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EAST MIDLANDS

 

 

SPRING 2011 Issue No 118

Mainly dry, sunny and warm

SPRING

Total   Max Total number of days of: Total   Extremes in degrees C: Grass Quarter's Diff Total

2011

Rain % of 24hr Snow: Thu- Sun % of Day Maximum Night Minimum Min Mean Mean Mean from Frosts:
  (mm) avg (mm) Rain Fllg Lyg nder Fog Hail (hrs) avg Highest Lowest Highest Lowest Lowest Max Min Temp avg Air Grd
                                             
STATION  
DERBYS:  
Derby 83.5 56 25.1 21 0 0 2 1 0 * * 26.0 4.4 14.6 -3.0 * 15.8 6.6 11.1 2.4 5 *
Mickleover 61.2 41 16.8 22 0 0 3 1 1 * * 26.4 4.5 14.1 -3.0 -6.5 15.7 6.3 11.0 2.2 5 22
Middleton 101.5 45 27.4 32 1 0 3 15 3 527.0 135 23.0 2.3 12.4 -1.7 -5.7 12.9 5.4 9.1 2.3 5 16
Wirksworth 85.0 42 20.0 29 0 0 2 1 0 * * 25.1 3.6 14.1 -5.5 -9.0 14.9 5.3 10.1 1.9 8 34
Rosliston 60.8 39 17.1 25 0 0 0 1 0 466.3 114 26.0 4.2 14.3 -4.6 -8.2 15.9 5.2 10.5 2.0 9 31
NOTTS:  
Lowdham 50.5 36 15.0 22 0 0 2 4 0 * * 26.6 4.2 14.3 -3.6 -7.1 16.4 5.7 11.1 2.3 7 23
Eastwood 69.0 47 17.1 22 0 0 0 3 0 * * 26.1 5.3 14.9 -5.0 * 17.7 5.5 11.6 2.5 10 *
LINCS:  
Louth 37.8 25 10.4 20 0 0 2 * 0 * * 26.6 4.0 13.0 -3.2 -5.2 15.9 5.9 10.9 2.5 4 12
LEICS:  
Desford 81.2 49 18.0 22 0 0 2 3 1 * * 28.2 3.9 13.5 -5.2 * 16.4 4.5 10.5 2.0 11 *
Mountsorrel 61.5 40 14.0 12 0 0 2 1 0 559.0 136 25.1 4.0 14.5 -3.6 * 15.4 5.7 10.6 2.1 10 *
Loughborough 81.7 49 17.0 21 0 0 3 3 1 * * 27.0 4.5 15.0 -4.0 * 16.3 5.9 11.1 2.3 7 *
Cosby 54.2 36 10.9 25 0 0 2 3 0 593.5 139 27.2 3.6 12.5 -5.9 -8.9 15.9 4.5 10.2 1.8 12 23
NORTHANTS:  
Pitsford Hall 48.9 35 23.0 17 0 0 1 4 0 514.9 114 26.0 3.0 11.2 -2.8 * 15.8 5.9 10.9 2.1 5 *
WARWICKS:  
Bablake 52.8 35 18.1 22 0 0 1 1 1 533.2 123 26.0 3.9 14.1 -3.9 -9.3 15.5 6.0 10.8 2.0 5 34
CAMBS:  
Ely 21.8 16 9.0 14 0 0 1 3 0 * * 27.6 4.0 14.7 -3.3 -8.1 16.7 6.0 11.3 2.5 5 16
   
MEAN DATA 63.4 40 17.3 22 0 0 2 3 0 532.3 127 26.2 4.0 13.8 -3.9 -7.6 15.8 5.6 10.7 2.2 7 23
EAST MIDS  
1971-2000 Sprg 157.5 410.4 8.5  
   
    Notes: 1. * = data not available 2. 'Average' refers to each station's 1971-2000 means
OBSERVERS' NOTES
Rosliston: By 30th April just 89.2mm so far this year - less than half the average rainfall

Lowdham: The 12-month rainfall total to 30th April the lowest since 1996
Derby: March + April the driest since 1938
Bablake: It was our warmest since before 1892
Cosby: The driest and sunniest spring on my records back to 1959
Wirksworth: The 30-day drought ending 4May was the longest since 1959
Ely: The driest of any 3 months in Ely area since records began in 1848