Weather Snippits 2015
January 1st - At 21:27, the temperature reached 11.9°C, the highest ever recorded here on New Year’s Day.
January 9th - At 17:37, the temperature here reached 14.0°C, making it the highest temperature ever recorded in January. This beat the previous best of 13.3°C recorded at 16:31 on January 29th 2013.The maximum wind gust of 42.6 mph from 270° (W) at 23:54 was the strongest since 47.1 mph was recorded on February 12th 2014. The maximum sustained wind speed of 28.8 mph from 270° (W) at 23:47 equalled the January high set in 2012.
January 10th - The high wind gust speed of 49.5 mph surpassed the all time high of 48.3 mph set on 05/12/2013 by 1.2 mph. The maximum sustained wind speed of 31.1 mph from 270° (W) at 06:24 is the highest ever recorded here in January. This beat the previous highest of 28.8 mph, recorded on January 22nd 2012.
January 15th - At 02:05, the barometric pressure fell to 978.0 millibars, the lowest ever recorded here in January. This beat the previous low of 978.3 millibars, recorded at 19:35 on January 1st 2014.
January 17th - The low wind chill of -5.3°C at 02:36 surpassed the yearly low of -5.2°C and was also lower than any day in 2014.
January 19th - The temperature at 06:43 fell to -3.1°C. The last time a lower temperature was recorded was March 14th 2013 when the low was -3.7°C.
January 21st - The maximum temperature of 1.3°C, recorded at 08:37, was the lowest daily maximum temperature since 0.2°C was recorded on March 24th 2013.
January 23rd - The low wind chill of -5.4°C at 09:24 surpassed the yearly low of -5.3°C set on 17th January by -0.1°.
January 28th - Between 09:33 and 10:00, the temperature fell from 8.6°C to 3.7°C, a fall of 4.9°C in 27 minutes.
January 29th - The barometric pressure fell to 974.4 millibars at 23:55. This was the lowest pressure ever recorded here in January, beating the previous low of 978.3 millibars recorded at 19:35 on January 1st 2014.
January 30th - The low barometer of 973.7 millibars, recorded at 02:58, surpassed the yearly low of 974.5 milliibars set the day before by 0.8 millibars.
February 2nd - The low temperature of -3.5°C recorded at 02:51 was the lowest since -3.7°C was recorded on March 14th 2013.
February 8th - The high barometer of 1039.7 millibars, recorded at 08:27, surpassed the yearly high of 1039.0 millibars by 0.7 millibars.
February 15th - The solar UV index of 1.0 surpassed the yearly high of 0.8 set on February 6th by 0.2. This is the first time the UV index has reached 1.0 since October 31st 2014.
February 22nd - 9.6 millimetres of rainfall was recorded making it the wettest day since November 8th 2014.
March 7th - At 15:54, the temperature reached 15.2°C, making it the warmest day of 2015 and the warmest since 15.7°C was recorded on November 1st 2014.
March 21st - The solar UV index of 2.1 surpassed the yearly high of 1.9 set on March 7th by 0.2.
March 22nd - The solar UV index of 2.8 surpassed the yearly high of 2.1 set on March 21st by 0.7. This is the first time the UV level has been classed as moderate since October 1st 2014.
March 26th - The solar UV index of 3.0 surpassed the yearly high of 2.8 set on March 22nd by 0.2. This is the highest UV index since September 26th 2014.
March 27th - The solar UV index of 3.1 surpassed the yearly high of 3.0 set yesterday by 0.1. This is the highest UV index since September 13th 2014.
March 31st - The high wind speed of 45.0 mph was the highest since 49.5 mph was recorded on January 10th 2015.
April 2nd - The solar UV index of 3.6 surpassed the yearly high of 3.1 set on March 27th by 0.5.
April 5th - The solar UV index of 3.7 surpassed the yearly high of 3.6 set on April 2nd by 0.1.
April 6th - The high temperature of 16.7°C surpassed the yearly high of 15.2°C set on 7th March by 1.5°C. This was the highest temperature here since 19.0°C was recorded on October 31st 2014.
April 9th - The high temperature of 16.9°C surpassed the yearly high of 16.7°C set on 6th April by 0.2°C.
April 10th - The high temperature of 18.4°C surpassed the yearly high of 16.9°C set on 9th April by 1.5°C.
April 25th - The solar UV index of 4.3 surpassed the yearly high of 3.9 set on 22nd April by 0.4.
May 11th - The high temperature of 18.9°C surpassed the yearly high of 18.4°C set on April 10th by 0.5°C.
May 15th - The solar UV index of 5.1 surpassed the yearly high of 4.9 set on 10th May by 0.2.
May 26th - The solar UV index of 6.2 surpassed the yearly high of 5.6 set on 21st May by 0.6. This is the highest recorded since July 22nd 2014.
June 1st - The coldest, wettest and windiest start to the meteorological Summer ever here. The maximum temperature was only 12.1°C, and the minimum was 4.3°C. There was 5.8 mm of rain and the highest wind gust was 31.1 mph.
June 2nd - The wind gust of 36.8 mph at 15:04 was the highest wind gust recorded in June. This beats the previous highest of 29.9 mph set on 9th June 2012.
June 4th - The high temperature of 20.4°C surpassed the yearly high of 18.9°C set on 11th May by 1.5°C. This was the highest temperature recorded here since 21.7°C was recorded on 28th September 2014.
June 5th - The maximum temperature of 22.0°C recorded at 14:08 was the highest since 22.9°C was recorded on August 8th 2014.
June 10th - The solar UV index of 6.5 surpassed the yearly high of 6.2 by 0.3. This is the highest since 6.6 was recorded on July 16th 2014.
June 13th - There was 16.2 mm of rain, the wettest day since 17.8 mm was recorded on November 7th 2014.
June 15th - The solar UV index of 6.6 surpassed the yearly high of 6.5 set on 10th June by 0.1.
June 17th - The solar UV index of 8.2, recorded at 13:17, surpassed the all time high of 7.7 set on 22nd June 2013 by 0.5.
June 25th - The maximum temperature of 21.6°C recorded at 18:02 was the second highest temperature of 2015, beaten only by the 22.0°C recorded on June 5th.
June 30th - The maximum temperature of 27.3°C, recorded at 16:48, is the highest since 27.6°C was recorded on July 26th 2014.
July 1st - The maximum temperature of 32.7°C, recorded at 15:48, was the highest ever recorded at Bracken House. This beat the previous high of 29.9°C set on August 1st 2013.
July 31st - At 05:00, the temperature fell to 5.5°C, the lowest July temperature ever recorded here, beating the 6.9°C set at 05:31 on July 23rd 2011.
August 22nd - The high temperature of 27.0°C, recorded at 16:06, was the third highest temperature of 2015. Only the 27.2°C on June 30th and the 32.7°C on July 1st were better. During a thunderstorm, a rain rate of 97.6 mm/hr was measured at 18:39.
September 26th - The low temperature of 4.8°C at 07:05 was the lowest since 4.5°C was recorded on June 20th 2015.
October 12th - At 07:48, the temperature fell to 4.6°C, and the dew point to 3.6°C leading to a grass frost on the more exposed parts of Bracken House, the first grass frost noted during this autumn season.
October 23rd - The minimum temperature of 4.1°C at 03:40 was the lowest since 3.9°C was recorded on May 30th 2015. At the same time, the dew point fell to 3.2°C.
October 25th - The minimum temperature fell to 2.5°C at 05:07 making it the lowest temperature since 1.6°C was recorded on May 1st 2015. At 04:53, the dew point fell to 1.2°C.
October 28th - The toal rainfall of 16.2 millimetres equalled the wettest day of 2015 set on June 13th.
November 7th - The maximum temperature of 15.9°C, recorded at 13:08, was the second highest temperature recorded in November here. Only the 16.2°C recorded at 13:21 on 4th November 2010 was higher.
November 9th - The maximum temperature of 15.1°C was recorded at 23:04, and the temperature didn't fall below 15°C for the rest of the night making it the warmest November night on record here.
November 10th - The maximum temperature of 16.3°C, recorded at 13:14, was the highest ever November temperature here, beating the 16.2°C set in 2010. The maximum temperature was 16.3°C (mean 10°C), the minimum temperature was 13.8°C (mean 5°C), and the average for the day was 15.1°C (mean 7°C).
November 17th - The maximum wind speed was 28.00 mph at 22:04 and the maximum wind gust was 48 mph at 22:30, both records for November. This was the second highest wind gust of 2015, beaten only by the 49.5 mph gust recorded on January 10th.
November 21st - At 23:18, the temperature fell to -2.4°C, the lowest since -3.5°C was recorded on February 2nd 2015. The lowest wind chill was -4.3°C at 03:48. A couple of millimetres of wet snow was also recorded, the first since February 3rd 2015.
November 22nd - The minimum temperature fell to -2.8°C at 03:01, the lowest since -3.5°C was recorded on February 2nd 2015.
December 7th - The maximum temperature of 13.6°C at 12:46 was the highest temperature ever recorded here in December. This beat the previous highest December temperature of 13.0°C recorded at 13:49 on 18th December 2014.
December 12th - Between 18:15 and 19:55, the temperature fell from 11.3°C to 3.3°C - a fall of 8°C in only 100 minutes.
December 16th - The maximum temperature of 13.3°C at 16:02 was the highest ever recorded in December, beating the previous best of 13.6°C set on the 7th.
December 17th - The maximum temperature of 13.8°C at 13:46 was 0.5°C higher than yesterday's all-time December high.
December 19th - The maximum temperature of 14.8°C at 08:01 was 1.0°C higher than the December all-time high set on the 17th.
December 25th - The maximum temperature of 12.9°C, recorded at 19:36, beat the previous warmest Christmas Day record, set in 2011, by 0.7°C.
December 26th - The maximum temperature of 13.7°C, recorded at 13:04, beat the previous warmest Boxing Day record, set in 2011, by 0.8°C.