WEATHER REPORT FOR 1952
| JANUARY. | ||||||
| A rather unsettled month, with a good deal of sunshine. Rain on | ||||||
| 21 days, but total fall 0.51" below average. Light snow on several days. | ||||||
| Snow storm with thunder 6.00 p.m. on 9th. W. gales on 8th, 10th and | ||||||
| 11th. N.W. gale on 17th. Fog on 23rd and 25th Max Temp. 57.0 | ||||||
| on 15th, Braunston. Min. Temp. 16.0 on 27th, Duston Rainfall 0.37" | ||||||
| on 4th, Braunston. | ||||||
| FEBRUARY. | ||||||
| A very dry and rather cold month with snow showers on several days. | ||||||
| No gales. Fog on 5th, 13th, 23rd, 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th. Very | ||||||
| thick morning of 28th. Rainfall 1.02" below average for month and | ||||||
| 1.53" below average for two months. Max. 57.0 on 23rd, Braunston. | ||||||
| Min. 23.0 on 9th, Boughton. Rainfall 0.30" on 10th, Braunston. | ||||||
| MARCH . | ||||||
| Unsettled and mild most of the month. Heavy rain on 9th. Fog | ||||||
| on 1st, 10th and 18th. A few fine days in middle of the month. On the | ||||||
| 25th the weather changed suddenly. A strong East to North-East wind | ||||||
| reaching gale force at times, brought heavy snow showers and low | ||||||
| temperatures. Rainfall 1.03" above average for month and 0.50" below | ||||||
| for three months. Max. 61.0 on 8th, Duston. Min. 25.0 on 26th, | ||||||
| Boughton. Rainfall 0.55" on 9th, Northampton. | ||||||
| APRIL. | ||||||
| Fine and cold first two days, then warmer but rather unsettled. | ||||||
| Some very nice bright days. No fog. Thunder on 22nd and 30th. | ||||||
| Heavy rain night of 6th. Rainfall 0-18" above average for month and | ||||||
| 0.32" below for four months. Max. 76.0 on l9th, Duston. Min. 28.0 | ||||||
| on 3rd, Ravensthorpe. Rainfall 0.60" on 6th, Wellingborough. | ||||||
| MAY. | ||||||
| Very wet and rather cold first 12 days, with Thunder on 5th. | ||||||
| Beautiful weather followed, broken only by Thunderstorms on 18th | ||||||
| and l9th. The storm on l9th was very severe, lightning striking a | ||||||
| number of buildings and causing a good deal of damage. Rainfall 0.67" | ||||||
| above average for month and 0.35" above for five months. Max. 87.0 | ||||||
| on 18th, Duston. Min. 35.0 on 30th, Ravensthorpe. Rainfall 1.12" on | ||||||
| 4th, Kettering. | ||||||
| JUNE . | ||||||
| First part of month rather unsettled, but later fine and sunny, with | ||||||
| temperatures of over 80.0 the last few days. Thunder on 2nd and 13th. | ||||||
| Peterborough reports heavy thunderstorms on 2nd. The minimum | ||||||
| (72.0) on 30th, is the highest ever recorded at Northampton. Rainfall | ||||||
| 0.68" below average for month and 0.35" below for six months. Max. | ||||||
| 90.0 on 30th, St. Crispins Hospital. Min. 36.0 on 4th, Ravensthorpe. | ||||||
| Rainfall 0.66 on 13th, Grimsbury. | ||||||
| JULY . | ||||||
| A very dry, warm month. The rainfall 0.33" being the lowest July | ||||||
| total recorded at Northampton since 1905. No thunder or fog. Peter- | ||||||
| borough reports about 3 inches below the average for seven months. At | ||||||
| Northampton, month's rainfall was 1.99" below for the month and 2.32" | ||||||
| below for seven months. Max. 91.0 on 1st, Boughton. Min. 40.0 on | ||||||
| 16th, Ravensthorpe. Rainfall 0.33" on 11th, General Hospital. | ||||||
| AUGUST. | ||||||
| First half of month very wet and stormy, with some heavy falls of | ||||||
| rain. Thunder on 1st, 5th, 6th and 15th. The weather then improved | ||||||
| and latter part of month was fine and sunny, with some lovely days. | ||||||
| Rainfall 1.69" above average for month and 0.62" below for eight months. | ||||||
| Max. 78.0 on 12th, Northampton. Min. 41.0 on 29th, General Hospital. | ||||||
| Rain 1.65" on 4th, Ravensthorpe. | ||||||
| SEPTEMBER. | ||||||
| Cold and wet. A few fine days but never really warm. Thunder | ||||||
| afternoon of 28th. W. Gale night of 25th. N. Gale and heavy rain | r | |||||
| night of 30th. No fog. Rainfall 0.77" above average for month and 0.14" | ||||||
| above for nine months. Max. 74.0 on 24th, St. Crispins Hospital. Min. | ||||||
| 28.0 on 12th, Ravensthorpe. Rainfall 0.71" on 10th, Peterborough. | ||||||
| OCTOBER . | ||||||
| A very unsettled month with strong winds and heavy rain. N.W. | ||||||
| Gale on 1st. S.E. Gale and heavy rain on 12th. S.W. Gale with heavy | ||||||
| rain night of 27th. Fog on 14th and 15th. Rainfall 0.87" above average | ||||||
| for month and 1.01" above for ten months. Max. 67.0 on 4th, Braunston. | ||||||
| Min. 27.0 on 12th, Duston. Rainfall 0.79 on 12th, Braunston. | ||||||
| NOVEMBER . | ||||||
| A very cold and wet month, with some heavy falls of snow. Severe | ||||||
| N.W. Gale night of 6th, causing much damage to roofs, etc. Fog on | ||||||
| 28th and 29th. Rainfall 1.08" above average for month and 2.09" above | ||||||
| for eleven months. Max. 56.0 on 2nd, Northampton. Min. 15.0 on | ||||||
| 25th, General Hospital. Rainfall 0.83" on 19th, Boughton. | ||||||
| DECEMBER. | ||||||
| First few days fine and cold, with fog morning and night. Then | ||||||
| very wet with snow on several days. W. Gale on 11th. N.W. Gale night | ||||||
| of 16th. Severe N.W. Gale on 17th with heavy rain and snow. Fog | ||||||
| on 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 26th, 27th, 28th and 30th. Rainfall 0.22" | ||||||
| above average for month and 2.31" above for year. Max. 52.0 on 11th, | ||||||
| Boughton. Min. 17.0 on 16th, Duston. Rainfall 0.86" on l9th, St. | ||||||
| Crispins Hospital. | ||||||