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| − | click [[Martin Walters' Weather Report spring 2025]] | + | click [[Martin Walters' Weather Report spring 2025]] |
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| − | '''Hallmark spring 2025'''. (The last edition of [[Hallmark]]). [[Weather Report]] by Martin Walters. click [[Martin & Angela Walters]] for more about Martin.
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| − | I started doing weather readings in 1990 using a Stevenson screen and a rain gauge to record temperature, humidity and rainfall. The screen and the rain gauge have been located in the same place for now 35 years to provide a consistency of readings.
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| − | The readings are collected daily at about an average time of 5.00 p.m. and all the results are recorded on graph paper (all analog here).
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| − | I thought that Hallmark readers would be interested in the highs and lows over the years and especially for temperature and rainfall and I have collated this information in a tabular form as follows:
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| − | Highest daily temperature: 102* F (19/7/2022).
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| − | Lowest daily temperature: 12* F (10/2/1991)
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| − | Highest daily rainfall : 67.1 mm (2.64ins ) (23/9/1992)
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| − | Wettest year : 1062.6 mm (41.83ins) 2024
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| − | Driest year : 570.7 mm (22.47ins) 1996
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| − | Warmest year: (overall night and day average): 53.3*F (2022)
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| − | Coldest year : (overall night and day average): 47.91*F (1996)
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| − | I also have a Negretti and Zambra barograph which charts atmospheric pressure and as with the other readings, I have a full 35 year record.
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| − | Maximum pressure: 1048mb (27/1/1992)
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| − | Minimum pressure: 955mb (2/11/2023) Storm Cirian
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| − | An interesting area of analysis is mid-May, the visitation of the four Ice Saints — St.Mamertus (11th May), St.Pancras (12th May),St. Servatius (13th May) and St. Boniface of Tarsus (14th May). These dates in mid-May are feared by gardeners and farmers as a late frost can decimate any tender crops and indeed the more superstitious will delay sowing such crops until after the Saints have gone.
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| − | From my records 1995,1996, 2005, 2010,2012, 2019, 2020, and 2021 air frosts were recorded but other years also saw a noticeable dip in night time temperatures. In 2000 and 2017 however the Ice Saints were on holiday as the night time temperature in those years remained over 50* F
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