A wetter than average February but most notable for heavy snow at the very end of the month. The snow was the heaviest since February 2013 and appears likely to last for the first week into March.
A relatively unremarkable and typical January. Rainfall was about 50% higher than average but temperatures were well within the seasonal norms. The wind made itself felt in the last few days of the month with gusts in excess of 50mph.
A month with typical December weather. Rainfall, at 86.1mm, was above average. Snowfall was about average and the lowest temperature was just short of -7°C. Although the year ended with named storm Dylan, we were little affected by the strong winds that were felt in other parts of the UK.
A drier first half of the month with a very wet second half, with the end of the period being marked by frost and snow. Although rainfall was well above average, the weather was otherwise relatively seasonal.
A relatively unremarkable month providing the normal seasonal mix of weather for the time of year with wet and windy periods mixed with quieter and cooler spells. Rainfall and temperatures were close to average.
August was an unremarkable month and did little to improve on the fairly dismal and cool summer that we have suffered. The best temperature for the month was 20.9°C which only equated with the average temperature for August. Rainfall was remarkably less than average with 44 mm being recorded against an average of 53 mm.
The generally wet summer continues with rainfall in July amounting to over twice the average for the month (52.7mm). Warm sunny days were few and far between with the highest temperature of 25.4 ° C during a very brief warm spell mid-month.
June, when compared with May was a very wet month indeed. Very heavy rain at the begining and at the end of the month produced 158 mm compared with the June average of 45 mm.
There was a reasonably warm spell mid month, but it broke no records and did not reflect any of the global warming claims that have been made recently.
A much drier than average April with rainfall totalling 22 mm for the month. The average is 33 mm.
Temperatures were on the cool side with a noticeable drop as the wind moved more into the East toward the end of the month with an increased amount of the precipitation falling as snow.
Like February the month of March was generally unremarkable with the exception of rainfall which, at 98.6 mm, was substantially higher than the average for the month of 37.2 mm.
Apart from the February rainfall, which at 108 mm was substantially higher than the average 39 mm for the month, the weather was generally unremarkable. We avoided the worst of the wind and storms at the end of the month and which had a much more significant impact in the South.
January was a very uncomplicated month. Rainfall was well beneath average and certainly considerably less than the same month last year. We had some frosty mornings but temperatures were very average for the time of year and snowfall amounted to almost nothing and then being confined mainly to the higher ground of The Cheviot.
Although temperatures were around average for October the rainfall was high giving 23 days with rain and a total of 95.8mm against an average of 55.8mm
A much more pleasant and normal period when compared with the previous months.
Rainfall at 36 mm was well below the September average of 45 mm and the highest temperature for the month of 26.9° C was only just short of the record set in 2014 of 27° C.
August provided some reasonable spells of warmer and drier weather, but rainfall for the month of 87.4mm was still well above the average of 52.7mm for August.
Temperature was also below average and even the best days came nowhere near the 29° C recorded in 2011.
A cool wet April with over twice the average rainfall (average 51mm) but very typical of the wide climate variations that are a common feature of a maritime climate spring.
Even the snowshowers at the end of the month are not unusual and are in no way an indicator of co-called climate change, as some claim.
The very wet trend of the last two months continued into January with almost five times the average rainfall for the month. Average - 58.9 mm. Actual 289.3 mm. Wind was also a dominant factor in the latter part of the month with wet and windy weather forecast to continue into February.
November was a very wet month with rainfall being more than double the 75mm average for November.
Despite the new move to the naming of storms in the UK, the three that did occur did not bring unusually bad conditions to our area. The naming process is more of a political move to promote awareness of climate for the COP21 Climate Summit in Paris this December.
The 1st October was the warmest day since August and although there were 17 rainy days compared to the average of 16, the amount of rain at 59.7 mm was well beneath the average of 71.3 mm.