Driest yet recorded at site -- average for temperature - MSLP was +2.0 Mb above average, rainfall 42.9% of the average for 2007-20 and the temp' was 0.23°c above average (2009-20).
Rainfall totalled 49.2 mm - Mean Min' of 10.42°c - Mean Max' 18.91°c - with a highest maximum of 23.7°c (25th) and a lowest minimum of 3.8°c (3rd).
There were the following 'Days of' - none at all. With 14.6 mm the 6th was the month's wettest day and the highest gust of wind was 36 Mph (13th) - the mean wind speed was 4.42 mph.
Summary - is now updated with the weather report for August.
A summary and detail of the weather for 2020 can be read here REVIEW OF 2020 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 1921 was 35.1 mm and between 1902-44 the average for the month was 70.7 mm
Shap - average rainfall for September is 128.3 mm - and the average mean temperature is 11.45°c with an average of 0.5 air frosts
Appleby - average rainfall for September for the period 1856-2020 is 76.9mm - the driest decade was the 1900's (51.6 mm), the wettest, 1960's (95.0 mm)
Maulds Meaburn - September - will it be an extension of summer or straight into autumn? Whilst never too wet it still has a high frequency of 100 mm+ months - but it still holds the record for my driest ever month (10.1 mm 2014) - The mean temperature has ranged from 11.41°c (2015) to 14.08°c (2016). Averages 88.2 mm of rain - 20°c on 3.5 days - 25°c on 0.2 days - Air Frost on 0.2 days - Grond Frost on 1.6 days - Thunder on 0.2 days
Mr. W. Hoggarth of Shap (Copy Hill) didn't send an entry to the 'British Rainfall Guides' regarding the September of 1882, the following is from Carlisle:-
'Weather on the whole favourable for harvest operations; all the corn cut and most of it secured in excellent condition. Temp' remarkably low towards the close of the month. Max temp' 68.9°f on 9th; Min 34.3°f on 30th.' He did though make the following comment regarding particular days of the month:
2nd 'Strong gale' and apart from severe floods in N. Ireland (27th) it was a quiet month.
'HISTORICAL EVENTS' (above) is a start in recording historical weather in our immediate locality - now includes the flood report: Summary and Analysis
Folk Lore - September
You must not pick blackberries after Michaelmas (29th) - the devil will have spat on them "Eat a goose on Michaelmas Day, want not for money all the year"
Michaelmas used to be a popular day for the winter night curfew to begin - the first hint that winter was on its way
Sunrise: 6:53 Sunset: 19:14
Moon Phase: Full Moon
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 clear and warmer.
Four Day Weather Forecast and current Synoptic and Rainfall charts
