Wettest since 2013 and the fourth wettest of thirteen recorded - MSLP was -0.4 Mb above average, rainfall 119% of the average for 2007-18 and the temp' was 1.13°c above average (2009-18).

Rainfall totalled 120.1 mm   (CR school 123.6 mm)  -  Mean Min' of 11.63°c  -  Mean Max' 20.57°c  -  with a highest maximum of 31.7°c (25th) and a lowest minimum of 3.9°c (3rd).

There were: no frosts, Tunder was heard on three days and two days had an inch or more of rain, with 32.5 mm the 27th was the wettest day.

  Summary   - is now fully updated with July's weather report.

  A summary and detail of the weather for 2018 can be read here   REVIEW OF 2018   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 1919 was 74.2 mm and between 1902-44 the average for the month was 87.9 mm

Orton - between 1967-2018 the average rainfall for August is 114.3 mm - the driest being 15.3 mm (1995) and the wettest 266.9 mm (1985)

Appleby - average rainfall for August for the period 1856-2018 is 85.3 mm - the driest decade was the 1990's (50.5 mm), the wettest, 1920's (116.2 mm)

Maulds Meaburn - August, when the nights draw in and the shops put out their Christmas stock! It will be wet though and along with Nov' is the only month in my records (12yrs) to have always had more than 50 mm of rain. Over the last decade it has been the warmest month of the year on three occasions.  -   The mean temperature has ranged from 13.27°c (2014) to 15.09°c (2013).

Averages 105.9 mm of rain    -    Ground Frost on 0.1 days    -    20°c on 5.8 days    -    25°c on 0.1 days    -    Thunder on 0.8 days    -    an inch of rain on 0.4 days

  Mr. W. Hoggarth of Shap (Copy Hill) did not make any comments in the 'British Rainfall Guides' regarding the August of 1880, the following comes from Easdale:-

  'Very fine weather.'

          however, he did make the following comments about particular days in the month:  

2nd 'Distant thunder'.  12th 'Magnificent display of Aurora Borealis'.

'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.              
 
Penrith and District Red Squirrels       Our much loved friends own website.