Durham Weather

Can we not just have a boring, average and non-extreme winter for once? It seems like every month at the moment needs to break records. Just my thoughts.

In the North East, Kielder Water ensures we don’t have water restrictions.

I think you’re right. There’s always a compensation. Look at Autumn 1976 after the hot summer - wettest on record.

Just received an email from Tim Burt to say that the official max from Durham Uni Observatory for 19th July 2022 was 36.9 degC, beating the old record (32.9, 25/7/2019) by an astonishing 4.0 degC.

Some climatic stations only report daily, so we won’t know until tomorrow.

I believe it’s on the Science site, off South Road.

That reading is from a different site to the Durham Uni Observatory at Potters Bank. The AWS readings you quote are from the Geography Dept AWS. However, once the official max is in tomorrow we’ll know for sure. I expect 35-36 degC

That’s the whole difficulty with Climate Change. Normal climates are replaced with new normals. Places that had unstable climates may find they now have more stable ones. Climate zones appear to be migrating poleward. That brings the climate of France to the UK.

Gilesgate, Durham at 13:32

No, you’re right. 32.9 July 25th 2019 32.5 August 3rd 1990 31.9 August 2nd 1990 31.3 July 16th 1876 31.0 July 1st 2015 19th July 2022 ???

The official high at Durham Uni Observatory yesterday was 32.0 degC, making it the 2nd warmest on record. Today will obliterate that.

29.9 degC in Gilesgate, Durham at 11:45am. 32.6 degC on the Durham Geog Dept Roof AWS at 11:42am

30.9 degC in Durham at 1338hrs. Sitting with my feet in a bowl of cold water.

I had a low of 20.3 degC in Gilesgate, Durham. Our first ‘Tropical Night’. Goodness knows what the max will be.