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   Maulds Meaburn Weather

    Weather Conditions at Maulds Meaburn, Nr Appleby, in the county of Westmorland

                                                      

  15/10/24   23:26

(updated every 5 minutes 24 hours a day)

Station located at (approx)    54° 32' 18.25" N      -2° 34' 55.80" W        Elev.    602 Ft asl

A 'Standard' Climatological Observation site - using Met' Office supplied equipment supported with a Davis Vantage Pro2 - and reporting to the Met' Office via W.O.W.

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Current Conditions -
Temperature  11.9 °C Dew Point  10.3 °C Humidity  90  %
Wind  SE  (129°) at   1.0 mph Beaufort   10-min. Wind 8.0 mph
Barometer 1007.8 mb Pressure Trend Falling Slowly Wind Chill 10.3 °C
Rain Rate 0.0 mm/hr Daily Rain 0.2 mm Storm Rain 1 0.0 mm
the 2 day Weatherlink archive          and the 2023 Weatherlink archive

 

Extremes
Temp (time)
Highest gust (time)
Barometer
Dew Point
Humidity
Heat Index
Wind Chill
Rainfall
Rain Rate
Today
High
Low
13.3 °C (14:04)
6.6 °C ( 0:00)
22.0 mph (14:08)
1018.0 mb
1007.8 mb
10.6 °C
5.0 °C
91 %
81 %
13.3 °C
6.7 °C
0.2 mm
0.2 mm/hr
This Month
High
Low
16.2 °C
-1.2 °C
39.0 mph
1025.7 mb
989.2 mb
12.8 °C
-2.8 °C
95 %
60 %
16.1 °C
-1.1 °C
42.2 mm
12.2 mm/hr
This Year
High
Low
26.2 °C
-8.9°C
69.0 mph
1042.9 mb
971.3 mb
19.4 °C
-10.0 °C
97%
43%
26.7 °C
-8.9 °C
1175.0 mm
120.0 mm/hr

  1 - As used here, a "storm" begins when 5mm of rain has fallen in a 24-hour period, and continues until 24 hours pass without 5mm of rain.

  During snowfall events AWS rainfall readings will be effected by the timing of when the snow melts.

 

0900 - 0900 GMT Daily Standard Observations

Rainfall
Min' Temp
Max' Temp
Dry Bulb
Wet Bulb
Soil @ 1 ft
Soil @ 1 Meter
Grass Temp
Visibility
15th Oct
Day
Month
0.0 mm
37.8 mm
1.9°c
13.7°c
10.3°c
9.5°c
9.1°c
11.4°c
-1.0°c
Very Good (8)

   Yesterday (14th)   - a beuatiful sunny day.

           Today (15th)   - cloudy.

           Mean Temp        1st-10th      10.44°c                    11th-20th     5.01°c                   21st-31st     -.--°c                           Current Mean     8.75°c                Average for October is:    9.65°c

 

Monthly Weather Summary

SEPTEMBER  -   September wasn't a terrible month, but it was 'mixed' with a little bit of everything and a little contradictory. For the first time it has provided the year's warmest day, but then it also gave us two air frosts, the first of which on the 13th was a new record for the earliest day in autumn to record such. During the month we even got to enjoy some decent sunny weather, the pick being the 16-19th, four totally lovely days. The month started wet, became warm on the 6th, cooled, picked up and then fell away in the final week.

(since 2009) it was the coldest since 2020 with ten having been warmer and five colder -- (Since 2007) it was the driest since 2021 with eight having been drier and nine wetter - MSLP was +0.9 Mb above average -- rainfall 100.3% of the average for 2007-23 -- the temp' was 0.56°c below average (2009-23).

Rainfall totalled 95.2 mm    -  Mean Min' of 7.78°c  -  Mean Max' 16.45°c  -  with a highest maximum of 25.7°c (6th) and a lowest minimum of -0.5°c (13th).

There were the following 'Days of' - none at all -- With 25.4 mm the 8th was the month's wettest day -- the highest gust of wind was 40 Mph (14th) - the mean wind speed was 3.77 mph.

  Summary   - is now updated with the weather report for August.

  A summary and detail of the weather for 2023 can be read here   REVIEW OF 2023   and other summaries/articles are also available such as this: But it's meant to be Summer (Summer 2017)  

 

Local Historical Weather

Seathwaite (Borrowdale) - average rainfall for October (1845-2023) is 354.6 mm - the driest year was 1946 (25.4 mm) and the wettest 2008 (911.0 mm)

Shap - 1991-2020 averages for October are: rainfall 184.9 mm - mean minimum temperature 5.10°c, mean maximum 12.06°c - 3.9 air frosts - 16.9 Wet Days and mean wind speed of 7.93 Knots

Appleby - average rainfall for October (1856-2023) is 91.2 mm - the driest decade was the 1970's (65.0 mm), the wettest, 1930's (114.1 mm) - on three occasions (1903, 1954 + 1967) Oct' has topped 200mm and along with December has never had less than 10mm

Maulds Meaburn - September - really September should be fairly benign. Granted a transitional month into autumn, but it is a wet month (and last year was the wettest September, even after being dry for the first 9 days) and plenty of them have topped the 100mm mark, albeit 2014 did provide Cumbria's driest September. Obviously it can be warm, or at least have warm spells. Last year was one, 2011 had a remarkable end and 2021 had warmth as well.    -    The mean temperature as ranged from 11.41°c (2015) to 14.74°c (2023).

Averages 94.9 mm of rain    -    Air/Ground Frost on 0.2 + 1.7 days    -    20°c / 25°c on 4.5 + 0.5 days    -    Thunder on 0.3 days    -    Wet Days (1.0mm=+ of rain) on 12.3 days

 

  Mr. W. Hoggarth of Shap (Copy Hill) sent the following entry to the 'British Rainfall Guides' regarding the October of 1885:-

  "Rather a cold, unsettled month with strong gales at times; land in a very cold, wet state at the end of the month and rivers full.'

          He also sent in the following comments regarding particular days of the month:     

4th   'Strong gale.'        6th + 10th    'Hard frost.'        15th    'Stong gale.'

 

'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.

 

Folk Lore - October

"Warm October, cold February."

"Gnats in October are a sign of long, fair weather"

"When deer are grey in coat in October, expect a severe winter"

 

Sunrise:  7:42        Sunset: 18:11

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 cloudy and cooler. Precipitation possible within 12 hours, possibly heavy at times. Windy.

 

Four Day Weather Forecast and current Synoptic and Rainfall charts
 


   

  

 

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