Summary of recent weather at Hazelrigg

Hazelrigg Weather Station
IEBS, Lancaster University

Recent Weather Summary

1998

1997

February 1997

Wet, windy and mild. The wettest February since records began, with 157mm of rain recorded. It was very mild - only February 1990 was milder, and February 1997 is the only February on record with no nights with air frost.

January 1997

The driest January since records began, with only 11.2mm. Also relatively sunny, with the total of hours of bright sunshine well above average.

1996

December 1996

December was dry and cool, with above average sunshine. Less than half the normal rainfall was measured.

September 1996

September began very dry with less than 5mm of rain in the first 23 days, but the last week produced over 70mm, of which 43.2mm fell on 28th. This was the wettest day since 18th December 1988, and only six wetter days have been recorded since 1970.

August 1996

The middle of August brought the only other warm weather of the year. Overall, the summer produced average temperatures with only two days over 25 degrees, and 24 over 20 degrees. Compared to the previous summer, however, it seemed very cool.

July 1996

The third week in July was warm and sunny but the month as a whole had more or less average levels of sunshine and average temperatures.

June 1996

Dry and sunny, with average temperatures. We recorded 96 hours of bright sunshine in the seven days from 12th to 18th (13hr 40min per day), one of the sunniest weeks on record.

May 1996

The second coldest May since 1966.

April 1996

April had by far the lowest total of hours of bright sunshine of any April on record. Only 57% of the normal sunshine total was recorded. During April 1996 we recorded less hours of bright sunshine than in February 1996!

March 1996

March was the second driest of any March on record, with 35.9mm. The twelve months from 1st April 1995 to 31st March 1996 was the driest on record with less than 600mm of rainfall. The annual average rainfall is about 1050mm.

February 1996

February had below average temperatures for most of the month, and was the 5th coldest on record since 1966. Heavy snowfall with drifting on 6/7/8 February that blocked littlefell lane - the road to the weather station. Observations continued, but the observer had to walk in from Galgate, some 4km away. The road was completely impassable for several days, and was only cleared by a snow blower and JCB.

January 1996

After a bitterly cold spell over the Christmas week in 1995, with minimum temperatures of nearly -10 degrees C, January was much warmer. The first three weeks saw well above average temperatures with night frosts ocurring only in the last week. There was very little sunshine, except in the last week of the month. The sunshine total was only 68% of average. The drought continued from 1995, and January was the second driest on record with only 40mm of rainfall.

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