Rainfall totalled 47.6 mm   (CR school 46.3 mm)  -  Mean Min' of 10.90°c  -  Mean Max' 22.13°c  -  with a highest maximum of 28.6°c (27th) and a lowest minimum of 6.7°c (18th).

There were: two days with thunder, one day with fog (24th), 22 days attained 20°c and with 15.3 mm the 28th was the wettest day.

Summary   - will be updated shortly with July'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 August 1918 was 102.6 mm and between 1902-44 the average for the month was 87.9 mm

Orton - between 1967-2017 the average rainfall for August is 114.6 mm - the driest being 15.3 mm (1995) and the wettest 266.9 mm (1985)

Appleby - average rainfall for August for the period 1856-2017 is 85.3 mm - the driest decade was the 1990's (50.5 mm), the wettest, 1920's (116.2 mm)

Maulds Meaburn - August has often been a poor month this decade and none more so than 2017 when only one day attained 20°c and there was a lack of sun. Even the warmer August's have tended to be wet and as a whole, August tends to be 'damp' month (7 of 11 have notching up 100 mm of rain).  -   The mean temperature has varied from 13.27°c (2014) to 15.09°c (2013).

Averages 109.2 mm of rain    -    Ground Frost on 0.1 days    -    20°c on 5.6 days    -    25°c on 0.1 days    -    Thunder on 0.9 days    -    an inch of rain on 0.5 days

  Mr. W. Hoggarth of Shap (Copy Hill) sent the following entry to the 'British Rainfall Guides' regarding the August of 1879:-

  'Wet, cold, windy; not at all like summer weather.'

          He commented on just the one day in the month (the second comment is from the Reagill School logbook):  

13th   'severe thunderstorm.'   and    18th    'Commenced again after three weeks holiday; most of the time the weather very wet, the hay crop not more than half of it secured.'

'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.

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.