Bishop Sutton Weather Station
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Personal weather station
Personal weather records have been mantained at the home (altitude 72 metres) of Robert Montgomery in Bishop Sutton, which is a village in the Chew Valley to the north east of the Mendip Hills, in North East Somerset, England since December 2008. The above photo is of the skyline in Bishop Sutton looking towards the Mendip Hills.
Data was originally recorded by a very basic weather station which produced unreliable temperature readings on sunny summer days. On the 17th of July 2010 the weather station was replaced by a Davis Vantage Pro2 weather station fitted with a daytime fan assisted radiation shield (see photo below) which produces more accurate temperature readings in all weather conditions.
It is located on a lawn in a
small back garden. The radiation shield is positioned 1.2 metres
above ground level. The Davis Vantage Pro 2 weather station
anemometer was originally 3 metres above ground level and was
somewhat sheltered from winds with an easterly component. On the
8th of November 2011 the anemometer was fitted to the television
aerial on the roof of my house (see photo below). It is at an
estimated height of at least 8 metres above ground level and is now
fully exposed to winds from all directions.
Davis Vantage Pro2 weather
station
Davis Vantage Pro2
anemometer
Map for Bishop Sutton
Summary of 2012 weather records as at 18/05/2012
Max. temperature 21.5°C on the 28th of March
Min. temperarure -8.2°C on the 3rd of February
Max. daily rainfall 20.4 mm on the 29th of April
Max. monthly rainfall 112.8 mm in April
Min. monthly rainfall 19.8 mm in
February
Year's
rainfall total to date 247.8 mm
Summary of 2011 weather records
Max. temperature 28.1°C on the 26th of June
Min. temperature -5.5°C on the 31st of January
Max. daily rainfall 23.8 mm on the 12th of June
Max. monthly rainfall 104.2 mm in January
Min. monthly rainfall 10.3 mm in April*
Year's rainfall total 666.7 mm
* Driest month since my records began in December 2008
Summary of weather
records since 2009
Max.
temperature 28.1°C on the 26th June 2011*
Min.
temperature -10.1°C on the 7th January 2010
Max.
daily rainfall 41.4 mm on the 1st October 2010
Max.
monthly rainfall 230.5 mm in November 2009
Min
monthly rainfall 10.3 mm in April 2011
Max. yearly rainfall 1014.6 mm in 2009
Min.
yearly rainfall 666.7 in 2011
*Since
accurate daytime temperatures were first recorded on the 17th of
July 2010.
The coldest month was December 2010 with an overall mean temperature of 0.7°C.
Bishop Sutton skyline(looking
towards Chew Valley Lake) from my garage roof
22/06/2011
