The table below compares the temperatures and rainfall experienced in Great Bealings, Suffolk, with the averages from 1971-2000 for RAF Wattisham (about 13 miles East of Bealings). The Wattisham data is taken from the Met Office website.
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Average Max Temp
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2010 Average Max Temp
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Difference
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Average Min Temp
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2010 Average Min Temp
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Difference
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Average Rainfall
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2010 Rainfall
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Difference
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Days of Rainfall >= 1mm
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Days of Rainfall >= 1mm in 2010
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Difference
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Days with Air Frost
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Days with Air Frost in 2010
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Difference
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Month
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[deg C]
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[deg C]
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[deg C]
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[deg C]
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[deg C]
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[deg C]
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[mm]
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[mm]
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[mm]
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[days]
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[days]
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[days]
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[days]
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[days]
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[days]
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Jan
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6.3 | 3.4 | -2.9 | 0.7 | -1.3 | -2.0 | 49.5 | 39.2 | -10.3 | 11.0 | 12 | +1.0 | 11.5 | 17 | +5.5 |
| Feb | 6.6 | 5.7 | -0.9 | 0.7 | -0.5 | -1.2 | 35.1 | 80.8 | +45.8 | 8.5 | 14 | +5.5 | 11.1 | 17 | +5.9 |
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Mar
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9.5 | 11.2 | +1.7 | 2.3 | 1.4 | -0.9 | 42.5 | 19.1 | -23.4 | 10.6 | 4 | -6.6 | 6.4 | 12 | +5.6 |
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Apr
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11.9 | 16.4 | +4.5 | 3.7 | 2.8 | -0.9 | 41.2 | 5.8 | -35.4 | 8.7 | 2 | -6.7 | 3.8 | 5 | +1.2 |
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May
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15.8 | 18.5 | +2.7 | 6.8 | 5.0 | -1.8 | 43.7 | 17.7 | -26.0 | 8.2 | 5 | -3.2 | 0.5 | 2 | +1.5 |
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Jun
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18.7 | 24.1 | +5.4 | 9.5 | 9.8 | +0.3 | 52.2 | 19.4 | -32.8 | 8.7 | 5 | -3.7 | 0.0 | 0 | |
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Jul
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21.4 | 11.8 | 42.4 | 7.8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
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Aug
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21.6 | 11.9 | 47.1 | 7.3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
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Sep
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18.3 | 9.9 | 55.1 | 8.6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
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Oct
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13.9 | 7.2 | 57.2 | 9.0 | 0.4 | ||||||||||
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Nov
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9.3 | 3.5 | 55.6 | 10.4 | 5.4 | ||||||||||
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Dec
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7.1 | 1.9 | 52.1 | 10.6 | 9.0 | ||||||||||
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Year to date
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11.5 | 13.3 | +1.8 | 4.0 | 2.9 | -1.1 | 264.2 | 182.0 | -82.2 | 55.7 | 42 | -13.7 | 32.8 | 51 | +18.2 |
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Year
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13.4 | 5.9 | 573.7 | 109.4 | 48.1 |
This is how the temperature varied in 2010:
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Month
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Temperature
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Pressure
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Humidity
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Gust
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Average Wind
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Min
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Max
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Ave
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Min
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Max
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Ave
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Min
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Max
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Ave
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Max
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Ave
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Max
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Ave
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Jan
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-9.3
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7.4
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1.1
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987
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1041
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1014
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39
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98
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79
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19
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1.9
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12
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1.2
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Feb
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-5.1
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10.9
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2.5
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978
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1023
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1002
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29
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98
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72
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24
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3.7
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15
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2.5
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Mar
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-5.2
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16.4
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6.1
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982
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1034
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1015
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19
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98
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55
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22
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4.4
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13
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3.0
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Apr
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-3.1
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25.1
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8.8
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998
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1034
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1018
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15
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87
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47
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19
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3.5
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13
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2.3
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May
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-2.2
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30.8
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11.0
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1004
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1031
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1016
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13
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90
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47
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21
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2.7
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12
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1.6
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Jun
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3.6
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32.5
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16.2
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999
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1028
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1017
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13
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98
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47
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16
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1.9
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9
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1.0
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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Nov
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Dec
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2010
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-9.3
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32.5
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7.7
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978
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1041
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1014
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13
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98
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58
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24
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3.0
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15
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1.9
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Month |
Commentary |
| January 2010 | January was cold. It was the coldest month I've ever recorded (since 2004) and the coldest since 1987. It also brought the coldest temperature I've ever recorded, at -9.3°C. There was considerable snow, especially around the 7th/8th, making many roads either impassable or very difficult. I also know to my cost that there was a cold snap on the 26th, since I hit a sheet of ice on a B road at 5pm and fell off my motorbike. The other significant feature was how little the temperature varied in the middle of the month - it was quite common for the daily high to be within 1°C of the daily low. This tended to be accompanied by dull, overcast and damp conditions. |
| February 2010 | February was cold, wet and snowy. It was the third coldest full month I've recorded - beaten by January 2009 and 2010. A fair amount of snow fell and stayed on the ground in the early part of the month. This was then overtaken by rain in the latter half of the month. Overall there was more than twice the normal precipitation - 20mm of it in one day on the 28th. The latter half of the month was also distinguished with low pressure - the average daily pressure remaining below 1000 mBar for the second half of the month. |
| March 2010 | A classic month of two halves. In the first half of the month the maximum temperature only exceeded the average maximum once, and in the second half it only fell below it once. Despite the lack of rainfall (the early part of the month saw a drought, by my definition) the first half felt generally cold and miserable. Spring is supposed to start at the beginning of March, but it seemed to wait until half way through this year. The second half saw some quite pleasant days - sunny and warm - although all of the significant rain fell in the second half of the month. |
| April 2010 | In this part of the country, April was most notable for the continuation of the dry spell from March. In total there was only 5.8 mm of rain, and on only 2 days did the rain exceed 1 mm, giving us a drought lasting 23 days - which was only broken by rain of 1.4 mm - hardly damping the ground. April was also notable for clear skies, leading to hot days and cold nights, the 29th being the hottest April day I've recorded. |
| May 2010 | Another dry month, starting pretty cold and then ending warm, with something of a heatwave in the penultimate week. The month saw the coldest May night I've recorded as well as the hottest day. It was the driest May I've recorded, and continued the dry spell that started in March. Since March, we've only had about 1/3rd of the rain we'd normally expect. |
| June 2010 | June was pretty much dry and hot, and continued the dry spell starting in March. Taken over a 15 day period we have had below average rainfall for the last 111 days - the longest spell of that kind that I've recorded. The pond is running out of water, the grass is yellow and the plants are wilting. The end of the month saw a number of peak temperatures of over 30°C, pretty hot for around here. |