Windrush Weather

Category: News

  • Decidedly not summer weather

    The last twelve days have brought temperatures several degrees below the 30-year average. Yesterday was the coldest, which had a maximum of only 15.2C that is 6C below the average for August.

  • Coldest August night since 1993

    At 5.42 am today the thermometer dropped to a low of 3.8C, the second lowest August minimum I have recorded since 1984. The record was set at 2.7C on 24th August 1993.

  • Coldest August day for two years

    With a maximum of only 16.9C it was the coldest August day for two years, some 4.5C below the August average. However, August 18th in 2011 holds the record when the thermometer struggled to only 15.2C in the late afternoon as the result of strong north-easterly winds.

  • Coolest night for six weeks

    With the wind coming from the north-west and clearing skies at night it is to be expected that we experience cooler nights as well as depressed maxima. Just before dawn on the 16th the thermometer dropped to 7.8C, the coldest for six weeks.
    UV values are also falling as the sun’s strength weakens. The index has dropped from ‘Very High’ to ‘High’.

  • Above average rainfall after 11 days

    The rainfall for the past 24 hours was 10.1mm. After just eleven days in August the total rainfall of 65mm exceeds the 30-year average for Marlborough. The two records for August are just 5mm of rainfall in 1995 and 140mm in 1992.