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2008
mm:dd MXGUST DIR MXTEMP MNTEMP sun MAXHPA MINHPA RAIN
mm:dd mph dir c c hrs hpa hpa mm
01-01 11.2 s 8 5.2 0 1027.6 1019.8 2.2
Cloud. Outbreaks of mostly light rain 0255/2135 (prolonged at times). Tap
water temperature taken at 0900 7.9(c). Song Thrushes singing in the garden.
Manual rain gauge at Painters Forstal (south of Faversham).
Standard exposure: MO patent measuring glass for a 5" funnel.
Read at: 1900.
Monthly total: 80mm.
01-02 20.6 ese 6 .3 3.08 1020.3 1010.4 0
Cloud (well broken at times from late morning). Slight drizzle 0035, 0320 and
0330. Great Tit singing.
01-03 21 ese 2.7 -.3 0 1010.6 1001.1 1
Overcast. Mostly light snow 1120/1415 (moderate 1200/1315). Light rain
1420/1615 (intermittant at times). Spots of rain 1920. Daffodils poking
through.
01-04 39.7 ssw 8.1 1.7 0 1005.8 993.9 8.8
Cloud. Occasional slight drizzle 1050/1410. Rain 1735/2355 (heavy at times).
01-05 24.8 sw 8 3.7 1.93 1004.7 994.1 0
Cloud (broken at times morning). Light rain shower 0120/0125 and spots of rain
0140. Outbreaks of light rain 1650/1800.
01-06 27.8 s 9.1 -.5 6.27 1014 1003.5 1.2
Sky clear with patchy cloud to the south till early afternoon - then cloud.
Occasional outbreaks of light rain 1550/2000. Light rain 2040/2330.
01-07 33.1 wsw 9.3 4.5 4.73 1019 1003.6 0
Cloud. Sky clear late morning /early afternoon - then cloudy. Light rain
0245/0250 and light rain showers 1315/1355.
01-08 39.5 sw 9.4 5.1 .21 1018.9 1005.1 3.8
Cloud (broken at times). Outbreaks of mostly light rain 0510/0000 (less
frequent late morning/late afternoon).
01-09 30.5 sw 8.9 5.4 4.03 1012.7 1004.8 2
Outbreaks of mostly light rain 0000/0210. Variable amounts of cloud. Light
rain shower 1650/1715 and 2120/2130.
01-10 38.8 sw 10.4 8 0 1011.3 1000.7 10
Cloud. Intermittant light rain 0700/1110. Rain 1405/2120 (moderate at times).
01-11 37.5 ssw 9.2 4.5 0 1001.3 988.9 25
Cloud. Rain 0545/1140 (heavy at times) - then outbreaks of mostly light rain
1150/1430. Rain showers 1730/0000 (prolonged and heavy at times). Local roads
flooded and the winterbourne over flowing in places.
01-12 38.1 ssw 8 2.1 7.13 1011.9 991.4 .2
Light rain showers 0000/0225. Sky clear from around dawn till late afternoon -
then cloud. Outbreaks of mostly slight rain and drizzle 2135/0000.
01-13 40.1 ssw 9.7 6 .13 1009.8 999.4 1.2
Outbreaks of mostly slight rain and drizzle 0000/0930. Cloud with brief spells
of sun afternoon. Mostly light rain 2225/0000.
01-14 35.1 sw 9.2 5.9 1.08 1000.7 997.3 3.6
Mostly light rain 0000/0100. Cloud (broken at times afternoon). Mostly light
rain showers 0225/2325 (less frequent from early afternoon). Rain 2335/0000.
01-15 59 ssw 9.8 6.3 0 999.6 977.9 42.8
Rain 0000/1430 (heavy at times). Rain showers 1445/1555. Rain 1615/2010 (heavy
at times). Rain shower 2025/2035. Rainbow to the west north west 1240. Local
roads flooded and a car is stuck in the water down the road. The winterbourne
is overflowing in places. Trees down, a minor road blocked.
01-16 24.3 sw 7.9 -1.4 2.37 1005.8 984.3 0
Variable amounts of cloud.
01-17 41.2 ssw 10.3 -1.6 .14 1007.9 996.9 2
Cloud (broken at times). Outbreaks of slight rain and drizzle 0945/1100.
Mostly light rain and drizzle 1115/1440. Light rain shower 1515 and rain
shower 1650/1710.
01-18 34 wsw 12.1 6.8 0 1013.6 1005.2 3.2
Cloud. Mostly light rain 0725/1400.
01-19 31.1 wsw 12.8 11.2 *.11 1021.1 1013 0
Cloud with a brief glimpse of sun morning. Occasional, brief outbreaks of
slight rain 0455/2130.
01-20 28.9 wsw 12.8 10.7 0 1021 1019.2 0
Cloud with brief glimpses of sun around midday. Spots of rain 1400. Sky Lark
singing this morning.
01-21 33.1 wsw 10.7 8 0 1019.6 1005.1 .2
Cloud. Light rain shower 0230/0245. Spots of rain 0720. Outbreaks of mostly
slight rain 1255/2345.
01-22 35.3 ssw 8 1.3 4.68 1029.1 1008 0
Outbreaks of light rain 0035/0145. Variable amounts of cloud. Light rain
2310/2350.
01-23 30.5 wsw 12.1 7.1 .07 1027.7 1023 0
Cloud (broken at times morning). Occasional spots of rain 1520/1945.
01-24 29.4 sw 10.7 -.7 1.3 1037.8 1022.3 0
Cloud till mid-afternoon - then Cloudy. Occasional slight rain and drizzle
0950/1205.
01-25 29.8 sw 9.8 2.5 1.95 1038.4 1034.9 0
Variable amounts of cloud.
01-26 23.9 wsw 9.8 4.9 3.22 1036.4 1032.4 0
Variable amounts of cloud.
01-27 18 wsw 10.4 1.5 7.37 1035.4 1031.5 *.2
Patchy high cloud.
01-28 11.4 ssw 7.1 -.1 2.37 1036.2 1031.5 0
Patchy high cloud till late morning - then cloud (broken at times). Fog for a
short time 0600/0700 (400 metres). Blackbird singing this morning.
01-29 17.1 ssw 10.1 2.1 2.19 1032 1022.6 0
Cloud (broken at times). Chaffinch singing.
01-30 24.3 nnw 7.9 -.6 4.95 1029.4 1021.8 7.2
Outbreaks of light rain 0010/0120. Rain 0150/0745. Cloud till late morning -
then variable amounts of mostly patchy cloud.
01-31 47.8 sw 8.1 2.2 0 1026.4 998.3 11
Cloud. Outbreaks of light rain 0400/0905. Rain 0915/1445 (heavy at times after
midday). Light rain shower 1805/1815. Local roads flooded.
********* MONTHLY TOTALS *********
month maxgust maxtemp mintemp sun maxhpa minhpa rain
month mph c c hrs hpa hpa mm
01 59 12.8 -1.6 59.29 1038.4 977.9 125.6
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mm:dd MXGUST DIR MXTEMP MNTEMP sun MAXHPA MINHPA RAIN
mm:dd mph dir c c hrs hpa hpa mm
02-01 29.2 wnw 7.3 2.2 6.13 1009.4 997.1 0
Cloud till late morning - then patchy cloud. Light rain shower 0105/0115. Tap
water temperature taken at 0900 7.9(c).
Manual rain gauge at Painters Forstal (south of Faversham).
Standard exposure: MO patent measuring glass for a 5" funnel.
Read at: 1900.
Monthly total: xxxxmm.
02-02 25 wsw 6.4 -1 7.83 1018.6 1009.1 0
Patchy cloud.
02-03 34.2 s 7.6 3.6 1.91 1015 992.1 0
Cloud (broken at times). Rain 0000.
02-04 36.6 sw 8.6 3.3 5.21 1007.9 989.4 5.2
Rain 0000/0315. Cloud till midday - then patchy cloud. Cloud from late
evening.
02-05 42.5 wsw 12 5.5 .13 1005.7 999.1 11.6
Rain 0030/0410 (heavy at times). Light rain showers 0450/0740 and 1735/0000.
Cloud (broken at times early afternoon). Frequent squally rain showers
1240/1655.
02-06 31.3 nw 9.6 -1.2 6.06 1035.4 1004.3 .2
Light rain showers 0000/0330. Cloud till early afternoon - then patchy cloud.
Daffodils starting to flower.
02-07 24.6 ssw 11.4 -.6 3.37 1035.6 1031.2 0
Cloud (broken at times).
02-08 21.7 s 10.6 4.2 8.69 1034.9 1028.5 *.2
Patchy cloud.
02-09 18.9 s 12.6 1.4 8.83 1033.7 1030.1 0
Sky clear with contrails and occasional small patches of cloud.
02-10 14.7 s 13.8 -2.4 8.84 1035.6 1032.3 0
Sky clear with contrails. Frost persisted in well sheltered places till late
morning.
02-11 11.2 s 13.3 -4.2 8.88 1035.8 1028.6 *.2
Sky clear. Frost persisted in well sheltered places till late morning.
02-12 11.2 var 6.1 -1.7 .13 1037 ?1031.6 *.2
Fog 50/200 metres. Short spell of sun around midday.
02-13 14.5 var 8.3 -.1 3.00 1038 1034.4 *.2
Fog 30 metres (cleared around midday). Sky clear with mist (500 metres) till
late afternoon - then cloud.
02-14 16.7 ene 5.2 3.8 0 1038.9 1036.4 0
Overcast with distant mist. Mostly slight rain and drizzle 2005/0000.
02-15 19.3 e 6.4 .3 1.10 1041.8 1036.3 *.2
Mostly slight rain and drizzle 0000/0050. Overcast with distant mist till late
morning - then cloud (broken at times).
02-16 18.2 ese 5.1 -6.2 9.32 1045.1 1040.9 0
Small amounts of patchy cloud till early afternoon - then sky clear. Frost
persisted in shaded areas of the garden.
02-17 10.5 var 8.6 -8 9.41 1043.3 1037.8 0
Sky clear.
02-18 11 var 8.8 -7.1 9.32 1038.8 1031.1 0
Sky clear, with distant haze from early afternoon. Frost persists in the
ground in sheltered places.
02-19 11.4 var 8 -5.9 3.97 1031.8 1020.9 *.2
Fog 20 metres (cleared late morning). Patchy cloud till mid-afternoon - then
cloud.
02-20 11.2 var 5.3 -3.7 .68 1022.9 1019.1 0
Sky clear for a time after midnight. Fog 20 metres (cleared around midday).
Slight drizzle 0825/0835 and 0850. Haze with spells of sun. Fog 400 metres
from around 1530 to 1900. Cloud (broken at times).
02-21 24.6 sw 10.7 2.9 0 1023.3 1020.5 *.2
Cloud, with mist for a time around dawn. A few spots of rain early afternoon.
Intermittant slight rain 1535/1635. Spots of rain 1830.
02-22 29.8 wsw 11.9 5.4 0 1027.5 1019.8 0
Cloud. A few spots of rain during the afternoon.
02-23 26.7 sw 10.8 5.2 *.35 1028 1021.4 0
Cloud (broken at times morning). Mist for a time around dawn. The occasional
spot of rain from late morning. Lapwing on a local field, only the second one
seen this winter. Sparrow Hawk in neighbours garden eating a House Sparrow.
02-24 25.4 ssw 12.7 5.1 4.15 1021.7 1014.3 1.6
Cloud (well broken late morning/early afternoon). Outbreaks of slight rain
1630/1730. Mostly light rain 1740/2010 and 2025/2210.
02-25 28.3 ssw 10.8 -1.7 6.39 1024.3 1009 *.2
Cloud for a time after midnight. Patchy cloud till early afternoon - then
cloud.
02-26 31.8 w 12.6 5.2 5.47 1014.2 1002.8 4.6
Cloud till late morning - then variable amounts of mostly patchy cloud. Mostly
light rain 0255/0620 - then intermittant light rain till 0915.
02-27 17.3 wsw 10.7 3.3 7.30 1021.3 1013.1 0
Variable amounts of cloud.
02-28 9.6 var 9.6 1.8 0 1021.2 1017.8 0
Cloud (broken at times). Ground frost for a short time after midnight. Brief
spell of slight drizzle around midday.
02-29 42.5 wsw 11.1 -.4 1.19 1020.6 997.5 1.2
Cloud (broken at times morning). Outbreaks of mostly light rain 1435/2125.
********* MONTHLY TOTALS *********
month maxgust maxtemp mintemp sun maxhpa minhpa rain
month mph c c hrs hpa hpa mm
02 42.5 13.8 -8 127.44 1045.1 989.4 26
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mm:dd MXGUST DIR MXTEMP MNTEMP sun MAXHPA MINHPA RAIN
mm:dd mph dir c c hrs hpa hpa mm
03-01 52.4 nw 12.3 8 7.41 1012.3 996 .4
Outbreaks of mostly light rain 0005/0410 (prolonged at times). Variable
amounts of cloud. Tap water temperature taken at 0900 8.2(c).
Manual rain gauge at Painters Forstal (south of Faversham).
Standard exposure: MO patent measuring glass for a 5" funnel.
Read at: 1900.
Monthly total: 15.2mm.
03-02 29.6 w 13.3 7.2 1.11 1011.5 1006.5 0
Cloud (broken at times late morning). Slight rain 0245/0305 and 2130/2135.
Spots of rain 0910 and 0935.
03-03 28.1 wnw 8.6 -2.4 7.38 1014.3 1009.9 0
Cloud till some time around dawn - then variable amounts of mostly patchy
cloud. Light rain shower 0320/0345.
03-04 31.8 n 7.4 -3.7 1.85 1033.9 1012.2 .8
Patchy cloud till some time before dawn - then Cloud (well broken at times).
Wintry showers 1620/2010 (blustery at times). Hail and rain shower reported
Painters Forstal south of Faversham 1300/1315.
03-05 17.8 wsw 8.7 -3.6 8.70 1037.3 1028.3 0
Variable amounts of patchy cloud till late afternoon - then cloud.
03-06 21 wsw 12 5.9 0 1028.6 1018 0
Cloud. Yellow Hammer singing.
03-07 28.9 sw 11 3.1 5.64 1018.2 1011.1 .4
Variable amounts of cloud. Outbreaks of mostly light rain and drizzle
0835/1010.
03-08 30.7 sw 9.4 3.9 1.66 1012.9 999.5 2
Cloud (broken at times morning). Outbreaks of mostly slight rain and drizzle
1030/0000.
03-09 27 sw 10.3 3.7 .39 999.9 994.6 7.4
Rain 0000/0330 (heavy at times). Cloud (broken at times afternoon). Rain
shower 1550/1645 (heavy at times). Brief rain shower 1735 and light rain
shower 1815/1825.
03-10 58.1 ssw 8.1 3.5 .91 994.9 967.3 33
Cloud (broken at times). Light rain shower 0015 and 0320/0325. Rain 0400/1010
(heavy at times). Intense hail (small) 0955/1000 (visibility 100 metres). Rain
1310/1620 (heavy at times). Heavy hail (small) 1614/1617. Sferic on radio
(am) 1620. Light rain showers 1655/1915. Trees reported down and local roads
flooded.
03-11 37.3 wsw 13 5.3 2.27 991.4 979.4 1.4
Cloud (broken at times). Outbreaks of mostly light rain 1035/1350. Rain shower
1840/1900.
03-12 43.8 w 10.4 5.3 6.19 1011.8 989.8 1.8
Rain showers 0040/0400. Variable amounts of cloud.
03-13 22.1 wsw 10.1 4.7 0 1015.1 1006.6 3
Cloud. Light rain 1530/2135. Outbreak of slight rain 2200/2205 and 2355.
03-14 15.8 wnw 12.8 7.2 2.21 1013.3 1007.1 0
Cloud (well broken at times). Occasional, mostly slight rain 1630/1940. Main
flock of Fieldfares have left.
03-15 18.6 s 14.6 8.3 .44 1012.3 994.8 4.6
Cloud with mist for a time around dawn - then cloud (broken at times early
afternoon). Spots of rain 1440. Outbreaks of mostly light rain 1625/1830.
Mostly light rain 1905/0000.
03-16 34.4 nne 9.6 5.4 0 1014.2 992.4 7
Mostly light rain and drizzle 0000/1020. Cloud with mist (150/200 metres).
Outbreaks of slight rain 1340/1440. Mostly light rain 1455/1950.
03-17 25.2 nne 8.1 2 1.93 1019.7 1013.9 .4
Cloud (broken at times). Light rain showers 0450/0550. Spots of rain 1550.
Light rain shower 1800/1810.
03-18 22.4 n 7.4 .8 .54 1021.9 1019.1 0
Cloud (broken at times). Chiffchaffs have returned.
03-19 26.1 n 8 -1.7 5.04 1025.3 1018.9 .8
Cloudy. Rain shower 1515/1540.
03-20 32.4 w 10.1 -1.4 0 1024.5 995.3 2.6
Sky clear for a time after midnight - then cloud. Light rain 0900/0935. Spots
of rain 0950, 1015 and 1040. Mostly light rain 1340/1745. Mostly slight rain
showers 2035/2340.
03-21 42.1 nw 10 2.7 3.34 995.8 987 2.8
Mostly light rain showers 0000/0545. Variable amounts of cloud. Wintry showers
1655/1950.
03-22 41.9 nne 5.4 -.1 .10 1008.2 989.6 .8
Cloud till early evening - then sky clear). Mostly light wintry showers
0005/1820 less frequent from around dawn.
03-23 27.2 n 2.3 -2.8 .02 1008.2 995.6 3.8
Sky clear till some time before dawn - then cloud. Mostly light snow 0835/1230
- then rain till 1405. Slight rain 1425/1445.
03-24 26.1 nw 5.1 -.4 3.88 1005.1 1000.2 .2
Variable amounts of cloud. Snow shower 1420/1440 and light rain shower
1655/1700. Slight cover of lying snow reported 1100 at Challock (south of
Faversham) from yesterdays snowfall.
03-25 31.8 nnw 5.9 -.5 6.00 1010.5 1004.7 0
Cloudy till around midday - then cloud. Mostly slight rain 2100/0000.
03-26 12.9 var 10.4 3.6 0 1005.8 998 3.4
Outbreaks of slight rain 0000/0515. Cloud. Outbreaks of mostly light rain
1335/0000 (prolonged at times).
03-27 15.8 nnw 8.5 2 4.45 1006.8 996.2 6.8
Mostly light rain 0000/0415. Cloud. Mostly light rain showers 0950/1210.
Cloudy. Hail reported in a heavy shower around 1200 Faversham.
03-28 39.5 ssw 9.8 2.6 1.55 1007.4 995.3 11.2
Cloud. Outbreaks of mostly light rain and drizzle 0540/0820. Rain and drizzle
0910/1540 (heavy at times). Cloudy. Light rain shower 1805 and 2035/2040.
03-29 36.4 ssw 11.1 4.7 3.44 1013.1 1000.8 2.4
Cloudy till late morning - then cloud. Spots of rain 1000. Outbreaks of light
rain 1530/2140. Rain 2205/0000 (moderate at times).
03-30 37 ssw 11.9 5.9 .24 1007.9 998.3 8.4
Rain 0000/0525 (moderate at times). Outbreaks of slight rain 0535/1050. Cloud
(broken at times from late morning). Light rain showers 1200/1445.
03-31 15.6 ssw 11.9 3.2 5.12 1020.7 1007.6 0
Variable amounts of cloud. Blackcap singing.
********* MONTHLY TOTALS *********
month maxgust maxtemp mintemp sun maxhpa minhpa rain
month mph c c hrs hpa hpa mm
03 58.1 14.6 -3.7 81.94 1037.3 967.3 105.4
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mm:dd MXGUST DIR MXTEMP MNTEMP sun MAXHPA MINHPA RAIN
mm:dd mph dir c c hrs hpa hpa mm
04-01 30.2 w 15.1 3.3 4.61 1022.5 1015.3 1
Cloud (broken at times). Outbreaks of light rain and drizzle 0635/0715. Light
rain and drizzle 0805/1000. Tap water temperature taken at 0900 8.8(c).
Manual rain gauge at Painters Forstal (south of Faversham).
Standard exposure: MO patent measuring glass for a 5" funnel.
Read at: 1900.
Monthly total: 88.9mm.
04-02 23.5 nw 13.4 7.6 2.84 1026 1021.9 0
Cloud (broken at times).
04-03 13.4 nne 14.7 3 8.55 1030.5 1025.6 0
Cloudy with mist for a time around dawn. Haze late morning/late afternoon -
then cloud.
04-04 20.2 ssw 17 7.3 3.52 1030.2 1018.3 0
Cloud (broken at times).
04-05 24.8 n 10.2 3.3 2.81 1018.7 1011.6 .4
Cloud (broken at times). Outbreaks of light rain 0450/0720. Light rain shower
1455/1535 (wintry at times). Occasional light rain showers 1620/2215.
04-06 19.9 n 3.3 -.4 0 1012 1003.4 9
Cloud. Slight drizzle 0610/0725. Rain and sleet 0740/1100. Snow 1100/1740
moderate to heavy at times (accumulated snow depth 4.8cm), thawing slowly.
Emptied rain gauge at 2100. Snow reported Painters Forstal (south of
Faversham) 0600 1700 (accumulated snow depth 6cm.
04-07 20.2 wnw 8.3 -1.1 4.50 1006.3 1003.3 .2
Cloud (broken at times). Slight snow shower 0255, 0600 and slight rain shower
1525/1530. Snow depth measured at 0900 4cm (70% cover), all melted by
mid-afternoon.
04-08 16.2 ssw 9.6 -2.6 10.42 1006.7 1003 .8
Sky clear till late morning - then variable amounts of mostly patchy cloud.
Rain shower 1255/1335. Cuckoo has returned.
04-09 12.5 s 12 -3.4 7.82 1004.1 996.6 0
Sky clear till late morning - then variable amounts of cloud.
04-10 18.2 ssw 11.7 -.5 4.29 1001.1 997.9 0
Variable amounts of cloud till early evening - then patchy cloud.
04-11 32.7 sw 12 .1 7.89 1002.8 996.8 .6
Variable amounts of mostly patchy cloud. Light rain shower 1000. Rain and hail
shower 1525/1530.
04-12 32 sw 12 5.2 6.89 1009.2 1001 4
Variable amounts of cloud. Rain showers 0120/0400 (prolonged and heavy at
times). Rain shower 1000/1010. Rain showers 1335/1600.
04-13 20.4 sw 12.5 3.1 7.08 1012.2 1008 1.8
Cloudy. Occasional rain showers 0645/1725.
04-14 23.9 n 12.4 1.3 4.30 1022.3 1011.8 3
Cloud till late morning - then variable amounts of cloud. Light rain showers
0020/0245 and mostly light rain showers 1320/1845. Thunder 1609 to the west
and 1617 to the south.
04-15 17.5 var 11.8 -1.2 11.33 1025.3 1021.5 .2
Variable amounts of cloud.
04-16 17.1 ese 11.9 .9 9.75 1023.7 1014.9 0
Cloudy, with mist for a time around dawn.
04-17 29.4 ene 9.8 1.4 7.28 1015.2 1003 0
Cloudy.
04-18 28.7 e 10 6 0 1003.3 995.7 0
Cloud. Spots of rain 2300/2305.
04-19 19.9 e 8.8 6.6 0 1002.4 994.9 2
Cloud. Spots of rain 0005. Mostly slight rain and drizzle 0140/0825. Light
rain 1050/1755 - then occasional outbreaks of slight rain till 1855.
04-20 15.8 e 14.2 8.2 2.17 1003.2 1000.7 0
Cloud, with mist (cleared late morning) - then cloud broken at times till late
afternoon. Occasional outbreaks of light rain 1900/2135.
04-21 23 ne 12.1 7.7 0 1006.9 1001.7 .2
Cloud. Outbreaks of light rain 0215/1015.
04-22 14.7 nne 15 3.3 9.54 1013.5 1006.4 0
Cloud till late morning, with mist for a time around dawn. Haze with small
amounts of patchy cloud. Swallows have returned. Turtle Dove reported.
04-23 11.6 ssw 15.1 2.6 3.15 1020.1 1013.1 2
Cloud with mist. Spots of rain 0835/0940. Mostly light rain 0940/1200.
light rain shower 1400/1420. Cloudy from late afternoon. Whitethroat singing.
04-24 30.5 sw 14.3 5 4.02 1024.7 1018.7 5.6
Cloud. Mostly light rain 1040/1210. Cloudy. Thunder storm 1424/1508 moved
slowly east to the north (four claps). Mostly light rain showers 1450/2030.
04-25 17.3 wsw 16.1 7.8 3.60 1028 1024.4 0
Patchy cloud and haze till late morning - then cloud (broken at times). Report
of a Kestrel with chicks.
04-26 26.7 ssw 19.4 9.4 10.82 1026.8 1018.7 0
Variable amounts of patchy cloud till early evening - then cloud.
04-27 22.8 s 18.6 10.7 .09 1019.1 1008.2 0
Cloud (broken at times). Slight rain shower 1555/1615 and 1755/1815.
04-28 22.4 sw 14.7 6.5 5.87 1008.8 1002.5 0
Cloudy.
04-29 28.7 ssw 13.9 2.2 3.64 1003.6 990.6 11.8
Variable amounts of cloud till late afternoon - then cloud. Rain showers
0555/1100. Rain 1625/2150. Rain showers 2205/0000.
04-30 38.6 sw 11.8 6.1 2.34 1000.8 987.7 10.2
Cloud (broken at times). Rain showers 0000/0225. Rain showers 0610/2330
(prolonged at times and less frequent from late morning).
********* MONTHLY TOTALS *********
month maxgust maxtemp mintemp sun maxhpa minhpa rain
month mph c c hrs hpa hpa mm
04 38.6 19.4 -3.4 149.24 1030.5 987.7 52.8
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mm:dd MXGUST DIR MXTEMP MNTEMP sun MAXHPA MINHPA RAIN
mm:dd mph dir c c hrs hpa hpa mm
05-01 25.4 sw 13.9 6.6 8.60 1015.8 1000.4 2.4
Variable amounts of cloud. Occasional, mostly light rain showers 0305/1140.
Tap water temperature taken at 0900 11.7(c).
Manual rain gauge at Painters Forstal (south of Faversham).
Standard exposure: MO patent measuring glass for a 5" funnel.
Read at: 1900.
Monthly total: 51.7mm.
05-02 18.4 s 16.1 3.8 8.36 1024 1015.5 .6
Variable amounts of cloud till late afternoon - then small amounts of patchy
cloud. Occasional, mostly light rain showers 1245/1455. Cut grass.
05-03 19.7 s 20.4 3.7 7.22 1024.8 1021 0
Cloudy till late afternoon - then cloud. House Martins have returned.
05-04 18.2 s 23.2 9.3 3.58 1021.9 1019.1 0
Variable amounts of cloud till early afternoon - then cloud. Starlings have
started to hatch.
05-05 15.1 nne 19.3 5.5 11.61 1024.3 1020.9 0
Patchy cloud and haze till early evening - then cloudy.
05-06 19.1 ese 21.9 4.6 13.79 1024.3 1019.4 0
Haze.
05-07 17.1 var 24.1 6.7 13.38 1020.3 1015 0
Haze.
05-08 24.1 ese 23.7 6.1 13.73 1016.5 1010.3 0
Haze, with small amounts of patchy cloud to the south west around dawn. Reed
and Willow Warblers singing.
05-09 16 s 25.4 11.1 11.49 1013.6 1009.6 0
Patchy cloud and haze till late afternoon - then cloud. Rain shower 2140/2150.
Lightning seen in most directions 2130/2230.
05-10 9.6 nne 23.6 9 9.37 1017.4 1013.1 0
Cloud till late morning - then patchy cloud and haze.
05-11 14.9 nne 22.4 6.2 14.07 1018.4 1016.3 0
Haze, with patchy cloud for a time late morning.haze.
05-12 16.7 nne 21.6 5.1 12.90 1018.3 1015.8 0
Distant haze with small amounts of patchy cloud till late afternoon - then
cloudy.
05-13 21.5 ne 18.5 7.4 12.50 1018.2 1015.1 0
Variable amounts of mostly patchy cloud.
05-14 20.2 nne 18.4 10.7 7.06 1016.8 1010.9 .4
Cloud till late morning. Variable amounts of mostly patchy cloud till early
evening - then cloud. Outbreaks of light rain 2140/2355.
05-15 13.8 ne 13 10.4 0 1011.1 1008.2 2.6
Overcast. Outbreaks of light rain 0210/0830. Mostly light rain 0900/1630.
mostly slight rain and drizzle 1730/0000 (intermittant at times).
05-16 12.5 ne 12.8 9.8 0 1009.1 1007.1 0
Cloud. Slight rain 0000/0145 and 0910/1135 (intermittant at times). Occasional
spots of rain 0620/0650.
05-17 17.3 ene 11.3 8.7 0 1011.5 1005.8 9.2
Cloud. Mostly light rain and drizzle 0735/1835. Light drizzle 1925/1935. Spots
of rain 2145 and 2215.
05-18 21.9 ene 14.9 7.1 8.85 1016.5 1011 0
Cloud (well broken at times). Song Thrushes nest with young in the garden.
05-19 20.4 ene 15.1 5 8.27 1018.3 1015.8 0
Cloudy. Light rain showers 0720/0850.
05-20 19.5 ene 15.4 3.7 6.25 1019.1 1017.4 0
Variable amounts of cloud. Greenfinche nest with young in the garden.
05-21 19.3 ese 18.2 1.3 13.68 1018.3 1014 0
Sky clear till late morning and from early evening. Mostly patchy cloud late
morning/early evening and haze for a time late afternoon.
05-22 14.5 se 21.7 5.9 3.84 1014.9 1012.2 0
Cloud (broken at times). Starlings have fledged, numbers well down on last
year.
05-23 17.5 ese 22.8 7.6 3.41 1013.1 1009.8 0
Cloud (broken at times). Light rain shower 2050.
05-24 27.2 ne 19.8 10.7 10.40 1010.4 1006.3 2
Patchy cloud and haze till late afternoon - then cloud. Spots of rain 2200.
Rain 2220/0000.
05-25 19.5 ne 20.3 12.5 2.99 1012.3 1006 44.6
Rain 0000/0710 (heavy at times). Cloud (broken at times). Light
rain shower 0845/0850. Greenfinches have fledged. Local roads flooded for a
time.
05-26 30.5 ene 12.9 11.3 0 1011 1007.7 46
Rain 0030/1030 (heavy at times). Cloud. Light drizzle 1545/1615. Rain
1715/2310 (moderate at times). Some local roads flooded. A tree down.
05-27 12.1 nne 17.4 10.9 0 1011 1003.5 .6
Cloud. Light rain shower 0145/0205. Intermittant, mostly light rain 1525/2350.
05-28 35.5 s 16 11.3 2.66 1012.4 999.1 14.8
Rain 0000/0330 (heavy at times). Thunder storm 0120/0145 to the south west.
Cloud broken at times till early evening - then cloudy. Light rain 0900/1500.
05-29 18.9 nne 16.3 8.2 .41 1014.1 1010.5 9.6
Cloud (broken at times morning). Outbreaks of light rain 1045/1135. Rain
1150/2040 (moderate at times).
05-30 15.8 nnw 17.6 8.8 .28 1014.4 1010.4 0
Cloud (broken at times).
05-31 12.5 nne 21.5 8 7.24 1016.1 1013.9 0
Patchy cloud and haze till early afternoon - then cloud.
********* MONTHLY TOTALS *********
month maxgust maxtemp mintemp sun maxhpa minhpa rain
month mph c c hrs hpa hpa mm
05 35.5 25.4 1.3 216.07 1024.8 999.1 132.8
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mm:dd MXGUST DIR MXTEMP MNTEMP sun MAXHPA MINHPA RAIN
mm:dd mph dir c c hrs hpa hpa mm
06-01 11.2 n 13.9 8.5 0 1015.3 1012.7 .2
Overcast. Intermittant, mostly slight rain and drizzle 0825/1530. Tap water
temperature taken at 0900 15.1(c). Blue Tits have fledged.
Manual rain gauge at Painters Forstal (south of Faversham).
Standard exposure: MO patent measuring glass for a 5" funnel.
Read at: 1900.
Monthly total: 101.8mm.
06-02 11.2 ne 14 7.2 0 1014.3 1009.3 5
Cloud. Outbreaks of mostly light rain 0630/1845 (prolonged at times). Distant
thunder 1746 direction n/a. Overcast with mist.
06-03 18.9 nw 20.8 11.7 .97 1015.1 1008.2 0
Cloud (broken at times late morning/early afternoon). Spots of rain 0825.
Outbreaks of mostly slight rain and drizzle 1625/2305.
06-04 11.2 wnw 20.6 9.2 2.77 1016.6 1014.4 2
Outbreaks of mostly light rain 0005/0755. Cloud (well broken at times).
06-05 11.8 var 19.6 5.9 8.22 1016.7 1013.7 0
Patchy cloud till late morning - then variable amounts of cloud.
06-06 14 n 15.4 8.7 0 1016.7 1014.5 0
Cloud. Outbreaks of slight rain 0950/1330. Short spell of heavy rain reported
up on Boughton hill around midday.
06-07 17.1 nnw 15.3 12.2 0 1019.2 1015.9 .4
Cloud. Outbreaks of Mostly slight rain 0220/1750. Light rain and drizzle
1820/2035.
06-08 12.9 nne 22.4 9.6 6.75 1023.6 1018.8 0
Cloud till early afternoon - then patchy cloud.
06-09 13.8 nne 24.6 7.9 14.91 1024.5 1021.1 0
Patchy cloud till early afternoon - then sky clear.
06-10 16.4 nne 22 10.1 9.96 1022.6 1019.4 0
Sky clear. Variable amounts of cloud late morning/late afternoon.
06-11 19.7 nnw 19 7.2 5.07 1022.7 1016.3 0
Variable amounts of cloud till late afternoon - then cloud.
06-12 24.8 n 14.4 4.8 .26 1018.6 1014.3 8.2
Rain 0040/0625. Cloud (broken at times). Light rain showers 0640/1350. Thunder
1006 to the north. Young fox in the garden. A ball shaped object, glowing
orangey red, falling out of a clear sky to the north east over the Boughton
Golf Course at 2350 bst.
06-13 17.3 nw 17 3.5 4.56 1018.5 1014.1 0
Sky clear for a time after midnight - then variable amounts of cloud.
Occasional spots of rain 2110/2315.
06-14 14.7 sw 18.3 8.6 4.01 1015.2 1011.4 0
Cloud (broken at times). Slight rain shower 1825/1830 and 1910/1920.
06-15 16.9 nnw 17.6 9.2 6.72 1012 1008 0
Cloudy. Spots of rain 1400. Slight rain shower 1425/1435.
06-16 14 var 18.3 5 9.19 1012.3 1009.5 0
Cloudy.
06-17 23.5 sw 19.6 6.6 9.60 1013.2 1010.4 0
Cloudy. House Sparrows have started hatching.
06-18 26.1 sw 17.7 10.4 2.65 1013.3 1007.1 0
Cloudy till some time after dawn - then cloud. Outbreak of light rain
2235/2245 and 2335.
06-19 28.3 sw 20 12 8.78 1014.9 1005 .2
Outbreaks of light rain and drizzle 0135/0705. Cloudy.
06-20 19.7 sw 19.3 10.5 2.05 1018.6 1014.3 .2
Cloud (broken at times). Outbreaks of light rain 1710/2330.
06-21 25.2 ssw 20.8 11.7 .47 1018.5 1011.4 .4
Outbreaks of mostly slight rain and drizzle 0010/1000. Cloud with brief spells
of sun afternoon.
06-22 35.5 wsw 20.8 11.7 10.52 1015.1 1008 0
Cloudy.
06-23 16.2 var 21.4 9.5 10.59 1019.1 1014.7 0
Variable amounts of cloud.
06-24 14.7 ese 21.2 7.9 10.12 1019 1012.7 0
Variable amounts of mostly patchy cloud till late afternoon - then cloud.
06-25 30.2 wsw 20.7 9.3 9.32 1018.6 1011.6 0
Variable amounts of cloud.
06-26 26.5 sw 20.3 6.7 9.88 1020.1 1014.1 1.6
Variable amounts of cloud till late afternoon - then cloud. Occasional spots
of rain 2000/2200. Light rain 2215/0000.
06-27 25 wsw 20.2 13.7 5.80 1017.7 1014 .4
Light rain 0000/0025. Light rain shower 0215/0220. Cloud (broken at times).
Occasional slight rain showers 1315/1555.
06-28 22.1 wsw 22.9 13.3 9.55 1016.9 1014.6 0
Cloud (well broken at times).
06-29 20.2 wsw 21 12 6.09 1017.6 1014.3 0
Cloud (well broken at times).
06-30 16.9 sw 21.5 6.7 11.23 1020.5 1017.1 0
Cloudy.
********* MONTHLY TOTALS *********
month maxgust maxtemp mintemp sun maxhpa minhpa rain
month mph c c hrs hpa hpa mm
06 35.5 24.6 3.5 180.14 1024.5 1005 18.6
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mm:dd MXGUST DIR MXTEMP MNTEMP sun MAXHPA MINHPA RAIN
mm:dd mph dir c c hrs hpa hpa mm
07-01 19.5 s 26.3 8.9 14.88 1018.1 1006 0
Small amounts of patchy cloud at times. Cloud from late evening. Light rain
shower 2210. Lightning seen to the south east 2230. Tap water temperature
taken at 0900 17.8(c).
Manual rain gauge at Painters Forstal (south of Faversham).
Standard exposure: MO patent measuring glass for a 5" funnel.
Read at: 1900.
Monthly total: 16.2mm.
07-02 12.7 var 19.6 10.5 .35 1009.3 1006.2 3.6
Cloud till early evening - then cloudy. Outbreaks of rain 1055/1800 (slight to
moderate at times).
07-03 21.3 wsw 20.6 9.9 10.47 1014.3 1007 0
Cloud till early afternoon - then patchy cloud. Spot of rain 0845 and 0950.
07-04 17.3 ssw 20.9 7.5 10.98 1016.6 1011.1 0
Variable amounts of mostly patchy cloud till early evening - then cloud.
Slight rain shower 1955/2005.
07-05 24.6 s 20.8 12.3 7.30 1011.6 1008.2 .2
Cloud broken at times till late afternoon - then patchy cloud. Occasional
light rain showers 0230/0920.
07-06 32.2 sw 17.5 11.3 1.95 1008.5 999.9 1.8
Cloud (broken at times). Mostly light rain 1145/1510. Light rain shower
1530/1555. Occasional slight rain showers 2040/2325.
07-07 30.5 sw 17.3 12.3 .50 1003.3 996.1 18
Cloud (broken at times). Mostly light rain showers 0005/0910. Rain 0920/1125
(moderate at times). Mostly light rain showers 1155/1520. Frequent rain
showers 1830/2050 (moderate to heavy at times). Thunder 1745 to the
south west. Several claps of thunder reported around 1745 Painters Forstal
(south of Faversham).
07-08 26.5 wsw 18.6 12.5 5.18 1012.7 1002.9 .4
Cloud (broken at times). Occasional light rain showers 1250/1810.