WEATHER REPORT FOR 1958
| JANUARY. | ||||||
| A rather wet, cold month. Rain occurred on 30 days at Kettering, | ||||||
| though only on 10 did the amount exceed 0.04". The highest almount | ||||||
| in any one day was 0.91" at both Kettering and Tichmarsh (on 28th). | ||||||
| Snow fell on 20th, 22nd and 23rd (Little Houghton). | ||||||
| FEBBUARY. | ||||||
| A very changeable month. Snow on 8th, 24th and 25th. 98" | ||||||
| rain at Nortllampton on 24th, which had 21 rainy days, 15 of them | ||||||
| having over 0.04". | ||||||
| MARCH | ||||||
| A very treacherous month. Snow recorded for 6th to 12th and | ||||||
| l9th and 20th. Rainfall about average with a dry spell between 10th | ||||||
| and 23rd. | ||||||
| APRIL . | ||||||
| The driest month of the year, on only 4 days did amounts over 0.04" | ||||||
| occur. On 25th 0.68" recorded from Braunston, but in most of the | ||||||
| County it did not exceed half that amount. | ||||||
| MAY. | ||||||
| Hot at commencement, 76.0 on 2nd and 77.0 at Wellingborough. | ||||||
| Rainfall about average. Rather cold in latter part of month. | ||||||
| JUNE . | ||||||
| A very wet, disappointing month. Rainfall about 3 times the | ||||||
| average. 1.30" (Kettering) on 9th; 1.24" at Tichmarsh and 1.14" at | ||||||
| Braunston on 26th, but Northampton only had 0.88" on this day. | ||||||
| JULY. | ||||||
| Allother wet month. Rain fell on 16 days. 1.36" at Kettering on | ||||||
| 1st. Hail occurred on 2nd. | ||||||
| AUCUST. | ||||||
| A dull disappointing month with very changeable weather. | ||||||
| 81.0 was recorded at Northampton on 10th. Rainfall still above average. | ||||||
| SEPTEMBER . | ||||||
| A very dull month, with rain on 22 days (Kettering), though | ||||||
| amounts usually small. | ||||||
| OCTOBER. | ||||||
| Dull and damp. Rain frequent though usually small in quantity. | ||||||
| 0.60" (Wellingborough) on 2nd. | ||||||
| NOVEMBER. | ||||||
| A very mild month, with rainfall about average. | ||||||
| DECEMBER | ||||||
| Mild and wet. | ||||||
| GENERAL REMARKS . | ||||||
| A very wet year with little sunshine. Rainfall about 4.00" above the | ||||||
| average, and the heaviest in recent years. There was little or no Summer | ||||||
| weather. | ||||||