The fourth driest of twelve recorded - MSLP was +0.9 Mb above average, rainfall 64% of the average for 2007-17 and the temp' was 0.45°c above average (2009-17).
Rainfall totalled 70.1 mm (CR school 69.5 mm) - Mean Min' of 11.03°c - Mean Max' 18.26°c - with a highest maximum of 21.9°c (13th) and a lowest minimum of 3.5°c (30th).
There wasn't even any thunder and nothing actually happened during the month - 8 days attained 20°c and with 15.8 mm the 15th was the wettest day.
Summary - is now fully updated with August's weather report.
A summary and detail of the weather for 2017 can be read here REVIEW OF 2017 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 September 1918 was 227.8 mm (the wettest of any month in all the 43yrs) and between 1902-44 the average for the month was 70.7 mm
Orton - between 1967-2017 the average rainfall for September is 127.1 mm - the driest being 8.4 mm (2014) and the wettest 275.9 mm (1981)
Appleby - average rainfall for September for the period 1856-2017 is 76.6 mm - the driest decade was the 1900's (51.6 mm), the wettest, 1960's (95.0 mm)
Maulds Meaburn - September, one of the months of 'mists and mellow fruitfulness' yet in 12yrs I've not recorded one day of fog! Rainfall in the last 11yrs tends to be either not very much or a lot! - The mean temperature has varied from 11.41°c (2015) to 14.08°c (2016). Averages 83.4 mm of rain - Air Frost on 0.1 days - Ground Frost on 0.9 days - 20°c on 4.0 days - 25°c on 0.1 days - an inch of rain on 0.2 days
Mr. W. Hoggarth of Shap (Copy Hill) sent the following entry to the 'British Rainfall Guides' regarding the September of 1879:-
'The land is in a miserably cold and wet condition. Harvest began about the 20th; crops in general very heavy, but corn not very ripe.' He made the following comments about particular days of the month:
8th 'Storm of wind with thunder.' and 24th 'Lightning at night.'
'HISTORICAL EVENTS' (above) is a start in recording historical weather in our immediate locality - now includes the flood report: Summary and Analysis
Weather Lore
"St. Michael's rain does not stay long in the sky.""The first and last frosts are the worst."
"Eat a goose on Michaelmas day, want not for money all the year."
Sunrise: 6:50 Sunset: 19:17
Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
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: Mostly cloudy and cooler. Precipitation possible within 12 hours Windy.
3 Day Weather Forecast and current Synoptic and Rainfall charts
