WEATHER REPORT FOR 1950
| JANUARY. | ||||||
| First half of month, fine and mild, then dry and cold for rest of month. | ||||||
| Snow on last three days. Fog on 27th. Rainfall 1.60" below average for | ||||||
| month. Max. Temp. 59.0 on IIth. Gen. Hospital. Min. Temp. 19.0 on | ||||||
| 30th. Duston. Rainfall 0.40" on 1st, Tichmarsh. | ||||||
| FEBRUARY. | ||||||
| A very wet and mild month. Southerly gales on 1st, 2nd and 3rd. | ||||||
| No snow or fog. Very heavy rain on 9th. Frost recorded on only 3 nights. | ||||||
| Rainfall 2.05" above average for month and 0.45" above for 2 months. | ||||||
| Max. Temp. 60.0 on 17th, Northampton. Min. Temp. 18.0 on 28th, | ||||||
| Althorp. Rainfall 0.79" on 9th, St. Crispin's Hospital. | ||||||
| MARCH. | ||||||
| Another very mild month with frost recorded on only one night. | ||||||
| Fog on 5th, 6th, 7th, 21st and 22nd. Hail on 17th and 29th. Strong S.W. | ||||||
| wind on 16th and 18th. Rainfall 0.82" below the average for month and | ||||||
| 0.37" below for 3 months. | ||||||
| Max. Temp. 67.0 on 7th, Boughton. Min. Temp. 20.0 on 1st, Althorp | ||||||
| Rainfall 0.30" on 16th, Braunston. | ||||||
| APRIL . | ||||||
| A very unsettled month with one or two beautiful days. S.W. Gale | ||||||
| on 1st. N.W. Gale on 2nd. W. Gale on 8th, followed by N.W. Gales | ||||||
| on 9th and 10th. Latter part of month colder with snow on several days. | ||||||
| Rainfall 0.21" above average for month. O.16" below for 4 months. Max. | ||||||
| Temp. 73.0 on 7th, Boughton. Min. Temp. 24.0 on 26th, Duston. Rain- | ||||||
| fall 0.70" on 17th, Ravensthorpe. | ||||||
| MAY. | ||||||
| A rather mixed month, with some lovely days and some very bad ones. | ||||||
| Heavy rain night on 5th and 19th. Heavy rain morning of 21st, followed by | ||||||
| thunder and more heavy rain 4.30 to 7.00 p.m. Rainfall 0.80" above average | ||||||
| for month and 0.64" above for 5 months. Max. Temp. 74.0 on 11th, | ||||||
| Northampton. Min. Temp. 29.0 on 5th, Althorp. Rainfall 1.86" on 21st | ||||||
| Peterborough. | ||||||
| JUNE . | ||||||
| Perfect summer weather for the first I2 days with Maximum on 7th | ||||||
| reaching 89.0. The fine spell was broken by heavy rain night of 13th and | ||||||
| unsettled weather followed. Thunder 3.30 p.m. on 21st. Heavy rain | ||||||
| night of 22nd. Rainfall 0.38" above average for month and 1.02" above | ||||||
| for 6 months. Max. Temp. 90.0 on 7th, Gen. Hospital. Min. Temp. | ||||||
| 38.0 on 15th, Althorp. Rainfall 0.88" on 13th, Wellingborough. | ||||||
| JULY. | ||||||
| Unsettled and wet. Very few fine days. Heavy rain all day on 3rd. | ||||||
| Thunder on 6th and 9th. Very heavy rain night of 15th. Rainfall | ||||||
| 0.66" above average for month and 1.68" above for 7 months. Max. Temp. | ||||||
| 85.0 on 9th, Gen. Hospital. Min. Temp. 44.0 on 14th. Ravensthorpe. | ||||||
| Rainfall 0.96" on 15th, Wellingborough. | ||||||
| AUGUST. | ||||||
| A much brighter month, but rather unsettled last few days. Thunder | ||||||
| 3 p.m. on 24th. Heavy rain night of 30th. Temperatures rather high. | ||||||
| Rainfall 0.42" below average for month and 1.26" above average for 8 | ||||||
| months. Max. Temp. 85.0 on 4th, Boughton. Min. Temp. 41.0 on 28th. | ||||||
| Ravensthorpe. Rainfall 1.05" on 30th, Braunston. | ||||||
| SEPTEMBER. | ||||||
| An exceedingly wet and stormy month. S.W. gales night of 16th and | ||||||
| all day 17th. Thunder Storm 4.15 p.m. on I5th and 2.30 p.m. on 21st. | ||||||
| Very heavy rain and strong winds on 6th, 14th, 20th, 23rd, 24th, 25th and | ||||||
| 29th. The rainfall night of 24th was very heavy. The month closed with | ||||||
| rain all day on 30th. Rainfall 2.31" above average for month and 3.58" | ||||||
| above for nine months. Max. Temp. 75.0 on 10th, Braunston. Min. | ||||||
| Temp. 35.0 on 27th, Duston. Rainfall 0.84" on 23rd, Ravensthorpe. | t | |||||
| OCTOBER. | ||||||
| As a contrast to September, the month was very dry, with some lovely | ||||||
| days. Thunder storm 6 p.m. on 2nd, with heavy hail and rain. No rain | ||||||
| fell between the 15th and 30th. Fog morning and night of 31st. Rainfall | ||||||
| 1.51" below average for month and 2.07" above for IO months. Max. | ||||||
| Temp. 73.0 on 5th, General Hospital. Min. Temp. 22.0 on 28th, Althorp. | ||||||
| Rainfall 0.74" on 1st, Althorp. | ||||||
| NOVEMBER. | ||||||
| A cold, wet and miserable month. Rain heavy at times and very heavy | ||||||
| night of 20th, when 1.10" fell. Fog on 1st, 10th, 25th, 26th and 27th. | ||||||
| Rainfall 1.60" above average for month, making 3.67" above for 11 months. | ||||||
| Max. Temp. 58.0 on 28th, General Hospital. Min. Temp. 23.0 on 26th, | ||||||
| Althorp. Rainfall 1.19" on 20th, Braunston. | ||||||
| DECEMBER. | ||||||
| Mainly cold and dry. Light snow on several days. Rain all day on | ||||||
| 10th. Very cold on 4th and 5th. Maximum temperature being only | ||||||
| 32.5 degrees. Fog on 8th, 9th, 12th, 13th and 19th. Rainfall 0.86" below | ||||||
| average for month and 2.81" above average for year. Max. Temp. 52.0 | ||||||
| on 1st, Northampton. Min. Temp. 18.0 on 15th, Duston. Rainfall 0.36 | ||||||
| on 10th, Kettering. | ||||||