Of the eleven May's now recorded, 3 have been drier and 7 have been wetter. MSLP was +4.3 Mb below average, rainfall 56% of the average for 2008-17 and the temp' was 1.4°c above average.
Rainfall totalled 36.6 mm (CR school 38.7 mm) - Mean Min' of 5.78°c - Mean Max' 17.83°c - with a highest maximum of 23.6°c (27+28th) and a lowest minimum of -1.9°c (1st).
There was one day with hail (12th) and with 10.4 mm the 1st was the wettest day.
Summary - is now updated with May'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 June 1918 was 30.2 mm and between 1902-44 the average for the month was 52.9 mm
Orton - between 1967-2017 the average rainfall for June is 86.6 mm - the driest being 17.2 mm (1988) and the wettest 205.2 mm (1972)
Appleby - average rainfall for June for the period 1856-2017 is 58.0 mm - the driest decade was the 1990's (45.7 mm), the wettest, 1930's (63.8 mm)
Maulds Meaburn - In years of old June was the driest month of the year, but not now. It can still be prone to cooler conditions with ground frost and such as the end of the month last year when it turned chilly and the start of 2009 when snow was on Cross Fell. - The mean temperature has varied from 11.81°c (2012) to 14.15°c (2016). Averages 82.7 mm of rain - ground frost on 1.1 days - 20°c on 7.2 days - 25°c on 1.1 days - Thunder on 0.8 days - Hail on 0.1 days
Mr. W. Hoggarth of Shap (Copy Hill) sent the following entry to the 'British Rainfall Guides' regarding the June of 1879:-
'Cold, dark and wet.' He made just the one comment regarding particular days in the month:
27th 'A dreadful storm of wind and rain; doing much damage to gardens.'
'HISTORICAL EVENTS' (above) is a start in recording historical weather in our immediate locality - now includes the flood report: Summary and Analysis
Weather Lore
"Grey mists at dawn, the day will be warm.""In June when there is no dew, it indicates rain."
"If a June night could talk it would probably boast it invented romance."
Sunrise: 4:35 Sunset: 21:50
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: Partly cloudy with little temperature change.
3 Day Weather Forecast and current Synoptic and Rainfall charts
