Tittesworth Reservoir

Tittesworth – Spring 2012

Welcome to the 36th quarterly newsletter in the current series.

Weather

JANUARY: It was the 4th sunniest January since 1929. Overall it was quite a mild month with
temperatures reaching 9/10ºC on six occasions. The mean UK temperature was 1.3ºC above
the 1971-2000 average. Locally overnight frosts occurred on six occasions. Sleet was noted
for a few minutes on the 23rd and hail fell in the afternoon of the 27th. Snow fell on the last day
of the month but it did not settle.

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Tittesworth – Winter 2011

Welcome to the 35th quarterly newsletter in the current series.

 Weather

OCTOBER: The month began with a southerly air stream resulting in some exceptionally high temperatures for the time of year. Locally it was 20ºC on the 2nd. The rest of the month was generally mild but the first frost of the winter period occurred overnight on the 17-18th. The day temperature then dropped to 7ºC but picked up again on the 21st. It was sunny most days until the end of the month.  The mean temperature for England was 2ºC above the 1971-2000 average. Rainfall was heavy locally………………

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Tittesworth – Autumn 2011

Welcome to the 34th quarterly newsletter in the current series.

 Weather:

JULY: The Met Office UK review for the month stated that – “After a generally fine first few days, the weather became unsettled. With low pressure close by, it was rather cool with showers and periods of rain, heavy and prolonged at times across northern areas”……..

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Tittesworth – June 2011

Weather and season

APRIL: The average UK temperature was 4ºC above normal making it the warmest and 6 driest April since 1910. With areas of high pressure over or near the UK for most of the month there was plenty of fine, warm weather to be enjoyed. Hours of sunshine were 50% above the normal, making it the sunniest April since 1929. Locally the highest temperature was 21ºC on the 21st and 18 days of the month were either very sunny or mainly sunny.

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