Home Page

Otter Valley Weather Extremes (2005 - 2013)

My beautiful wife Cila, stood on Mushroom Rock, Dartmoor on a warm and humid September day with dramatic skies.

Otter Valley weather extremes for 2013 and station records

Previous annual extremes 2009 2010 2011 2012
    2013    Station Record
Temperature highs    30.5°C 13th July   30.8°C 19th July 2006
Temperature lows   -3.6°C 14th March   -9.8°C 26th December 2010
Temperature lowest high   0.9°C 20th January   -0.9°C 25th December 2010
Temperature highest low   17.3°C 2nd August   18.6°C 15th August 2012
             
 Warmest monthly mean    18.9°C  July    20.1°C  July 2006
 Coldest monthly mean    5.1°C  February    0.7°C  December 2010
             
 Highest monthly anomaly    +1.9°C July & October    +4.5°C  April 2011
 Lowest monthly anomaly    -2.3°C  March    -5.6°C  December 2010
             
Grass temp lows   -6.1°C 13th March   -13.8°C 7th January 2010
             
Rainfall in 15 minutes   - mm -   10.4 mm 30th October 2008
Rainfall in 1 hour   - mm -   24.1 mm 12th June 2006
Rainfall in 24 hours   25.7 mm 11th November   70.8 mm 30th October 2008
Rainfall in 1 month   152.7 mm October   188.9 mm November 2009
Rainfall in 1 year   831 mm 2013   1370 mm 2012
             
Driest Month   25.3 mm June   14.4 mm March 2012
Driest Year         712 mm 2011
             
Max Sunshine in 1 day   15.4 Hours 5th July   15.8 hours 25th June 2010
Max Sunshine in 1 month   328.2 Hours July   328.2 hours July 2013
Max Sunshine in 1 year   1824 Hours 2013   2019 hours 2010
Dullest month   67.2 Hours January    53.4 Hours  February 2011
             
UV Index high   8.1 11th June   9.0 6th July 2011
Solar irradiance high   1143 W/m² 14th June   1247 W/m² 14th July 2012
Solar energy high   30.7 MJ/m² 8th June   33.1 MJ/m² 19th June 2012
             
Wind high   48 mph 18th December   58 mph 10th March 2008
Windiest day   350 miles 23rd December   366 miles 21st March 2008
Windiest month   3408 miles December   4601 miles March 2008
Calmest day   10 miles 15th April   1 mile 11th December 2008
Calmest month   1333 miles September   1333 miles September 2013
             
Pressure highs   1042.1 hPa 26th November   1042.1 hPa 26th November 2013
Pressure lows   973.6 hPa 24th December   961.1 hPa 10th March 2008
             
Dewpoint high   20.6°C 1st August   20.9°C 19th August 2012
Dewpoint low   -6.9°C 11th March   -14.3°C 26th December 2010
Relative humidity low   27% 9th July   27% 9th July 2013
             
30 cm soil temp highs   20.7°C 16th July   20.7°C 16th July 2013
30 cm soil temp lows   5.6°C 24th February   0.3°C 8th January 2009
100 cm soil temp highs   19.0°C 4th August   18.8°C 5th August 2011
100 cm soil temp lows   8.2°C 28th February   4.0°C 10th January 2009
             
Highest snow depth   0 cm No snow lying    28 cm 20th December 2010
Longest snow cover1   0 days No snow lying    10 days 17th - 26th Dec 2010
Least snow days in a year2          0 days 2007, 2011 & 2012
Most snow days in a year2   2 days So far this year    4 days 2009 & 2010
             
Sea surface temp highs   19.8°C 18th July   22.5°C 10th August 2003
Sea surface temp lows   6.1°C 4th April   5.4°C 27th December 2010
             
Frostiest day3   14.3 hours 21st January   24 hours 25th December 2010
Frostiest month3   51 hours March   373 hours December 2010
Thunder days in a month4   4 Days July   4 days July 2006
Thunder days in a year4   9 Days 2013   16 days 2006
     

Most records go back to May 2005, which is when this station started recording weather for the Otter Valley. Sea surface temperature records are for Lyme Bay and date from early 2003. Sunshine recording was added late 2006 and started collecting data in 2007. Soil and grass temperature readings started in 2007. UV Index recording started in January 2011. 1Longest continuous snow cover of at least 50% of the ground. 2Snow days are defined as snow seen falling. 3Frostiest days are defined as the time duration with temperatures below 0.0°C. 4Thunder days are defined as days when thunder is heard.

Webcam Gallery World Weather Month So Far Year So Far Met Office 5 Day Sea Temp UV Light Recording Data Humidity Calcs