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Recent meteorological data for West Camel.
This information is provided by Geoff Chapman, from whom more detailed historical information can be sought.
July 2024
Maximum temperature: 31.9C (89.5 F) on the 31st.
Minimum temperature: 7.9 C (46.2 F) on the 14th.
Grass level minimum: 6 C (42.8 F) on the 11th.
Average daily mean temperature: 17 C (62.6 F)
Total Rainfall: 72.7 mm (2.86 ins)
Wettest day: 5th with 22.8 mm (0.9 ins.)
A fairly average month temperature-wise. Many cool days were offset by six hot days, especially at the end of the month. After a very dry June, total rainfall was around, or slightly above, normal.
June 2024
Maximum temperature: 28.6C (83.5 F) on the 26th.
Minimum temperature: 4.2 C (39.5 F) on the 9th.
Grass level minimum: 1.8 C (35 F) on the 9th.
Average daily mean temperature: 14.8 C (58.6 F)
The coldest June since 2013, mainly due to the fact that there were 19 days when the wind was between NW and NE. What the media called a “heatwave” lasted just two days!
Total Rainfall: 14.8 mm (0.58 ins)
Wettest day: 14th with 5.4 mm (0.21 ins.)
A very dry month for a change!
May 2024
Maximum temperature: 26.7 C (80 F) on the 12th.
Minimum temperature: 2.2 C (36 F) on the 4th
Grass level minimum: 1.6 C (35 F) on the 4th.
Average daily mean temperature: 14.0 C (57 F).
Total rainfall: 130.6 mm (5.15 ins)
Wettest day: 1st with 28 mm (1.10 ins)
A very wet month, and the warmest May since 1989.
April 2024
Maximum temperatures: 19.3 C (67 F) on the 12th and 13th.
Minimum temperatures: 0 C (32 F) on the 20th and 21st
Grass level minimum: –4 C (25 F) on the 20th.
Average daily mean temperature: 10.6 C (51 F) — around normal.
There were 2 air frosts and 6 ground frosts.
Total rainfall: 54.9 mm (2.16 ins)
Wettest day: 10th with 9 mm (0.35 ins)
March 2024
Maximum temperature: 17.4 C (63 F) on the 17th.
Minimum temperatures: -2.5 C (27 F) on the 3rd and 4th.
Grass level minimum: -3.6 C (26 F) on the 3rd.
Total rainfall: 95.1 mm (3.74 ins)
February 2024
Maximum temperature: 16.2 C (61F) on the 15th.
Minimum temperature: –1.4 C (27 F) on the 25th and 27th.
Grass level minimum: –2.2 C (13 F) on the 12th.
Average daily mean temperature: 8.78 C (47.8 F) — the warmest February in my records, with very few frosts.
There were 3 air frosts and 7 ground frosts.
Total rainfall: 121.6 mm (4.79 ins.)
Wettest day: 17th with 23.1 mm (0.91 ins.)
Maximum temperature: 13.8 C (56 F) on the 2nd and 23rd.
Minimum temperature: –8.3 C (17 F) on the 19th.
Grass level minimum: –10.4 C (13 F) on the 18th.
Average daily mean temperature: 5.05 C (41 F) — fairly average
There were 11 air frosts and 16 ground frosts.
Total rainfall: 64.9 mm (2.56 ins.)
Wettest day: 4th with 23.9 mm (0.94 ins.)
Summary of Weather at Mead Farm, Downhead – 2023
Highest temperatures: 31 C (88 F) on June 13th and September 9th.
Lowest temperature: –7.7 C (18 F) on February 8th
Lowest grass minimum: –9.1 C (16 F) on January 24th.
Coldest day: 2nd December – maximum 1 C (34 F)
Warmest month: June — average 17.94 C (64 F)
Coldest month: January — average 5.01 C (41 F)
No of air frosts: 36
No. of ground frosts: 71
Average daily mean temperature: 11.77 C (53.19 F)*
*The warmest recorded. (previous highest 2020 with 11.51 C (52.7 F)
Total rainfall: 962.8 mm (37.9 ins) — the 4th wettest in 59 years.
Wettest month: December, with 144.1 mm (5.67 ins.)
Driest month: February, with 6.6 mm (0.26 in.)
Wettest day: 3rd December with 37.1 mm (1.46 ins.)