Huddersfield Weather Watch - November 2014

Thu, 11 Dec 2014 13:43:00 GMT

Mild, but misty

THE weather in November followed the theme of October; very mild conditions for the time of year, average rainfall, but only seven days of the month free from rainfall.  Looking at the UK weather conditions as a whole the average temperature for the month was 7.6˚C, which is 1.4˚C above the 1981-2010 long-term average.  This has made it the fifth warmest November for the UK in a series from 1910 (Met Office).  The average figures are those recorded since 1990 from the School of Applied Sciences weather station.

The monthly mean temperature was 8.63˚C almost a degree higher than the average temperature for November of 7.64˚C making it the fourth warmest November since our records began.  The warmest day of the month was Saturday 1^st with an average temperature of 14.1˚C; the highest maximum temperature of 15.3˚C was also recorded on this day.  The coldest days of the month, both with an average temperature of 4.8˚C, were Wednesday 5^th and Monday 24^th.  The lowest minimum temperature of -0.1˚C was recorded on Wednesday 5^th.  The temperature fell below zero on just one day of the month.

A total of 69.2mm was recorded during the month just slightly below the average for November of 74.1mm.  The wettest day of the month was Friday 21^st with 16.8mm of rainfall (24.3% of the month’s total).  Just seven days of the month escaped rainfall, the driest spell fell between Tuesday 18^th and Thursday 20^th inclusive.

The mean wind speed for the month was 7.27km/hr.  The highest mean wind speed was 34.56km/hr recorded on Saturday 8^th.  The highest gust of wind for the month was 72.36km/hr recorded on Monday 17^th.

The prevailing wind direction for the month was southwest.

Julie Walker
Resource Centre and Environmental Technician
School of Applied Sciences

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