Lorton Weather Station - Live Weather Data and Webcam from the English Lake District
2008 Weather - Lorton Vale, The Lake District (82m ASL)
Temperature (°C)
The graph above plots the mean monthly temperatures (red line) against the 1971-2000 mean compiled from the Aspatria Met Office data (grey line). The dashed lines indicate mean max and min temperatures (2008 - red line, 1971-2000 - grey line).
Rainfall (mm)
The graph above shows the monthly rainfall totals (coloured red) plotted against the 1971-2000 mean compiled from the Aspatria Met Office data (coloured grey).
2008 Extremes:
Min
Max
Temperature
-9.1 °C
(31 December)
27.4 °C
(28 July)
Humidity
31%
(19 March)
98%
(15 October)
Wind
-
90.1 km/hr
(8 January)
Pressure
957.3mb
(10 March)
1043mb
(16 February)
Wind Chill
-8.9 °C
(17 December)
27.3 °C
(11 June)
Heat Index
-9.3 °C
(17 December)
27.3 °C
(11 June)
Dew Point
-10.5 °C
(31 December)
16.9 °C
(11 May)
Rain Rate
-
103.8 mm/h
(24 August)
Wettest Day
56.6mm
(23 October)
Wettest Month
305.8mm, 276% of mean
(October)
Driest Month
16mm, 29% of mean
(May)
Summary and analysis of weather 2008
Overall the year turned out to be 0.2°C above the 30 year mean (2007 was 0.6°C) a rise less than the previous 2 years of full records. With monthly anomalies turning predominantly negative in the second half of the year. Rainfall was significantly above average with some very wet months causing with flooding during October.
2008 Temperature Tracker
Average*
Actual
Anomaly
January
3.8°C
6.1°C
2.3°C
February
4.1°C
4.6°C
0.5°C
March
5.7°C
5.2°C
-0.5°C
April
7.4°C
7.2°C
-0.2°C
May
10.6°C
13.6°C
3.0°C
June
13.1°C
13°C
-0.1°C
July
15.2°C
15.5°C
0.3°C
August
14.9°C
14.9°C
0°C
September
12.6°C
12.2°C
-0.4°C
October
9.7°C
8.8°C
-0.9°C
November
6.3°C
6.3°C
0°C
December
4.5°C
3°C
-1.5°C
YEAR
9°C
9.2°C
0.2°C
Winter‡
4.1°C
4.9°C
0.8°C
Spring
7.9°C
8.7°C
0.8°C
Summer
14.4°C
14.5°C
0.1°C
Autumn
9.5°C
9.1°C
-0.5°C
*1971-2000 averages for Aspatria
‡Winter 2007/2008
2008 Rain Tracker
Average*
Actual
Anomaly
January
101.9mm
189.2
186%
February
73.4mm
82.4
112%
March
78.3mm
112.8
144%
April
50.7mm
38.6
76%
May
55mm
16
29%
June
67.9mm
123
181%
July
68.2mm
104.8
154%
August
87.1mm
125.2
144%
September
93.2mm
128.2
138%
October
110.9mm
305.8
276%
November
107.6mm
54.8
51%
December
108.4mm
96.2
89%
YEAR
1002.6mm
1377.4mm
137%
Winter‡
283.7mm
414.2mm
146%
Spring
184mm
167.4mm
91%
Summer
223.2mm
353mm
158%
Autumn
311.7mm
489.2mm
157%
*1971-2000 averages for Aspatria
‡Winter 2007/2008
