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Terminal Moraine

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  1. A dry and mild day with sunny intervals. At 1800 Temp; 10.4c Max today; 13.5c Min last night; 4.2c Grass min; 1.2c Rainfall from 0900-1800; 0.0 mm Sunshine today; 3.9 hrs Mean wind speed; 13 mph SW Highest gust today; 31 mph SW at 0713 6 oktas As, Ci and Cu humilis Vis; 50 miles
  2. kold weather I can't speak for the rest of the country but in my own back yard the mean annual rainfall over the last 25 years is 15% higher than it was between 1964 and 1999. In the last 5 years ( 2019-2023 ) the mean annual rainfall of 1256 mm is higher than the individual wettest year between 1964 and 1999 ( 1229 mm in 1998 ). It's perhaps too early to say if this is a permanent change but it's certainly significant.
  3. A dry night with long clear periods. A sunny start to this morning but it's become cloudy since 0900. At 0900 Temp; 8.2c 24 hr max; 14.2 24 hr ,min; 4.2c Grass min; 1.2c Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 1.0 mm Mean wind speed; 18 mph SW 7 oktas St, Sc and Ac Vis; 30 miles
  4. Overnight rain cleared by 1000 and the afternoon was dry, apart from a few spots of showery rain around 1700, with sunny intervals. At 1800 Temp; 10.1c Max today; 14.2c Min last night; 6.1c Grass min; 6.1c Rainfall from 0900-1800; 1.0 mm Sunshine today; 1.2 hrs Mean wind speed; 16 mph W/SW Highest gust today; 26 mph S at 0841 1 okta Cu Vis; more than 50 miles
  5. Those figures do seem too high. Perhaps it was an over liberal interpretation of what constituted a burn mark on the Campbell Stokes sunshine recorder card. I remember reading many years ago of the competition for the highest sunshine totals between different seaside resorts and how this resulted in some observers measuring the faintest scorch mark on the sunshine card and including it in the total. Buxton recorded 1553 hours of sunshine in 1893, a figure not exceeded until 1995 ( 1635 hrs) so it was obviously a very sunny year. The totals for 1894 and 1895 were 1114 hrs and 1365 hrs respectively. Kew recorded 1685 hours in 1893 so even allowing for Morecambe's seaside location it does seem a long stretch to reach 2526 hrs. Record annual sunshine totals are not easy to find, short of going through old volumes of the weekly weather report and adding up the weekly amounts, but somewhere around 2100 hours seems to be in the right area, ie Bognor Regis's total of 2066 hrs in 1933. I'd have thought with Morecambe's north westerly location around 1800 hrs would be the upper limit. Just found a bit more data relating to this. Between 1941 and 1970 the highest annual sunshine total at Morecambe was 1742 hrs, though it doesn't state which year. The highest annual totals I can find for this period are; Brighton 2068 hrs, Eastbourne 2153 hrs. Worthing2129 hrs, Ventnor; 2172 hrs; Sandown 2256 hrs; Jersey 2291 hrs and Guernsey 2263 hrs. Is seems very unlikely that any year at Morecambe would record around 300 hrs more sunshine than the sunniest years on the south coast or the Channel Islands even allowing for the different time period.
  6. A mild and cloudy/foggy night with a spell of moderate rain until 2030 yesterday evening and moderate-heavy rain from about 0400 today. At 0900 Temp; 9.4c 24 hr max; 9.4c 24 hr min; 6.1c Grass min; 6.1c Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 21.4 mm Mean wind speed; 18 mph S 8 oktas Ns and St Vis; 1300 yds ( fog above 300 mts ) Continuous moderate rain
  7. A clear, sunny start followed by increasing cloud from late morning with intermittent rain during the afternoon. At 1800 Temp; 6.5c Max today; 8.9c Min last night; 1.4c Grass min; -2.1c Rainfall from 0900-1800; 1.5 mm Sunshine today; 3.7 hrs Mean wind speed; 16 mph S/SE Highest gust today; 26 mph S at 1130 8 oktas Ns Vis; 25 miles Continuous light rain
  8. With half the month gone the sunshine total now stands at 13.2 hrs, that's 29% of the average for the first half of March and 8.7 hrs less than the first half of last March which ended up being the second dullest on record.
  9. Showers during the early part of last night but it was dry before midnight and the remaining cloud dispersed during the early hours to give a clear and sunny start to this morning. At 0900 Temp; 6.8c 24 hr max; 13.0c 24 hr min; 1.4c Grass min; -2.1c Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 2.0 mm Mean wind speed; 8 mph S 1 okta Ci and Sc Vis; 40 miles
  10. Mainly cloudy. Drizzly showers in the morning .Dry and mild with a few sunny intervals early p.m followed by showers. At 1800 Temp; 6.5c Max today; 13.0c Min last night; 8.4c Grass min; 6.8c Rainfall from 0900-1800; 1.0 mm Sunshine today; 0.3 hrs Mean wind speed; 16 mph W Highest gust today; 38 mph W at 1544 7 oktas Sc Vis; 40 miles
  11. A mild and cloudy night with intermittent light-moderate rain. Dry with a few glimpses of weak sunshine at the moment. At 0900 Temp; 9.4c 24 hr max; 11.4c 24 hr min; 8.4c Grass min; 6.8c Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 4.4 mm Mean wind speed; 20 mph SW 8 oktas St Vis; 20 miles
  12. A mild and cloudy day with intermittent light-moderate rain. At 1800 Temp; 10.7c Max today; 11.4c Min last night; 8.5c Grass min; 8.1c Rainfall from 0900-1800; 0.9 mm Sunshine today; 0.0 hrs Mean wind speed; 21 mph S Highest gust today; 33 mph S at 1728 8 oktas Ns Vis; 15 miles Continuous light rain
  13. A mild and cloudy night with light rain arriving from the west by 0630. At 0900 Temp; 8.8c 24hr max; 11.2c 24 hr min; 8.5c Grass min; 8.1c Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 1.6 mm Mean wind speed; 18 mph S 8 oktas Ns Vis; 12 miles Continuous light rain
  14. Cloudy and dry in the morning then intermittent light-moderate rain in the afternoon. At 1800 Temp; 10.1c Max today; 11.2c Min last night; 8.8c Grass min; 7.3c Rainfall from 0900-1800; 0.7 mm Sunshine today; 0.0 hrs Mean wind speed; 24 mph SW Highest gust today; 42 mph SW at 1157 8 oktas Ns Vis; 10 miles Intermittent moderate rain
  15. Yesterday evening's drizzle soon cleared to leave a dry, mild and cloudy night. No change to that so far this morning. At 0900 Temp; 9.5c 24 hr max; 11.4c 24 hr min; 5.3c Overnight min; 8.8c Grass min; 7.3c Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 2.1 mm Mean wind speed; 27 mph SW 8 oktas St Vis; more than 50 miles
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