12/8 Paul Hudson's Weather & Climate Blog

Paul Hudson's Weather & Climate Blog         Mon 6th Dec 2010: Coldest December day on record for some sites. December 6, 2010 at 10:14 PM   Following another extremely cold night, when temperatures at Topcliffe fell to minus 18C, the mercury has struggled to recover this afternoon. Leeming's temperature has peaked at minus 6.6C, making it the coldest December day on record, beating the previous daytime record December low set in 1981 of minus 4.8C. Records at Leeming started in 1945. Linton on Ouse's afternoon maximum temperature was minus 5.6C, beating their previous December record set in 1995 of minus 4.5C. Scampton in Lincolnshire has also experienced its coldest December day on record with minus 5.5C. Records here go back to the early 1950's. It is likely that other sites have also broken their December records.         Mon 6th Dec 2010: Record cold continues. December 6, 2010 at 10:14 PM   There are 5 stations in the Vale of York that are used for climate purposes by the Met Office. Topcliffe, Church Fenton, Dishforth, Leeming and Linton on Ouse. Some stations have interrupted records, but combining all the sites allows us to look back at the climate of the Vale of York to 1932. Based on all the combined temperature records, the previous 0900 to 2100hrs coldest maximum temperature record in the Vale of York was held by Linton on Ouse with minus 7.5C in December 1981. This has today been equalled by Dishforth, also with minus 7.5C. So its been the equal coldest December day in the Vale of York since records began in 1932. Other records may have been set, but we will have to wait for the 24 hour data which comes in at 9am in the morning to confirm this. Scampton in Lincolnshire has experienced its coldest December day on record with minus 5.5C. Records here go back to the early 1950's. Thanks to the Met Office Observer at Dishforth for clarifying this with me this evening!         Mon 6th Dec 2010: Record cold continues. Update. December 6, 2010 at 10:14 PM   UPDATE at 3pm I can now confirm that Leeming in North Yorkshire had its coldest December day on record yesterday at minus 6.6C. Last night Scampton in Lincolnshire recorded its coldest December night on record, with minus 15.6C. This beats the previous record which was set....last week! ENDS UPDATE at 7am Some will have noticed last night I changed some of the contents of this blog. The observer at Dishforth realised we had confused daytime maximum temperature records between 0900hrs and 2100hrs with the records that apply to the 24 hour time period ending 9am this morning, and until that time period is up we will not know if the sites originally mentioned have established new records. ENDS There are 5 stations in the Vale of York that are used for climate purposes by the Met Office. Topcliffe, Church Fenton, Dishforth, Leeming and Linton on Ouse. Some stations have interrupted records, but combining all the sites allows us to look back at the climate of the Vale of York to 1932. Based on all the combined temperature records, the previous 0900 to 2100hrs coldest maximum temperature record in the Vale of York was held by Linton on Ouse with minus 7.5C in December 1981. This has today been equalled by Dishforth, also with minus 7.5C. So its been the equal coldest December day in the Vale of York since records began in 1932. Other records may have been set, but we will have to wait for the 24 hour data which comes in at 9am in the morning to confirm this. Scampton in Lincolnshire has experienced its coldest December day on record with minus 5.5C. Records here go back to the early 1950's. Thanks to the Met Office Observer at Dishforth for clarifying this with me this evening!         Mon 6th Dec 2010: Record cold continues. Update 3. December 6, 2010 at 10:14 PM   Update at 10pm Waddington in South Lincolnshire has had its coldest December day on record (Tue Dec 7th) with minus 4.8C. This beats the previous December record of minus 4.0C in both December 1962 and 1967. UPDATE at 3pm I can now confirm that Leeming in North Yorkshire had its coldest December day on record yesterday at minus 6.6C. Last night Scampton in Lincolnshire recorded its coldest December night on record, with minus 15.6C. This beats the previous record which was set....last week! ENDS UPDATE at 7am Some will have noticed last night I changed some of the contents of this blog. The observer at Dishforth realised we had confused daytime maximum temperature records between 0900hrs and 2100hrs with the records that apply to the 24 hour time period ending 9am this morning, and until that time period is up we will not know if the sites originally mentioned have established new records. ENDS There are 5 stations in the Vale of York that are used for climate purposes by the Met Office. Topcliffe, Church Fenton, Dishforth, Leeming and Linton on Ouse. Some stations have interrupted records, but combining all the sites allows us to look back at the climate of the Vale of York to 1932. Based on all the combined temperature records, the previous 0900 to 2100hrs coldest maximum temperature record in the Vale of York was held by Linton on Ouse with minus 7.5C in December 1981. This has today been equalled by Dishforth, also with minus 7.5C. So its been the equal coldest December day in the Vale of York since records began in 1932. Other records may have been set, but we will have to wait for the 24 hour data which comes in at 9am in the morning to confirm this. Scampton in Lincolnshire has experienced its coldest December day on record with minus 5.5C. Records here go back to the early 1950's. Thanks to the Met Office Observer at Dishforth for clarifying this with me this evening!             This email was sent to asad.ali2.mirjat@blogger.com. Delivered by Feed My Inbox PO Box 682532 Franklin, TN 37068 Account Login Unsubscribe Here