WEATHER REPORT FOR 1951
| JANUARY. | ||||||
| First 3 days cold, with snow and icy roads. Rapid thaw night of 3rd, | ||||||
| was followed by heavy rain. Mild and wet weather until 19th rest | ||||||
| of month fine and a little colder No gales. Fog on 5th 23rd, 28th, | ||||||
| 29th, 30th and 31st. Rainfall 0.06" above average for month at North- | ||||||
| ampton. Peterborough reports a rain spell of 15 days. Max Temp. | ||||||
| 53.5 on 16th, General Hospital. Min Temp 18.0 on 27th, Althorp. | ||||||
| Rainfall 0.66" on 5th, Grimsbury. | ||||||
| FEBRUARY . | ||||||
| A very wet month, with only 5 days withollt rain. S. Gales with | ||||||
| heavy rain on 3rd and 4th. Cold at times, but no severe frost. Little | ||||||
| snow. Althorp reports that outdoor work on land was practically | ||||||
| impossible owing to sodden ground. Fog on 13th. Rainfall 1.58" | ||||||
| above average for month at Northamptom Max. 50.0 on 8th and 12th, | ||||||
| General Hospital. Min. 22.0 on 26th, Althorp. Rain O.54" on 11th, | ||||||
| Peterborough. | ||||||
| MARCH . | ||||||
| A cold, wet and miserable month, with only 7 days without rain. | ||||||
| Strong winds on many days. S.W gale with heavy rain night of 13th. | ||||||
| Snow storm 7.30 p.m. on 21st. Fog on 1st, 5th and 6th. Rainfall 1.85" | ||||||
| above average for month and 3.53" above for 3 months. Max 60.0 on | ||||||
| 15th, Braunston. Min 24.0 on 20th, Duston. Rain 0.71" on 21st, | ||||||
| Grimsbury. | ||||||
| APRIL. | ||||||
| Most of the month cold and unsett1ed, with one fine spell from 17th | ||||||
| to 25th. Very heavy rain night of 8th. Hail storms afternoon of 13th. | ||||||
| snow on 6th, 7th, 29th and 30th. Peterborough reports wettest April | ||||||
| sine 1922. Rainfall 1.13" above average for month and 4.62" above for | ||||||
| 4 months. Max. 76.0 on 25th, St. Crispin Hospital. Min. 24.0 on | ||||||
| 11th, Althorp. Rain 0.74" on 8th, Braunston. | ||||||
| MAY. | ||||||
| A cold, wet month with very few nice days. Heavy rain at times | ||||||
| with hail on 8th. Fog morning of 5th. Rainfall again well above the | ||||||
| average, being 0.73" above for month and 5.35" above for 5 months. | ||||||
| Max. 74.0 on 24th, Boughton. Min. 30.0 on 11th, Althorp. Rain 1.35" | ||||||
| on 5th, Kettering. | ||||||
| JUNE. | ||||||
| Fine and dry. Rather warm, but a few dull cool days. Thunder | ||||||
| and heavy rain 6.O p.m. on 9th. Rainfall 0.91" below average for month. | ||||||
| Making 4.44" above average for 7 months. Max. 81.0 on 21st, Boughton. | ||||||
| Min. 38.0 on 9th, Duston. Rain 0.59" on 9th, Grimsbury. | ||||||
| JULY. | ||||||
| A fine warm month. Thunder and heavy rain on 11th (0.45" in 40 | ||||||
| mins.) . Thunder also on 22nd and 30th, Boughton and Kettering | ||||||
| report heavy thunderstorm night of 30th. Rainfall 1.27" below average | ||||||
| for month and 3.17" above for 7 months. Max. 84.0 on 2nd, Grimsbury. | ||||||
| Min. 42.0 on 30th, Ravensthorpe. Rain 0.54" on 12th, Althorp. | ||||||
| AUGUST . | ||||||
| A very wet month indeed, with rain on 24 days. The total 3.84" | ||||||
| is the highest August rainfall recorded at Northampton since 1946. | ||||||
| Thunder on 9th. N.W. Gale night of 11th. Very heavy rain all after- | ||||||
| noon and night of 6th. No fog. Rainfall 1.53" above average for month | ||||||
| and 4.70" above for 8 months. Max. 87.0 on 3rd, Boughton. Min. 36.8 | ||||||
| on 19th, General Hospital. Rain 1.76" on 6th, Peterborough. | ||||||
| SEPTEMBER . | ||||||
| Fairly dry, with some fine days. Temperatures about average. | ||||||
| Strong S.W. winds on 13th and 14th. Thunder on 27th and 28th. | ||||||
| Fog on 26th, 29th and 30th. Peterborough reports that the first 9 | ||||||
| months are the wettest since 1912. Rainfall 0.01" below average for | ||||||
| month and 4.69" above for 9 months. Max. 82.0 on 4th, Boughton. | ||||||
| Min. 35.0 on 22nd, Ravensthorpe. Rain 0.76" on 27th, General Hospital. | ||||||
| OCTOBER . | ||||||
| A very dry, but foggy month. Fog on 17 days. Very thick on 8th, | ||||||
| 15th, 16th, 25th and 30th. Rain and snow morning of 22nd. No Gales. | ||||||
| Frost on 4 nights. Rainfall 1.63" below average for month and 3.06" | ||||||
| above for 10 months. Max. 70.0 on 17th, Braunston. Min. 22.0 on 23rd | ||||||
| Althorp. Rain 0.58" on 21st, Tichmarsh. | ||||||
| NOVEMBER. | ||||||
| Very, very wet, with only 3 days without rain. Strong winds and | ||||||
| heavy rain on many days. N.W. Gale on 21st and 28th. Fog on 23rd | ||||||
| only. Peterborough reports a rain spell of 20 days. Althorp reports | ||||||
| 24 hours of continuous rain on 5th, amount registered being 1.20". | ||||||
| Rainfall at Northampton 2.80" above average for month and 5.86" above | ||||||
| for 11 months. Max. 66.0 on 4th, St. Crispin Hospital. Min. 24.0 on | ||||||
| 26th, Althorp. Rain 1.38" on 5th, St. Crispin Hospital. | ||||||
| DECEMBER. | ||||||
| A very stormy month, with gales and strong winds on many days. | ||||||
| Temperatures above the average, but rainfall well below. Little snow. | ||||||
| Fog on 7th, 11th, 12th, 13th and 21st. Very heavy rain and Westerly | ||||||
| gale on 28th. Rainfall 0.55" below average for month and 5.31" above | ||||||
| average for year. Max. 57.0 on 6th, St. Crispin Hospital. Min. 19.0 | ||||||
| on 11th, Duston. Rain 0.90" on 28th, Boughton. | ||||||