Amport Weather Notes

Weather Notes

No settled weather yet

This year has seen a long drawn out spring with predominantly cool weather and a greater than average rainfall. The six key months for replenishing the underground water levels, October to March, were in fact about 2½ inches below the average, but this has been more than made up by 3½ inches falling in May and more in early June (the 11 days starting on 23 May gave us just under 4½ inches), so farmland and gardens have had good growing weather. Now lets hope for some warmth for the rest of the summer. DJSW July 2008

Summer – What Summer ?

We’ve certainly had a basin-full of rain recently – the wettest July (4.98 inches) in 18 years and already over 2½ inches for the first half of August. There were a few warm days at the end of July, the 28^th being the hottest (28.9ºC / 84ºF), but since then the temperatures have rarely topped 23ºC / 73ºF, and the wind has resolutely stayed south-westerly, bringing cool moist air with it. Last night (14^th) the temperature fell to a very low 7.0ºC / 44ºF. Blame global warming if you like, or merely put it down to the unreliable nature of an English summer. DJSW Sept 2008

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