Monthly Weather Summary

April - and a second successive April to be both colder and wetter than average. High pressure was dominant for the first week and this was a dry, settled, but notably cold spell. Cold E-NE'ly prevailed, but this saw a 19 day period of Absolute Drought (23rd March - 10th April), but the coldest Jan-April start to a year since 1986. Breakdown in the weather mid month saw a particularly wet spell and with occasional rain/shwrs through to the 29th. Pressure built at the month's end to give two fine days. Still waiting to attain 15°c this year.

'SUMMARY' (above) now includes a full report on the month's weather and which will also appear in the Cumberland and Westmorland Herald.

A summary and detail of the weather for 2012 can be read here   REVIEW OF 2012   

Local Historical Weather

Maulds Meaburn - remember summer last year? It came in the last 10 days of May.

Morland - rainfall in May 1913 was 1.69 inch (42.9 mm) and rainfall in May for the period 1902-1944 averaged 2.47" (62.7 mm)

Orton - between 1967-2012 the average rainfall for May was 86.1 mm

The following is from the Reagill school log book (May 1887) -   Friday 20 May - Sixteen children absent through weather, a very stormy morning – snow fell heavily from seven a.m. until midday – very thick on Pennines and West Fells. Last night the thermometer registered twenty seven degrees.

Sat 21st May Fall of snow again this morning. The ground white here. – The East Cumberland News of Friday May 20 1887, in a paragraph on the Storm says “There was a very heavy fall of snow in the Penrith district this morning. The mountains are covered with snow and it is feared there will be serious losses among sheep.” '

'HISTORICAL EVENTS' (above) is a new page that is a start in recording historical weather in our immediate locality.  

The torpor of the year when feeble dreams visit the hidden buds, or dreamless sleep holds every future leaf and flower...... (Shelly)

Weather Lore

"A swarm of bees in May, is worth a load of hay."

"Mist in May, heat in June, makes harvest come right soon."

"A wet May makes a big load of hay, a cold May is kindly and fills the barn finely."

 

Sunrise:  4:50        Sunset: 21:26

Moon Phase: Full Moon

CURRENT MOON

moon phase

 

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 with little temperature change. Precipitation possible within 24 to 48 hours

 

3 Day Weather Forecast and current Synoptic and Rainfall charts

    

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