Second warmest of any month yet recorded at site -- Fourth driest recorded - MSLP was -0.2 Mb below average, rainfall 68.3% of the average for 2007-20 and the temp' was 1.57°c above average (2009-20).
Rainfall totalled 69.2 mm - Mean Min' of 11.35°c - Mean Max' 21.76°c - with a highest maximum of 29.0°c (22nd) and a lowest minimum of 6.3°c (7th).
There were the following 'Days of' - two days with thunder. With 25.6 mm the 27th was the month's wettest day and the highest gust of wind was 28 Mph (5+28th) - the mean wind speed was 2.81 mph.
Summary - will be updated shortly with the weather report for July.
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 August 1921 was 127.5 mm and between 1902-44 the average for the month was 87.9 mm
Shap - average rainfall for August is 112.6 mm - and the average mean temperature is 13.5°c with an average of 0.1 air frosts
Appleby - average rainfall for August for the period 1856-2020 is 86.0mm - the driest decade was the 1990's (50.5 mm), the wettest, 1920's (116.2 mm)
Maulds Meaburn - July - as i always say (along with August), the expectation and the reality rarely meet! July is a wet month and whilst it was always throw up a few hot days, it rarely gives a prolonged hot and sunny spell (2013 being a slight exception, but which from the 22nd went downhill and the first half of 2018 was good). And this July is looking like being unsettled well into the month, but with a few early signs of finishing well - The mean temperature has ranged from 13.77°c (2012) to 17.14°c (2013). Averages 101.3 mm of rain - 20°c on 10.4 days - 25°c on 2.3 days - 30°c on 0.1 days - Thunder on 1.0 days - Fog on 0.2 days
Mr. W. Hoggarth of Shap (Copy Hill) didn't send an entry to the 'British Rainfall Guides' regarding the August of 1882, the following is from Elterwater:-
'A cold August; max temp' 73°f on 9th; min 38°f on 31st.' He did though make the following comments regarding particular days of the month (27th is from Elterwater):
2nd 'Strong N.W. gale all day' 13th 'Severe thunderstorm' 27th 'Fine lunar rainbow.'
'HISTORICAL EVENTS' (above) is a start in recording historical weather in our immediate locality - now includes the flood report: Summary and Analysis
Folk Lore - August
The Anglo Saxons called August the Weod month as this was when the weeds would grow "If the first week of August be warm, the winter will be white and long"
"St Bartholomew (24th) brings the cold dew"
Sunrise: 5:27 Sunset: 21:05
Moon Phase: Waning Crescent
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: Increasing clouds with little temperature change.
Four Day Weather Forecast and current Synoptic and Rainfall charts
