Adur
Weather 2006
30
December 2006
A
rainy windy day recorded a gust of 56 mph (Storm Force
10) at 5:17 am,
but mostly it was steady rain in a Strong Breeze (Force 6) with 4.57
mm of rain.
25
December 2006
Christmas
Day was overcast, with an air temperature
of 6.7 ºC and a Light Breeze (Force 2)
at midday. Relative humidity: 1037 mb.
21
December 2006
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High
Pressure: the Barometer read 1044 millibars (mb) at midday.
There was no fog though and the air temperature rose to the day high of
2.0 ºC. The mid-English
Channel surface sea temperature was 14
ºC. Inshore,
it would be about 8 ºC.
National
Buoy Center 62305
Oceanweather
(Sea Surface Temperatures)
20
December 2006
The
air temperature fell to minus 0.5 ºC at 8:03
am. The
Barometer read 1041 millibars (mb), which
is at the extreme Fair
end of the scale. (My
Barometer appeared to be faulty and recorded over 31 inches and off the
scale.) A comparison barometer read 1040 mb. High
pressure at this time of the year can cause low air temperatures at a low
altitude and extensive fog.
19
December 2006
A
small amount of fog occurred in the evening.
11
December 2006
At
9:00
am a steady Moderate Gale (Force
7) gusting to Force 8 was unwelcome Monday
morning. The air temperature at midnight was
10.06 ºC, so it is rising again and the my
home USA barometer showed a Fair 1029 millibars (30.4 inches).
It
is a Cold Front
(Radio 5 Weather Forecast) so the barometer should fall and the temperature
should fall during the day from a high of 11.8
ºC at 9:12
am.
Barometer
Conversions
7
December 2006
At
4:48
am, a gust of 58 mph (Storm Force
10) was recorded by the . At 8:15 am,
the wind was just 3 mph, but at 1:30 pm
when I wrote this, a Fresh Gale (Force 8) was steadily blowing. At
3:37
pm it felt like being hit by a mini-tornado
(micro-burst) as the gust was measured at 61
mph (Storm Force 10 or Light
Tornado Intensity 1). No building damage
was recorded.
Tornado
Intensity T
Tornado
Intensity F
5 December
2006
At
4:37
am, a gust of 53 mph (Gale Force
9) was recorded by the . The
air temperature remained well above average for December,
with 13.7 ºC recorded at 2:44 am,
but falling in the day to a low of 12.3 ºC at 1:34
pm. The high
six metre plus spring tide had a large swell, pushed by southerly
(SSW) Strong Breeze (Force
6), larger
waves forming, whitecaps everywhere,that
pounded the pebbles and rock (syenite) sea defences, as I got caught in
one of the occasional rain showers around midday.
December 2006
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| 1st | 12.3 | 13.3 | 10.7 |
| 2nd | 12.2 | 13.2 | 11.6 |
| 3rd | 11.2 | 12.2 | 9.7 |
| 4th | 12.1 | 13.4 | 10.7 |
| 5th | 12.7 | 13.7 | 11.4 |
| 6th | 10.6 | 11.7 | 9.4 |
| 7th | 11.3 | 12.4 | 10.2 |
| 8th | 8.7 | 11.2 | 5.7 |
| 9th | 6.4 | 9.1 | 4.7 |
| 10th | 7.3 | 10.6 | 2.8 |
This
year has been the warmest autumn on record.
Shoreham
Beach Weather History
3 December
2006
At
4:12
am, a gust of 59 mph (Storm Force
10) was recorded by the . No
obvious damage was seen in Shoreham, although people were reported awoken
by the noise of the wind.
Beaufort
Scale
26-27
November 2006
The
wind was blowing from due south (clear from the weather vanes and cycling
against the Strong Breeze) steadily at Force
5, but the records shown a variation between
Moderate
Breeze Force 4
and
Gale Force 8. These
condition caused small amounts of white foam to appear on the strandline.
19-20
November 2006
The
late evening and early morning were very blustery and I would guess*
at a Fresh Gale Force
8 gusting to Force 9 and blowing steadily
from the south but with gusts from both the west and east. There did not
seem to be any damage to be seen, although shrubs in pots were reported
blown over in Shoreham town.
(*The
was offline. The wind force was later confirmed.)
Beaufort
Scale
17
November 2006
The
Fresh Gale (Force 8) was blowly directly from
the south.
2 November
2006
The
day time high air temperature of only 9.4 ºC was the lowest since
22
March 2006.
Shoreham
Beach Weather History
23
October 2006
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The Adur estuary opposite Shoreham Airport was as calm as a mill pond at a high (5.9 metres) spring tide after the recent gales.
18
October 2006
There
was salt spray on Southwick beach as the gales blew the waves on to the
shore.
13
October 2006
The
sunshine air temperature reached 19.7 ºC
at 3:22 pm. It
was nearly warm.
12
October 2006
Under
the midday sun a remarkable air temperature of 16.6
°C was attained
which brought the butterflies out.
It rose to 18.4 ºC
by 2:10 pm.
2 October
2006
After
the hot dry summer, it rained steadily after midday. Rain
up to 12:30 pm
was 6.10 mm, by 12:45 pm
it was 8.64 mm (i.e. steady at an average
of 10 mm an hour for 15 minutes). The total
was 12.19 mm by 1:00 pm.
Meterological
Office: Extreme Weather
2 October
2006 6:45 to 6:55 am
A
whirlwind
for seen for several minutes off Brighton beach, Sussex. The reports said
it was not a waterspout as the funnel cloud did not reach the sea.
Eyewitness:
Peter Machin
These
lesser whirlwinds (micro-bursts) occasionally occur and I have been caught
up in one. They are not caught on camera very often.
Tornado
(definition)
Marine
Life off Sussex
Twisters
from Caithness (Images)
1 October
2006
A
variable weather day that after dusk (8:15
pm >) was punctuated by very heavy showers
of short duration, thunder and lightning and Fresh Gale Force
6 winds gusting to Force 7.
Rain
total: 6.10 mm.
22
September 2006
It
rained steadily during the day: 12.19
mm by 2:30 pm.
8 September
2006
The
sea temperature measured 18.3°C
by the Rustington Bouy (20km SW of Shoreham Beach) taken at 7:00
am (GMT)
Mariners
Page
7 September
2006
A
partial eclipse of the Full Moon was seen at about 8:00
pm as the Moon appeared large and orange in
the eastern sky.
BBC
News Report
Image
by Geoff Penn (taken nearer 9:00 pm)
1 September
2006
The
weather has broken with a constant Moderate
Gale (Force 7) gusting to Force 8 and 0.51 mm
of rain before darkness. The maximum air temperature was still 19.1 ºC
at 1:43 pm, with
a minimum humidity of 86% rising to 91%.
20
August 2006
With
the weather forecast predicting rain for the next week, I
ventured up the downs even though the conditions
(20.2 ºC at 11:00
am, 83% humidity,
Wind Force 4 falling to Force 3, Direction southerly at Azimuth 158º)
were
far from ideal for butterflies.
17
August 2006
Cloudy
with a few (negligible) light showers (precipitation
0.25 mm), but the warn weather (24.1
ºC at 2:38
pm) continued. Breezy, gusting to
Force 4.
15
& 16 August 2006
2.79
mm and 3.81 mm of rain fell in these days respectively, but I hardly noticed
it.
13
August 2006
Drizzle
turned into steady light rain half way through the morning as the warm
weather gradually came to an end. It was light
rain (become steady at about 10:45 am) in a Gentle Breeze from the north
at 15.2 ºC. The light rain lasted for
less than one hour, although there were a few extra short duration drizzles.
Precipitation
was negligible and nil
was recorded.
7 August
2006
It
felt cooler on a cloudy day but the air temperature at 6:00
pm was 22.6 ºC
with a humidity of 72%.
This
is milaria (heat rash) weather.
5 August
2006
24.4
ºC at 61%
humidity
is very sticky in the afternoon.
23-28
July 2006
Despite
an occasional rumble of thunder,
the heatwave continues with temperatures in the high twenties Celsius.
On 28 July 2006,
we began at midnight
with an air temperature of 21.2
ºC and a humidity of 85%.
The
temperature fell to 18.6 ºC
by dawn.
July
Weather Summary
22
July 2006
The
rain
reduced the air temperature from 25.4 ºC
to 23.7 ºC with a humidity at 80%
(and falling) at 2:12
pm. This is unpleasant weather indodors, but
not so bad outside in a Light Breeze.
Thunder
from11:00
am rumbled rather
tamely in the distance and the first spots of rain fall.
The rain fell steadily and vertically from 11:30
am to about 1:00 pm with the day total up
to 15.49 mm.
Lightning
flashed across the sky from 11:53 am up
to one flash a minute for a period of three minutes.
By
9:40 am, the warm and humid weather returned
recording an air temperature of 24.8
ºC and humidity
of
75%.
Thunder
and lightning flashes across the sky before dawn at 3:30
am, but not excessive as the
air temperature falls to 22.1 ºC
at 77% humidty.
The Light Breeze (4 mph)
was from the NNW. Precipitation was at 0.76
mm before dawn, but this was hardly noticed.
The map shows the lightning discharges at a rate of 4 to 8 every 30 minutes.
21
July 2006
The
maximum air temperature was 29.3
ºC at 4:30
pm.
At midnight
it
fell to 23.2 ºC with
69%
humidity
and Light Air (2 mph).
First
thing in the morning at 8:00 am
the air temperature was 23.0 ºC at 73%
humidity and Calm (Force 0) with no wind at
all. It was extremely uncomfortable.
Shoreham
Beach Weather in Real Time
20
July 2006
In
the early evening
the air temperature was 24.4 ºC at 74%
humidity. At midnight
it fell to 19.3 ºC with 83%
humidity.
It
was not quite so warm as
the maximum air temperature measured 25.9 ºC at 2:31
pm. But with the humidity at 70%
there was no relief from the heatwave.
The minimum dawn air temperature was 19.9 ºC at 5:22
am.
Over
night it became overcast,
sticky and humid, the midnight
temperature was 22.4 ºC. At dawn
the temperature had only fallen to 20.4 ºC but the humidity rose to
82%. The Gentle Breeze (Force 3) had moved around
to a constant SSW,
UK
Satellite Images
The
local inshore sea temperature was 19.8
°C. However, in the central
English Channel the surface sea temperature measured 16.8°C.
Surface
Sea Temperatures (Link)
External
Links
19
July 2006
HEATWAVE
Just
before midnight 0.25 mm of rain was just about noticeable.
At
1:22
pm, the highest ever temperature of 30.7
ºC was recorded at Shoreham.
This
rose to 31.0 ºC
at 1:36 pm. The
wind direction was mostly Easterly.
The
highest morning temperature of the year and century (and probably the highest
ever recorded locally) was 29.8 ºC at 10:06
am.
The
lowest temperature around dawn was 22.2 ºC at 4:53
am, with 65 % humidity and a wind speed of
2 mph (Light Air).
36.3
ºC (97.3 ºF)
was recorded near Gatwick Airport. This is the highest ever recorded in
July
and the highest ever in Sussex.
18
July 2006
It
became hot
earlier than yesterday the air temperature reached 30.0
ºC at 2:24
pm. The temperature peaked at 30.1 ºC
at 2:37 pm. 25.1
ºC at midnight.
NB:
These were Shoreham Weather Station
figures and may not be accurate.
17
July 2006
HEATWAVE
At
3:58
pm it became HOT
as the temperature attained 30.0 ºC
for the first time since 2003. The highest temperature attained during
the day was 30.3 ºC
at 4:15 and 4:30 pm,
with a wind speed of 2 mph. 23.3 ºC near midnight.
Humidity was 48% at the hottest time. The temperature at midnight
was 23.1 ºC.
It
was the warmest morning of the year so far as the air temperature measured
29.6 ºC at 11:39 am.
NB:
A recent historic
look at the records, I find a Shoreham Beach record air temperature of
30.6 °C on 5
August 2003.
Officially
it is a heatwave
if it is over 28 ºC in the day and over 15 ºC at night.
The highest UK temperature ever recorded was 38.5 °C at Brogdale, near Faversham, Kent, on 10 August 2003.
16
July 2006
There
was hardly a cloud in the blue sky on a significantly warm day without
a breeze (wind speed 1 to 5 mph in the early afternoon) and the air
temperature measured 29.4 ºC at 3:34
pm. It was 22.4 ºC
just after midnight.
15
July 2006
The
was not a cloud in the blue sky. The air temperature
measured 25.2 ºC at 3:41
pm, in a Moderate
Breeze (Force 4).
9 July
2006
The
weather had been getting steadily cooler, but the warm spell finally came
to an end (to 19.2 ºC
at midday) with
light rain (1.27 mm
in the morning) and a Strong Breeze (Force 6).
5 July
2006
Thunder
cracked at 4:00 am
and it rained briefly (7.87 mm).It
was not quite so warm as
the air temperature measured 24.8 ºC at 2:47
pm.
3
July 2006
It
was not quite so warm as
the air temperature measured 28.9 ºC at
11:15 am.
2
July 2006
It
was the warmest day of the year so far as the air temperature measured
29.8 ºC at 4:16 pm. This
was the warmest temperature that I have ever recalled. It
was 23.3 ºC
just
before midnight.
1 July
2006
It
was the warmest day of the year so far as the air temperature measured
29.2 ºC at 4:42 pm.
It was 24.0 ºC at midnight.
This was warmer than any day last year. The wind was Light
Air to a Gentle Breeze and the humidity was
about 47% during
the morning.
30
June 2006
It
was the warmest day of the year so far as the air temperature measured
26.5 ºC at 4:42 pm.
It was 20.6 ºC at midnight.
12
June 2006
It
was the warmest day of the year so far as the air temperature measured
26.4 ºC at 5:03 pm.
It was 20.6 ºC at midnight.
11
June 2006
It
was the warmest day of the year so far as the air temperature measured
26.2 ºC at 3:44 pm.
10
June 2006
Adur
World Oceans Day 2006 was bathed in
a heatwave, but the show was over before the warmest day of the year so
far was recorded as the air temperature measured 25.8 ºC at 5:40
pm.
9 June
2006
It
was the warmest day of the year so far as the air temperature measured
25.7 ºC at 4:15 pm.
8 June
2006
It
was the warmest day of the year so far as the air temperature measured
24.6 ºC at 4:21 pm.
The temperature fell to 18.6 ºC by midnight
and to 16.4 ºC the following dawn.
3 June
2006
It
was the warmest day of the year so far as the air temperature measured
22.6 ºC at 4:51 pm.
29
May 2006
Just
after midday, Hailstones
battered against the window as I dried out after being caught in a heavy
rain shower brought by dark black clouds from the north. It was all over
in twenty minutes and then the fluffy white cirrus covered most of the
northern sky for the overcast Bank Holiday Monday.
25
May 2006
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Intermittent showers were a nuisance.
23
May 2006
The
gales had fallen to a Strong Breeze (Force 6)
gusting to Gale Force 7.
22
May 2006
A
Fresh Gale Force 8 gusting to Force 9 in the
morning, with light rain at midday.
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May 2006
Three Swifts were seen (from southern car park of Mill Hill) flying over Frampton's Field before the cloud descended and obscured visibility and turned into steady rain that continued for the rest of the daylight. Image :Alexanders and Cow Parsley on the southern part of Mill Hill Nature Reserve |
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18-19
May 2006
Moderate
Gale Force 7 Gales occured at midnight, and
there was one Force 9 gust before 1:00 pm,
and the gale sounded capable of causing damage. At 1:33
am there was a gust of 54 mph.
13
May 2006
The
wind was blowing from all four compass points at different times in the
afternoon at a steady Force 4 to 5.
12
May 2006
It
was the warmest day of the year so far as the air temperature measured
22.0 ºC at 4:55pm.
11
May 2006
It
was the warmest day of the year so far as the air temperature measured
21.9 ºC at3:49 pm.
1 May
2006
May
came in with a shower.
26
April 2006
With
the sun out so were the flying insects with twenty one butterflies
of seven species.
Butterfly
Report
23
April 2006
It
rained steadily but lightly for almost the complete day up until about
5:00
pm. The rain was so light that it only registered
1.52 mm by 7:00 pm.
22
April 2006
Another
fine day and I was bitterly disappointed that circumstances and a multiple
cycle puncture prevented me from going out and enjoying the sunshine.
21
April 2006
It
was the warmest day of the year so far as the air temperature measured
21.7 ºC at 2:52 pm.
10-14
April 2006
It
seemed to too breezy and overcast with showers to be worth even a passing
visit to the wasteland on the edge of the town
or the downs and Adur
valley where butterflies could be expected
if the weather was more clement.
2 March 2006
There
were a few grey clouds under a blue sky with white fluffy cirrus clouds.
The grey cloud produced a flurry of light snow, mostly condensed like hailstones
and this brief period lasted for 20 minutes and the snow did not lay, but
still recorded nil precipitation on the .
The
dusty snow/hail covering on some cold roofs and earth melted in about five
minutes.
1 March
2006
On
a bright clear day under a blue sky with white fluffy cirrus clouds, the
flurry of very light snow lasted for two minutes and did not lay. It
was so brief that precipitation was measured at zero. The air temperature
recorded 7.1 ºC, the highest of the day just before 3:00 pm.
There
was a thin layer of ice on my north facing garden throughout the day, whereas
garden ponds without shelter were ice-free.
28
February 2006
There
was no sign of snow, lowest air temperature
was 3.0 °C and the light is so good I
can see the cattle wandering over the downs from my front window in Shoreham
(usually a haze or clouds obscures the view). The
temperature only rose to 7.1 ºC and the wind chill was below zero
at times during the day.
23
February 2006
10:40
am: the temperature outside the window (Lancing)
is
3.0 °C and light snow is falling.
9 February
2006
I
felt a chill breeze from the north-west but I have not got precise records
of the wind speed and air temperature.
Wind
Chill Calculator
17
January 2006
The
air temperature was 12.7 ºC at 11:04
am.
17
January 2006
My
first butterfly and my first large insect
of the year was seen flying in of the beach and sea over the fringes of
Widewater
Lagoon at 2:00 pm.
Alas, it was so sudden and disappeared so quickly I could not be positive
of its identity. It was probably a Red
Admiral.
The
air temperature was 11.1 ºC.
Adur
Butterflies 2006
15
January 2006
A
warm night was noted with the temperature only falling to 8.7 ºC just
before dawn, but it was not much warmer in the day with the air temperature
only reaching 11.3 ºC.
9 January 2006
Sunset over Lancing
8
January 2006
Steady
rain throught the day brought a daily total of 8.13 mm and made it very
squelchy and muddy underfoot.
History
Page
1 January
2006
The
new year started with showers and a mean air temperature of 7.8 ºC.
Selected
weather reports for 2005
