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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2012 Average Max Temp
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Difference
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Average Min Temp
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2012 Average Min Temp
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Difference
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Average Rainfall
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2012 Rainfall
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Difference
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Days of Rainfall >= 1mm
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Days of Rainfall >= 1mm in 2012
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Difference
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Days with Air Frost
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Days with Air Frost in 2012
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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 | 8.2 | +1.9 | 0.7 | 2.1 | +1.4 | 49.5 | 43.9 | -5.6 | 11.0 | 7 | -4 | 11.5 | 9 | -2.5 |
| Feb | 6.6 | 6.8 | +0.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | -0.3 | 35.1 | 11.6 | -23.5 | 8.5 | 5 | -3.5 | 11.1 | 14 | +2.9 |
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Mar
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9.5 | 12.4 | +2.9 | 2.3 | 2.7 | +0.4 | 42.5 | 45 | +2.5 | 10.6 | 6 | -4.6 | 6.4 | 3 | -3.4 |
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Apr
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11.9 | 12.0 | +0.1 | 3.7 | 3.3 | -0.4 | 41.2 | 95.8 | +54.6 | 8.7 | 18 | +9.3 | 3.8 | 5 | +1.2 |
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May
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15.8 | 6.8 | 43.7 | 8.2 | 0.5 | ||||||||||
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Jun
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18.7 | 9.5 | 52.2 | 8.7 | 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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YTD
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8.6 | 9.9 | +1.3 | 1.9 | 2.1 | +0.2 | 168.3 | 196.3 | +28 | 38.8 | 36 | -2.8 | 32.8 | 31 | -1.8 |
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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 2012:
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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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-5.0
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12.4
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5.1
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991
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1033
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1019
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29
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99
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79
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32
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5.4
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19
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3.6
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Feb
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-11.8
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17.2
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3.6
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1005
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1044
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1029
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49
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97
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84
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26
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5.3
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16
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3.3
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Mar
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-0.6
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20.0
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7.4
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1009
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1038
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1027
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33
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99
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85
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29
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3.9
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20
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2.3
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Apr
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-2.5
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17.2
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7.5
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978
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1026
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1004
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47
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99
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85
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28
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5.4
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15
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3.1
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May
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Jun
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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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2012
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-11.8
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20.0
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5.9
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978
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1044
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1020
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29
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99
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83
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32
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5.0
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20
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3.1
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Month |
Commentary |
| January 2012 | The main thing to remark about January 2012 was that it was the month
I replaced my Oregon weather station with a Davis one. The new one has got
better barometric resolution, an improved rain gauge and much better solar
shielding - it also has a solar-powered fan to keep the temperature stable
if the sun hits the solar shield. I also moved the new anemometer 4' higher,
so it is now well clear of the roofline - recorded windspeeds are therefore
considerably higher than they were with the old system. The humidity meter
on the Oregon system was also under-reading. As a result, most of the records
will not be strictly comparable. I also upgraded my weather recording software.
Unfortunately, the software supplied by Davis to interface to my PC was
not reliable, causing my PC to crash and as a result, some of the data from
January was lost. Anyway - that's that out of the way. As for the weather - not much out of the ordinary - rather warmer than normal. |
| February 2012 | The start of the month was exceptionally cold, with a decent fall of snow - about 6" - on the night of the 4th/5th. The 4th was an "ice day" - when the temperature never got above freezing. The maximum temperature that day was -0.7°C. Once the mid-month passed, the temperatures got very much higher and we had a number of spring-like days. Interesting to get a month with both a record high and low temperature for February. It was (apart from the snow) very dry, continuing the drought-creating conditions we've been experiencing of late. It was also dominated by high pressure - 1029 mBar on average. Some months we don't even get pressure that high, let alone average it! |
| March 2012 | March was, in general, warm and dry (although the rainfall stats don't show this). Despite overall rainfall being just above average, most of it fell in 5 days of fairly heavy rain, with large gaps in between. As I type this, there's been no rain for 13 days and we're headed for another mini-drought. The last half of the month felt very spring like- with lots of sun and temperatures during the day more like May. The blossom is out and the birds are singing. Let's just hope the frost expected later doesn't do too much harm. |
| April 2012 | Cold and wet - that's how it felt, anyway. In comparison to met office data, it was actually about average temperature, although it was the coldest April I've ever recorded. It produced about twice the expected rainfall, although again it was no where near the wettest month I've ever recorded - it's only eighth in my order of "merit". It was the wettest April. It actually started comparatively dry - on 2nd April we'd had no rain for 15 days (a mini-drought). It was the second half of the month that was really wet - 50 mm of rain in 10 days. |