September 2012

The grim summer of 2012 tried to make amends by stretching warmth into the first month of Autumn,  the first half of the month was pleasantly warm and bright with sunshine amounts one couldn't grumble about but typical of this summer it wasn't to last and soon after mid-month the rains returned and the temperatures fell in sympathy.

The sun did shine in Sept

In terms of statistics for the month the most interesting is the mean temperature of 14.0C, this was the coldest September since I started keeping records in 2005 and 0.1 colder than the second coldest which was in 2010.
Why is this interesting? 2010 had the coldest December for one hundred years in the UK, with the first snows hitting in late November so could we be heading for a repeat?
As I am writing this on October 11th there is plenty of excitement on the weather forums about the prospect of a hard winter, more so than I can remember at this early stage of Autumn, and this excitement is being fuelled by medium and long range forecasting models indicating northern blocking which if came to fruition could plunge the UK into an early taste of winter, indeed its entirely possible that some low lying areas of Scotland could see its first snow this month and its not even winter!
Anyway more on this on my next blog early November.

Apple and Lexi happy that the crop has been cut at last!

Hawley Stats:
Mean Temp:            14.0
High Temp:             29.6
Low:                        2.7
Rain:                        40.4 mm
High Wind:              31 mph
Dominant wind dir:  West

SE England Stats:
Rain                          98%
Sun:                          127%                      
Temp Anom:            -0.7