: Last Quarter
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.
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: Mostly cloudy and cooler.
Four Day Weather Forecast and current Synoptic and Rainfall charts
