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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.
February 2025
Maximum temperature: 15.4C (60 F) on the 22nd.
Minimum temperature: –2.8 C (27 F) on the 28th.
Grass level minimum: -6.1 C (21 F) on the 28th.
Average daily mean temperature: 6.1 C (43 F).
Total rainfall: 53.6 mm (2.11 ins).
Wettest day: 23rd with 17.8 mm (0.70 ins)
There were 5 air frosts and 16 ground frosts.
A fairly dry month. Despite some cold days, there were no really cold nights, so the average temperature was not far from normal.
60 years ago, the first week of March 1965 was very cold and frosty. On the 3rd the minimum temperature was -10C. Heavy snow and very strong winds set in in the late afternoon, with a blizzard overnight, leaving deep drifts. The snow took nearly a week to melt.
January 2025
Maximum temperature: 13.5C (56.3 F) on the 5th.
Minimum temperature: –5.6 C (21.9 F) on the 3rd.
Grass level minimum: -6.2 C (20.8 F) on the 10th.
Average daily mean temperature: 4.45 C (40 F).
Total rainfall: 146.2 mm (5.76 ins).
Wettest day: 26th with 32.5 mm (1.28 ins)
A very wet month, and a little colder than average.
There were 9 air frosts and 19 ground frosts.
2024 summary
Highest maximum temperature: 31.9 C (89.4 F) on 31st July.
Lowest minimum temperature: –8.3 C (17 F) on 19th January.
Lowest grass level minimum: –10.4 (13.3 F) on 18th January.
Wettest month: September, with 160.1 mm (6.30 ins.).
Driest month: June, with 12.7 mm (0.51 ins.).
Wettest day: September 29th with 28.5 mm. (1.14 ins.).
Total rainfall: 898.5 mm. (35.37 ins.) – a little above average
Warmest month: August – average daily mean temperature: 19.15 C (66.5 F).
Coldest month: January – average daily mean temperature 5.5 C (41.9 F).
Average daily mean temperature for the year: 11.8 C (53.2).*
*The warmest year in 61 years of records, beating 2023 by just 0.02 C.
December 2024
Maximum temperature: 15.4 C (59.7 F) on the 1st.
Minimum temperature: 0.2 C (32.3 F) on the 4th.
Grass level minimum: -2.6 C (27.3 F) on the 4th.
Average daily mean temperature: 8.17 C (46.7 F).
Total rainfall: 32.5 mm (1.28 ins).
A mild month with no air frosts and only two ground frosts.
Also much drier than normal.