Weather Snippits 2013
5th January - Today was the fourth successive day that the temperature topped 10°C - a first for January.
13th January - First snowfall of 2013. A light dusting occured overnight but mostly thawed during the day.
14th January - 3 centimetres of snow fell overnight with a further 2 centlmetres during the day, making it the heaviest daily snowfall since February 4th 2012.
16th January - The lowest temperature recorded today was -6.3°C at 07:22. This is only 0.2°C warmer than the lowest ever recorded here in January at 06:38 on 7th January 2010. The temperature high was -1.6°C at 14:04, making it the third coldest day recorded, only beaten by the -2.2°C on December 20th and the -2.8°C on December 18th, both in 2010. The average temperature for the day was -4.3°C.
21st January - Another 6.3 centimetres of snow fell - the highest daily snowfall since February 4th 2012, and the highest this snow season.
26th January - Nine centimetres of snow fell overnight making the snow depth 16 centimetres in undisturbed places. At 07:23, the temperature dropped to -0.1°C for a couple of minutes. This made it the 17th consecutive day of sub-zero temperatures - a record for this weather station.
29th January - At 16:26 today the temperature reached 13.3°C. This is the highest January temperature ever recorded at Bracken House, beating the previous best of 12.2°C, set on January 13th 2011.
30th January - At 13:59 today a 40.0 mph gust of wind was recorded, the strongest gust since a 41.4 mph gust on January 5th 2012.
4th February - A wind gust of 41.1 mph at 11:45 was the strongest gust since January 5th 2012.
2nd March - The sunshine hours total for today was 6.2 hours, the most since October 27th 2012.
5th March - The temperature fell to -2.4°C at 06:57 - the coldest March temperature since March 8th 2010 when the temperature dropped to -3.7°C.
21st March - The UV Index reached 2.6 at 11:50. This was the highest recorded since October 6th 2012 when the Index reached 2.7.
22nd March - 4 centimetres of snow fell in the early hours with wind gusts of up to 30 mph. By 22:00, another 5 centimetres had fallen, and despite a slight thaw, the snow depth was 7 centimetres by dark.
23rd March - The snow continued to fall into a second day with a further 11 centimetres. The snow depth was 14 centimetres by evening, with drifts up to a metre in places. The temperature was -0.1°C at midnight which was the maximum temperature on the day. That made it the coldest March day ever recorded.
24th March - Today's solar UV index of 2.9 surpassed the yearly high of 2.6 set on 21st March by 0.3. Another 4 centimetres of snow fell in the early hours taking the snow depth to 18 centimetres.
25th March - Today's solar energy of 1014 w/m2 surpassed the yearly high of 847.0 w/m2 set on 11/03/2013 by 167 w/m2. Today's solar UV index of 3.3 surpassed the yearly high of 2.9 set yesterday by 0.4. Today's high wind speed of 34.1 mph surpassed the monthly high of 31.1 mph set on the 11th by 3 mph.
2nd April - Coldest April temperature ever recorded of -1.9°C at 02:58.
4th April -Temperature dipped to -0.1°C at 05:10 making it the fourth frost day in the month, beating the previous best of three set in 2012.
7th April - Today was the 18th consecutive frost day, beating the record set on January 26th this year.
12th April - After 16 dry days, rainfall was recorded in the early hours of this morning.
13th April - Today's maximum temperature of 11.9°C was the second highest maximum temperature of 2013, beaten only by the 13.3°C recorded on January 29th.
14th April - The maximum temperature of 17.3°C recorded at 12:04 was the highest since September 16th 2012. High gust speed of 36.8 mph from 248° (WSW) at 12:22 was the highest gust speed recorded in April, beating the previous best of 34.5 mph (NE) at 09:53 on April 29th 2012.
5th May - The maximum temperature of 18.1°C recorded at 16:05 was the highest since September 15th 2012, when the temperature reached 18.2°C.
6th May - Today's high temperature of 20.6°C recorded at 17:21 beat yesterday's yearly high by 2.5°C.
7th May - The maximum temperature of 20.6°C recorded at 13:59 equalled the yearly high set the day before.
28th May - The rainfall total of 11.4 millimetres equals the wettest May day at Bracken House. It takes the monthly total to 55.2 millimetres, the wettest May on record.
18th June - The maximum temperature of 21.2°C recorded at 16:25 was the highest since September 9th 2012 when the temperature reached 24.4°C.
19th June - The maximum temperature of 22.7°C recorded at 16:03 beat the yearly high, set yesterday, by 1.5°C.
5th July - At 17:28, the temperature reached 23.1°C making it the warmest day of 2013 so far. The previous best was 22.7°C set on June 19th.
6th July - The maximum temperature today was 25.7°C at 17:59 beating yesterday's yearly high by 2.6°C.
7th July - The maximum temperature today was 27.5°C recorded as late as 18:21. This was the fifth warmest day ever recorded here, and the warmest day since July 24th 2012, when the temperature reached 27.7°C.
13th July - The maximum temperature today was 29.0°C recorded at 16:43. This was the highest temperature ever recorded at Bracken House, beating the previous best of 28.6°C set on June 17th 2011.
17th July - Today's maximum temperature of 28.1°C recorded at 16:22 was the second highest of 2013 and the third highest ever at Bracken House.
22nd July - Today's maximum temperature of 28.6°C recorded at 17:40 was the second highest of 2013 and the equal second highest ever at Bracken House.
23rd July - 32.4 millimeters of rain were recorded today making it the wettest day of the year so far and the fourth wettest day ever at Bracken House.
1st August - The maximum temperature today was 29.9°C, recorded at 17:38. This was the highest ever recorded here, beating the previous best of 29.0°C recorded on the 13th July.
2nd October - 10.0 millimetres of rain were recorded, making it the wettest day since July 23rd, and the eighth wettest day of 2013 so far.
21st October - 16.0 millimetres of rainfall was recorded, making it the second wettest day of 2013, beaten only by the 32.4 millimetre downpour on July 23rd.
27th October - The high gust speed of 36.8 mph from 270° (W) at 11:32 was the highest recorded wind speed since April 18th.
28th October - The low barometer of 977.7 mb surpassed the yearly low of 984.3 mb set on 15th May by -6.6 mb.
2nd November - Another very windy day with the highest gust being 34.5 mph from 270 ° (W) recorded at 21:01.
3rd November - Today's maximum temperature of 9.2°C, recorded at 14:39, was the lowest daytime high since 8.9°C was recorded on May 23rd.
4th November - The temperature fell to 1.2°C at 07:08, making it the coldest temperature since May 1st when the thermometer dropped to 1.1°C. This was the first ground frost of the winter.
8th November - Today's maximum temperature of 8.2°C, recorded at 11:40, was the lowest day time maximum since the 6.1°C of April 11th.
10th November - The maximum temperature was 7.6°C, recorded at 14:52. This was the lowest daytime maximum since April 11th. The minimum temperature was 0.9°C, the lowest minimum since 0.1°C was recorded on April 10th.
11th November - The lowest temperature this morning was 0.9°C at 05:27, exactly the same as yesterday.
19th November - The maximum temperature was 4.8°C recorded at 12:43. This was the lowest maximum temperature since April 1st. The minimum temperature of -2.3°C recorded at 21:49 was the lowest temperature since March 31st.
25th November - The maximum barometric pressure was 1040.4 millibars recorded at 23:20, the highest pressure recorded this year. The average pressure of 1038.4 millibars was the highest since February 8th 2012.
5th December - The maximum gust speed of 47.2 mph from 338° (NNW) at 10:14 was the highest ever recorded, beating the previous highest set on February 4th 2011 by 0.1 mph. The maximum wind speed of 33.4 mph from 338° (NNW) at 13:44 beat the previous highest set on February 4th 2011 by 2.4 mph.
16th December - The fourth consecutive day that temperatures at Bracken House have reached double figures. This has never happened in December before. At 06:38, the temperature reached 12.9°C, equalling the highest ever for December. By 12:06, the temperature had fallen to 7.2°C.
24th December - At 00:16, the barometric pressure fell to 966.5 millibars, beating the previous low of 966.9 millibars recorded at 16:29 on November 8th 2010.