TEMPERATURES
15.8
mean max (C) , +1.6
diff from av (C)
7.0 mean min (C) ,
+0.7 diff from av (C)
11.4 mean (C), +1.1
diff from av (C)
HiMax 35.9 C on
11/7/25
LoMax 0.6C
on 8/1/25
HiMin 18.4C on 13/8/25
LoMin -5.6C on
9/1/25
Highest Mean 25.0C on 11/7/25
(the 18th highest on record here)
Lowest Mean -2.0C was
on 10/1/25
Mean of means
11.4C, 2nd = highest, beaten only in 2006 with 11.6C
RAINFALL
724.4
rain total (mm), 89% of av
ranks 22nd lowest in 71 years
192 raindays (with 0.2mm or more)
ranks 27th highest
113 wetdays (with 1mm or more)
ranks 8th = lowest
45 verywetdays (with
5mm or more)
ranks 15th = lowest
39.2mm
most rainfall in a day on 14/11/25, 25th = highest
Rainfall duration 612.5 hours
SNOWFALL
1day
with snow falling, totalling 2.5 cm.
Most snowfall in a day 2.5cm on 4/1/25
3 days with lying snow on 4/1/25,
5/1/25 and 6/1/25
PRESSURE
1015.6
mean pressure (mb) , +0.7mb pressure anomaly (mb), normal is 1014.9
mb
1045.7 max pressure at any time of day, on 6/2/25, ranks 10th
highest
972.5 min pressure at
any time of day, on 6/1/25
FOG
18
days with fog . 3
in Jan, 2 in Feb, 1 in April, 5 in Oct, 4 in Nov, 3 in Dec
FROSTS
39 air frosts, the last was 19/3/25 , first was 18/11/25
140 ground frosts, the last was 9/5/25 , first was 22/9/25
so 136 days with no air or ground frost.
Frost duration 292 hours.
THUNDER
7 days
with thunder heard
HAIL
No days with hail
HUMIDITY
84% at 0900
CLOUD COVER 58% at 0900 , 5th lowest
(although subjective!)
Overall 2025 was the 2nd warmest year
here in the last 71 years, beaten only in 2006. All months in 2025
had a positive anomaly, especially April through to August, only January
and September has a negative anomaly.
The highest 20 annual mean temperatures here have all occurred since 2002,
except for 1990.
Overall 2025 ranked 22nd
driest in 71 years records. Four months had more rainfall than
normal, Jan, Sep, Nov and Dec, the other months had less rainfall,
especially March through to June
and August, when less than half the normal rainfall occurred.
The highest 12 annual rainfall totals have all occurred since
2000, except for 1960.
Of the years with the highest number of rain days 3 have been since 2020.
The 22 years with least air frost days have all been since
2002.
Unsurprisingly the 19 years with least snow days have all been since 2000,
except for 1957, 1961 and 1992.
