Huddersfield Weather Watch – November 2015
Fri, 11 Dec 2015 11:13:00 GMT
Weather in the extreme
WET, warm and windy... sums up this month’s weather in a nutshell. November was a record breaking month in terms of extreme weather; temperatures, precipitation and wind speeds all exceeded the average figures expected for the time of year. It was the third warmest and was by far the wettest November recorded since our records began! Huddersfield also experienced its wettest day since 14th June 2007. The average figures are those recorded from the Applied Sciences weather station since 1990.
The monthly mean temperature was 9.54˚C compared to the average for November of 7.72˚C making it the warmest since 2011 and the third warmest since our records began. The warmest day of the month was Tuesday 10th when average temperatures were a staggering 15.7˚C (average 13.41˚C) making it by far the warmest November day since our records began. The highest maximum temperature was 19˚C recorded on Sunday 1st and again a record breaking figure! The coldest day of the month was Saturday 21st with an average figure of 2.1˚C; the lowest recorded temperature of -0.4˚C was also recorded on this day. Temperatures only fell just below zero on two days of the month.
November was the wettest month since January 2008 (218.4mm) with 216.2mm of rain falling throughout the month compared to the average figures for November of 79.6mm! Saturday 14th was the eighth wettest day (of all months) since our records began with 42.8mm of rain (19.8% of the months total); another seven days of the month recorded rainfall of over 11mm, with two of those recording figures of 21.6 (Monday 30th) and 30.4mm (Saturday 28th). Just six days escaped rainfall.
It was by far the windiest November since our new weather station was installed in 2005. The mean wind speed figure was 16.2km/hr. The highest mean wind speed was 49.32km/hr recorded on Monday 9th. The highest gust of wind was 122.04km/hr again recorded on the Monday 9th; this is the ninth highest gust of wind recorded by the weather station since 2005.
The prevailing wind direction for the month was southwest.
Julie Walker
Resource Centre and Environmental Technician
School of Applied Sciences
