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   Maulds Meaburn Weather

    Weather Conditions at Maulds Meaburn, Nr Appleby, in the county of Westmorland

              

  29/03/24   12:16

(updated every 5 minutes 24 hours a day)

Station located at (approx)    54° 32' 18.25" N      -2° 34' 55.80" W        Elev.    602 Ft asl

A 'Standard' Climatological Observation site - using Met' Office supplied equipment supported with a Davis Vantage Pro2 - and reporting to the Met' Office via W.O.W.

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Current Conditions -
Temperature  9.5 °C Dew Point  5.7 °C Humidity  77  %
Wind  S  (173°) at   4.0 mph Beaufort   10-min. Wind 6.0 mph
Barometer 981.6 mb Pressure Trend Steady Wind Chill 8.1 °C
Rain Rate 0.0 mm/hr Daily Rain 0.0 mm Storm Rain 1 20.8 mm
the 2 day Weatherlink archive          and the 2023 Weatherlink archive

 

Extremes
Temp (time)
Highest gust (time)
Barometer
Dew Point
Humidity
Heat Index
Wind Chill
Rainfall
Rain Rate
Today
High
Low
10.1 °C (11:16)
2.5 °C ( 5:56)
29.0 mph ( 2:42)
981.8 mb
973.8 mb
6.1 °C
0.6 °C
90 %
72 %
10.0 °C
0.0 °C
0.0 mm
0.0 mm/hr
This Month
High
Low
12.9 °C
-3.3 °C
45.0 mph
1025.5 mb
971.3 mb
11.7 °C
-4.4 °C
94 %
52 %
12.8 °C
-3.9 °C
104.6 mm
115.2 mm/hr
This Year
High
Low
12.9 °C
-8.9°C
69.0 mph
1042.9 mb
971.3 mb
11.7 °C
-10.0 °C
96%
52%
12.8 °C
-8.9 °C
466.0 mm
115.2 mm/hr

  1 - As used here, a "storm" begins when 5mm of rain has fallen in a 24-hour period, and continues until 24 hours pass without 5mm of rain.

  During snowfall events AWS rainfall readings will be effected by the timing of when the snow melts.

 

0900 - 0900 GMT Daily Standard Observations

Rainfall
Min' Temp
Max' Temp
Dry Bulb
Wet Bulb
Soil @ 1 ft
Soil @ 1 Meter
Grass Temp
Visibility
29th Mar
Day
Month
9.6 mm
97.1 mm
2.5°c
11.0°c
6.6°c
5.9°c
7.9°c
8.0°c
-0.4°c
Very Good (8)

   Yesterday (28th)   - sunny spells, but some beefy showers in the eve.

           Today (29th)   - mainly cloudy, but still decent sunny spells.

           Mean Temp        1st-10th      4.22°c                    11th-20th     8.26°c                   21st-31st     6.12°c                           Current Mean     6.20°c                Average for March is:    5.51°c

 

Monthly Weather Summary

FEBRUARY  -   it may have been exceptionally mild and also drier than average, but it would have to be described as a poor month. It was often dull and cheerless and rain in some form (showers and drizzle) was fairly frequent. The ground was a bog and it offered very little. On a few occasions it did feel as though spring arrived and was lovely, but these moments were few and far between. No issues with snow or frost and never did it give an impression of winter.

(since 2009) it was the warmest yet recorded -- (Since 2008) it was the wettest since 2022 with seven having been drier and nine wetter - MSLP was -5.7 Mb below average, rainfall 76.4% of the average for 2008-23 and the temp' was 2.32°c above average (2009-23).

Rainfall totalled 84.4 mm    -  Mean Min' of 3.66°c  -  Mean Max' 8.93°c  -  with a highest maximum of 12.8°c (15th) and a lowest minimum of -2.5°c (8th).

There were the following 'Days of' - snow fell on two days and there was fog on one day -- With 15.8 mm the 21st was the month's wettest day and the highest gust of wind was 44 Mph (2nd, 4+5th) - the mean wind speed was 6.55 mph - there were four air frosts and fifteen ground frosts.

  Summary   - is now updated with the weather report for February.

  A summary and detail of the weather for 2023 can be read here   REVIEW OF 2023   and other summaries/articles are also available such as this: But it's meant to be Summer (Summer 2017)  

 

Local Historical Weather

Seathwaite (Borrowdale) - average rainfall for April (1845-2023) is 179.8 mm - the driest year was 1980 (8.0 mm) and the wettest 1862 (438.4 mm)

Shap - 1991-2020 averages for April are: rainfall 93.4 mm - mean minimum temperature 2.42°c, mean maximum 11.12°c - 6.8 air frosts - 12.2 Wet Days and mean wind speed of 7.87 Knots

Appleby - average rainfall for April (1856-2023) is 47.4 mm - the driest decade was the 1980's (36.3 mm), the wettest, 1960's (58.9 mm) - 1974 with 0.9 mm is the driest month in the entire record

Maulds Meaburn - April - can be a curious month in terms of temperature, but as for rainfall, the driest month of the year and after 16yrs it is still the only month in my records that as never notched up 100mm. Some curiosities from my records: the 20th and 24th are the only days yet to record an air frost, the 22nd has never had a maximum below 10°c and the 20th is the driest day of the year, the most that it as had being 0.5 mm.    -    The mean temperature as ranged from 5.17°c (2021) to 10.24°c (2011).

Averages 51.5 mm of rain    -    Air Frost on 5.9 days    -    Ground Frost on 13.9 days    -    Snow Fall / Laying on 1.1 + 0.0 days    -    Wet Day (1.0mm=+ of rain) on 9.8 days

 

  Mr. W. Hoggarth of Shap (Copy Hill) sent the following entry to the 'British Rainfall Guides' regarding the April of 1885:-

  "The early part dry and cold with strong E.winds and hard frost at nights; but the latter part mild and warm with plenty of showers. There were several gales and thunder was frequent, often at night.'

          He also sent in the following comments regarding particular days of the month:     

7th   'Gale from east'        9th    'Gale all day'        22nd    'Cold with heavy fog'

 

'HISTORICAL EVENTS' (above) is a start in recording historical weather in our immediate locality  -  now includes the flood report: Summary and Analysis

The 'Historical Events' page now has a section on the history of flooding in Appleby - and now includes a full summary and analysis as that which was featured in the Cumberland and Westmorland Herald.

 

Folk Lore - April

"A cold April brings us bread and wine."

"Thunder in April, floods in May"

"April showers brings forth Mays flowers."

 

Sunrise:  5:49        Sunset: 18:42

Moon Phase: Waning 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.     

  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, possibly heavy at times. Windy.

 

Four Day Weather Forecast and current Synoptic and Rainfall charts
 


   

  

 

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