Lorton Weather Station - Live Weather Data and Webcam from the English Lake District
2006 Weather - Lorton Vale, The Lake District (82m ASL)
Temperature (°C)
The graph above plots the mean monthly temperatures (thick red line) against the 1971-2000 mean compiled from the Aspatria Met Office data (thick blue line). The thinner lines indicate mean max and min temperatures (2006 - thin red line, 1971-2000 - thin blue 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 blue).
2006 Extremes:
Min
Max
Temperature
-8.4 °C
(4 March)
31.3 °C
(19 July)
Humidity
23%
(10 May)
97%
(15 October)
Wind
-
98.2 km/hr
(3 December)
Pressure
967.6mb
(23 November)
1042.5mb
(22 December)
Wind Chill
-8.4 °C
(4 March)
31.1 °C
(19 July)
Heat Index
-8.4 °C
(4 March)
30.8 °C
(18 July)
Dew Point
-10 °C
(4 March)
19 °C
(2 July)
Rain Rate
-
102 mm/h
(1 August)
Wettest Day
43.4mm
(10 January)
Wettest Month
215.8mm, 199% of mean
(December)
Driest Month
33mm, 48% of mean
(July)
Summary and analysis of weather 2006
Mean temperatures were above average - a record breaking year. Rainfall was considerably above average during the spring and autumn months whilst well below during summer. Sunshine was also exceptionally above average.
2006 Temperature Tracker
Average*
Actual
Anomaly
January
3.8°C
4.2°C
0.4°C
February
4.1°C
4.1°C
0°C
March
5.7°C
4.2°C
-1.5°C
April
7.4°C
7.5°C
0.1°C
May
10.6°C
11°C
0.4°C
June
13.1°C
14.3°C
1.2°C
July
15.2°C
17.8°C
2.6°C
August
14.9°C
14.6°C
-0.3°C
September
12.6°C
15°C
2.4°C
October
9.7°C
11.6°C
1.9°C
November
6.3°C
8.2°C
1.9°C
December
4.5°C
6.1°C
1.6°C
Year
9.0°C
9.9°C
0.9°C
Winter‡
4.1°C
4.3°C
0.2°C
Spring
7.9°C
7.6°C
-0.3°C
Summer
14.4°C
15.6°C
1.2°C
Autumn
9.5°C
11.6°C
2.1°C
*1971-2000 averages for Aspatria
‡Winter 2005/2006
2006 Rain Tracker
Average*
Actual
Anomaly
January
101.9mm
100.6mm
99%
February
73.4mm
69.6mm
95%
March
78.3mm
100.8mm
129%
April
50.7mm
73.8mm
146%
May
55mm
116mm
211%
June
67.9mm
57.8mm
85%
July
68.2mm
33mm
48%
August
87.1mm
79.1mm
91%
September
93.2mm
99.2mm
106%
October
110.9mm
161.8mm
146%
November
107.6mm
183mm
170%
December
108.4mm
215.8mm
199%
Year
1002.5mm
1290.6mm
129%
Winter‡
283.7mm
223.2mm
79%
Spring
184mm
290.7mm
158%
Summer
223.2mm
170mm
76%
Autumn
311.7mm
444mm
142%
*1971-2000 averages for Aspatria
‡Winter 2005/2006
