- Bablake Weather Station
BABLAKE WEATHER STATION
COVENTRY

The local forecast up until 1800hr on Friday 3rd September 2010.

Coventry emjoyed its sunniest day since July on Wednesday, the first day of autumn, with yet more pleasant spells of sunshine to come in this first week of September it seems.

By the looks of it,it will remain fine and dry right through the coming weekend, and pleasantly warm too, though increasingly breezy by Sunday and early next week.

On Thursday, it will be fine and dry again, and we can look forward to some prolonged spells of hazy sunshine.

It will feel warm again in the sun today in a light easterly breeze with maximum temperatures around 22°C, a couple of degrees above average for the 2nd September (20.3°C) in Coventry.

A fine dry night will follow with minima falling to around 10°C, so not quite as cool as of late.

Friday promises to be pleasantly warm and dry with prolonged sunny spell and highs around 21°C in a light easterly breeze.

Outlook - becoming more unsettled perhaps by the middle of next week.

Did you know..........?

Last month was the coolest August in Coventry since 1993 and the wettest since 2004.

Summer 2010 was our warmest summer since 2006!

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Just for the record, looking back through the archives, we find that...........

...........................we enjoyed a warm autumn day in Coventry on the 2nd September 1984 with a maximum temperature of 25.5°C recorded at Bablake.

...........................we recorded 12.1 hours of early autumn sunshine on this day in 1982.

...........................as a contrast, it was wet on the 2nd September 1939 with 17.3mm of rain in just 15 minutes during an evening thunderstorm.

Extracts from a "typical year" in Coventry

September - "autumn's May"

September is a transitional month - the early days hang on to summer, so it is not unknown for hot days to occur at this time. Witness 34.2°C in 1906, though 23°C was more usually the hottest day of the month from 1971-2000. 26°C was more typically the warmest September day since the 1980's though - in 2006 the hottest day recorded 28.1°C.

September is often drier than any of the summer months; in fact, there is often a period of settled weather as anticyclones keep the unsettled low pressure systems at bay. This does have its drawbacks however, as the nights are getting longer now, so an early autumn ground frost, perhaps accompanied by mist and fog cannot be ruled out.

The fine, summer pattern of weather is likely to break down mid - month with a period of cooler, windy weather heralding the arrival of autumn.

The 1980's were the warmest decade for September in the 20th century (14.2°C), with only 2 cold months in the last 30 years of the century - 1974 and 1986. Of course September 2006 became the warmest September since before 1659, and the first September month for 50 years to be warmer than the previous August - this had only happened 9 times in over 350 years in Central England! In the first decade of the 21st century, the avearge September temperatures has been 14.9°C.

During the 20th century however, September rainfall increased by 34% ; in the same period sunshine levels have also risen - by 20%.

So what of Autumn in Coventry?

Autumn in Coventry is a surprisingly warm season - warmer than spring by at least 2°C.

There has been considerable warming in the autumn season in the past two decades, with 7 of the 10 warmest autumns on record occuring since 1990. In recent years, each of 2005, 2006 and 2009 have been the warmest autumn seasons on record, with autumn 2006 eclipsing the previous record by almost a whole degree!

Only spring is drier than autumn, though it does also record more sunshine than autumn.

In the past it was renowned as a season of thick fogs, though this is now a thing of the past, thanks to the Clean Air Act.

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Warmest day of 2010 so far 26.9°C 27th June
Lowest maximum temperature of 2010 so far max -0.9°C 7th January
Highest overnight minimum temperature so far 18.1°C 21st August
Coldest night of 2010 so far -7.0°C 7th January
Lowest grass minimum of 2010 so far -13.4°C 8th March
Wettest day of 2010 so far 40.6mm 26th August
Greatest snow depth of 2010 so far 9cm 19th February
Longest period of snow cover of 2010 so far 10 days 6th to 15th January
Longest dry spell during 2010 so far 17 days 7th to 23rd April
Sunniest day of 2010 so far 15.0hr 22nd June
Longest period without sun during 2010 so far 3 days 10th to 12th January
Windiest day of 2010 so far 10.4mph 26th February
Maximum wind gust of 2010 37mph 15th July
Highest pressure in 2010 so far 1042mb 26th January
Lowest pressure in 2010 so far 979mb 31st March
     
Warmest month of 2010 17.7°C July
Coldest month of 2010 so far 1.4°C January
Wettest month of 2010 so far 126.8mm August
Driest month of 2010 so far 22.4mm May
Sunniest month of 2010 so far 247.8hr June
Dullest month of 2010 so far 68.4hr February
     
Average temperature in 2010 up to the end of August 10.1°C -0.2°C Compared to 30-year averages 1971-2000
Total rainfall in 2010 up to the end of August 452.2mm 103% Compared to 30-year averages 1971-2000
Total sunshine in 2010 up to the end of August 1216.5hr 116% Compared to 30-year averages 1971-2000
     

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