Friday, April 19, 2024
rain

Soggy start to spring

Alvechurch amateur weatherman Phil Thomas records the changes. March brought quite a change from the spring-like weather of February, although temperatures stayed above average despite...
Virga clouds

Summer improves

Alvechurch amateur weatherman Phil Thomas records the changes. The first 18 days of July were extremely dry, with only 1.3mm of rainfall. Even when it...
snow

Cold snap is short-lived

Alvechurch amateur weatherman Phil Thomas records the changes. The first seven days of December followed the bland November trend. Following an Atlantic blocking anticyclone on...
Red cloud

Surprisingly dry month

Alvechurch amateur weatherman Phil Thomas records the changes. November, up until the 20th at least, was a very mild month. The average temperature was 9.3C,...
sunny evening

Autumn has arrived

Alvechurch amateur weatherman Phil Thomas records the changes. As we went to press, September was continuing the warming trend for this year. There was a...
rainbow

Warm, wet summer

Alvechurch amateur weatherman Phil Thomas records the changes. August was a slightly warmer month than normal, with some higher temperatures in the first part of...
sunrise

Mild autumn. . . for now

Alvechurch amateur weatherman Phil Thomas records the changes. October was quite mild, at least up until the 19th, with a mean temperature of 12.5C which...
autumn

Dry start to autumn

Alvechurch amateur weatherman Phil Thomas records the changes. September started off changeable, with a little rain and some sunshine. The middle of the month was...

Summer average takes a soaking

So the summer ended with figures showing it to have been a fairly wet one, with 20 per cent more rain than average, although this was all thanks to August, during which we endured more than double the usual amount of rain . . .

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Hotter than expected

Alvechurch amateur weatherman Phil Thomas records the changes. May was a variable month, with low temperatures for the first few days, but then a very...