April Wx stats #Wimborne #Dorset: -
Max 20.2°C 28th ⚠️ 2023 record
Min -1.7°C 4th
Mean 9.4°C (+0.7°C av)
Gust 42.9 mph 12th
Pressure H 1030.6mb 3rd
L 988.7mb 12th
Rain 58.8mm (109.1% av)
Wettest 17.8mm 11th
YTD 335.6mm

#weather #ukweather #meteorology #climate

Today on a walk by the River Stour at Pamphill, near #Wimborne Minster, #Dorset:
Lady's Smock or Cuckoo-flower (cropped from a zoom as it was the other side of a barbed-wire fence!), and White Dead-nettle.

#wildflowerhour

March Wx stats #Wimborne #Dorset: -
Max 16.6°C 18th ⚠️ 2023 record
Min -1.1°C 15th
Mean 8.1°C (+1.2°C av)
Gust 38 mph 13th & 24th
Pressure H 1032.4mb 1st
L 980.3mb 9th
Rain 126.4mm (195.4% av)
Wettest 16.8mm 9th
YTD 276.8mm

Impressive temperature gradient across #Dorset this morning! 3.5°C at home in #Wimborne and 9.5°C at work in #Dorchester just 20 miles west. The car actually steamed up on the OUTSIDE!
#weather #ukweather #meteorology

Winter Wx stats #Wimborne #Dorset: -
Max 14.6°C 14/2
Min -5.9°C 23/1
Mean 5.47°C (+0.48°C av)
Gust 44.1mph 12/1
Pressure H 1047.4mb 5/2
L 979.9mb 16/1
Rain 290.2mm (116.3% av)
Wettest 31.4mm 18/12

February Wx stats #Wimborne #Dorset: -
Max 14.6°C 14th
Min -5.0°C 8th
Mean 6.3°C (+1.4°C av)
Gust 25 mph 17th
Pressure H 1047.4mb 5th
L 1010.9mb 24th
Rain 13.0mm (20.8% av)
Wettest 6.8mm 22nd
YTD 150.4mm

January Wx stats #Wimborne #Dorset: -
Max 13.1°C 4th
Min -5.9°C 23rd ⚠️ Winter record
Mean 5.4°C (+0.4°C av)
Gust 44.1 mph 12th ⚠️ Winter record
Pressure H 1040.2mb 24th
L 979.9mb 16th ⚠️ Winter records
Rain 137.4mm (158.1% av)
Wettest 30.4mm 14th
YTD 137.4mm

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RT @andrew_gosden@twitter.com

Have you seen Levi Ealson (14) missing from #Weymouth (#Dorset) last seen on January 9, 2023? (may have traveled to #Poole and #Wimborne areas) (Call Dorset police on 101 quoting 55230004185) https://tinyurl.com/3u9xced8

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/andrew_gosden/status/1613277063451918341

Moving on to 2022 as a whole, it has been an astonishing year!

2022 Wx stats #Wimborne #Dorset: -
Max 35.6°C 18/7 ⚠️ Station record
Min -5.8°C 10/12, 15/12 & 17/12
Mean 11.87°C (+1.51°C 1981-2010 Bournemouth Airport; +0.61°C 2010-2021 WessexWeather)
Gust 60.0mph 18/2 ⚠️ Station record
Pressure H 1043.0 12/1
L 947.7 16/11
Rain 952.2mm (114.0% av)
Wettest 38.2mm 23/10

A rollercoaster of #weather extremes to follow, based on my records from 2009, and local 1981-2010 data from #Bournemouth Airport…

December Wx stats #Wimborne #Dorset: -
Max 13.7°C 31st
Min -5.8°C 10th, 15th & 17th
Mean 4.7°C (-0.5°C av)
Gust 38 mph 31st
Pressure H 1030.4mb 1st
L 989.3mb 30th
Rain 139.8mm (139.8% av)
Wettest 31.4mm 18th
YTD 952.2mm

A fascinating month of #UK #weather! The mean close to average belies a month of two extremes: -

• 1st-17th - mean temp 0.79°C & very dry with just 2.2mm rain/snowfall. It was the coldest start to December since 2010.
• 18th-31st - mean temp 9.46°C & wet with 137.6mm rainfall.

07:30 #Wimborne, #Dorset, 26m • Sunrise 08:05 • Sunset 16:03 • Temp -4.7°C • Max -3.6°C at 00:00 • Min -5.1°C at 05:21 • Humidity 93﹪ • DP -5.7°C • Pressure 1018.1mb (RS) • Wind 0.9mph WNW • Gust 5.0mph at 01:46 • Rain 0.0mm • https://bit.ly/3gAe8wu

19:30 #Wimborne, #Dorset, 26m • Sunrise 08:04 • Sunset 16:03 • Temp -2.4°C • Max 3.1°C at 13:12 • Min -5.8°C at 09:05 • Humidity 86﹪ • DP -4.4°C • Pressure 1013.8mb (RS) • Wind 0.9mph WNW • Gust 10.1mph at 13:31 • Rain 0.0mm • https://bit.ly/3gAe8wu

07:30 #Wimborne, #Dorset, 26m • Sunrise 08:04 • Sunset 16:03 • Temp -5.2°C • Max -1.9°C at 00:00 • Min -5.3°C at 07:28 • Humidity 89﹪ • DP -6.7°C • Pressure 1011.1mb (ST) • Wind 0.9mph NW • Gust 8.9mph at 03:21 • Rain 0.0mm • https://bit.ly/3gAe8wu

19:30 #Wimborne, #Dorset, 26m • Sunrise 08:03 • Sunset 16:03 • Temp 0.4°C • Max 1.7°C at 12:05 • Min -1.6°C at 07:08 • Humidity 88﹪ • DP -1.4°C • Pressure 1008.6mb (ST) • Wind 4.9mph NE • Gust 16.1mph at 09:19 • Rain 0.0mm • https://bit.ly/3gAe8wu

07:30 #Wimborne, #Dorset, 26m • Sunrise 08:03 • Sunset 16:03 • Temp -1.4°C • Max 0.3°C at 00:00 • Min -1.6°C at 07:08 • Humidity 89﹪ • DP -3.0°C • Pressure 1004.3mb (RS) • Wind 2.9mph NNE • Gust 14.1mph at 04:08 • Rain 0.0mm • https://bit.ly/3gAe8wu

19:30 #Wimborne, #Dorset, 26m • Sunrise 08:02 • Sunset 16:03 • Temp 0.4°C • Max 2.4°C at 13:30 • Min -2.1°C at 01:33 • Humidity 87﹪ • DP -1.5°C • Pressure 1003.7mb (ST) • Wind 4.0mph NNE • Gust 9.0mph at 16:33 • Rain 0.4mm • https://bit.ly/3gAe8wu

07:30 #Wimborne, #Dorset, 26m • Sunrise 08:02 • Sunset 16:03 • Temp -1.2°C • Max -0.2°C at 00:00 • Min -2.1°C at 01:33 • Humidity 94﹪ • DP -2.0°C • Pressure 1007.4mb (ST) • Wind 2.0mph ENE • Gust 6.0mph at 06:42 • Rain 0.0mm • https://bit.ly/3gAe8wu

19:30 #Wimborne, #Dorset, 26m • Sunrise 08:01 • Sunset 16:03 • Temp -0.3°C • Max -0.1°C at 12:38 • Min -1.4°C at 07:11 • Humidity 92﹪ • DP -1.4°C • Pressure 1008.0mb (ST) • Wind 4.0mph NE • Gust 11.0mph at 16:39 • Rain 0.0mm • https://bit.ly/3gAe8wu

07:30 #Wimborne, #Dorset, 26m • Sunrise 08:01 • Sunset 16:03 • Temp -1.4°C • Max -0.2°C at 00:29 • Min -1.4°C at 07:11 • Humidity 93﹪ • DP -2.4°C • Pressure 1009.3mb (ST) • Wind 2.9mph N • Gust 10.1mph at 00:44 • Rain 0.0mm • https://bit.ly/3gAe8wu