A Happy New Year to all readers!
Welcome to the 31st consecutive quarterly newsletter.
Weather and season
OCTOBER: There was heavy rain early in the month with some local roads being flooded. A quieter spell followed, turning quite warm with a local daytime high of 17ºC on the 10th. There was a frost overnight on the 12th/13th. The second half of the month was unremarkable with some sunny days but severe frosts on the 24th and 25th.
Welcome to the thirtieth consecutive edition of the quarterly Tittesworth Bird News newsletter.
Weather and season
JULY: July saw the largely settled, static weather patterns of spring and early summer replaced by a more changeable Atlantic type. This airstream was relatively warm but often cloudy thus the sky was duller than average. Rainfall was over twice the average for the time of year. The local daytime temperatures varied from mid teens to the low twenties ºC.
Weather and season
APRIL: Overall April was a dry month with most areas of Englandrecording less than 50% of average rainfall. It was a sunny month too; it was the fourth sunniest April in a series from 1929. The maximum temperature in this area was 18ºC on the 28th. There were occasional frosts notably on the 1st, 4th, 19th, 21st and 22nd. Air travel was disrupted from the 15th to the 20th whenUK air space was closed because of the risk to aircraft from volcanic dust blown in from the Eyjafjallajokell volcano inIceland. During this period there were clear skies due to the lack of cloud formation often generated by jet exhausts.
Weather and season
It was one of the longest and coldest winters for many a year. Snow arrived on the 17th December and was still present – above about 1200ft – at the end of March.
JANUARY: There was a little snow on New Year’s Day but 3 inchesfell on the 2nd. Low temperatures, often sub-zero until mid-month, meant no thawing. A little more snow fell on the 13th but a steady but slow thaw began on the following day. Frosts began again on the 29th plus there was a fall of snow in the early hours on the 31st. The national mean temperature for the month was about 3ºC below the 1971-2000 average. It was the coldest January over theUK since 1987 and equal eighth coldest in a series from 1914. Rainfall was well below normal. It was the eighth sunniest January in a series from 1929.
