WEATHER REPORT FOR 1967
| JANUARY | ||||||||
| January was milder and drier than average with no severe frosts. | ||||||||
| Maximum day temperature reached 54 at Sudborough on the 29th and | ||||||||
| 30th. It was the warmest January since 1962. Most of the rain fell towards | ||||||||
| the end of the month. The beginning of the month was the coldest with | ||||||||
| night air and ground temperature falling below freezing point for the first | ||||||||
| 9 days; 18 minimum recorded at Sudborough on the 9th, 20 at | ||||||||
| Wittcring. Snow fell on the 6th, 7th and 8th, 1.00" recorded at Wittering on | ||||||||
| the 6th. Snow remained lying until the 10th. Fog was widespread on the | ||||||||
| 9th. A sun-pillar was observed on the 4th at 08.10 hrs. G.M.T.- it was red | ||||||||
| in colour and was visible only a few minutes. (E.N.) Lunar coronas were | ||||||||
| observed on the 23rd at 17.45 hrs. G.M.T. (E.N.) on the 25th, 26th and | ||||||||
| 27th at 22.00 hrs. G.M.T. and on the 28th at 22.30 hrs. G.M.T. | ||||||||
| FEBRUARY | ||||||||
| February was mild and sunny with no severe frosts or snow. After a | ||||||||
| wet day on the 1st there were 14 days without precipitation. Maximum | ||||||||
| day temperature reached 57 at Upton Lodge on the 3rd, 56 at | ||||||||
| Sudborough and Raunds on the 2nd. Fog was widespread on the 6th, | ||||||||
| 11th and 13th and freezing fog was recorded at Upton Lodge and Wittering | ||||||||
| on thc 13th. It was the sunniest February recorded at Raunds since 1955. | ||||||||
| The 15th began a wet period which lasted for the rest of the month. | ||||||||
| Westerly gales were recorded on the 23rd and 28th, S.S.W. on the 27th and | ||||||||
| a gust of 81 m.p.h. was recorded at Wittcring on the 28th. At Bugbrooke | ||||||||
| 1.10" rainfall was recorded on the 22nd. A lunar halo was observed on the | ||||||||
| 24h at 23.00 hrs. G.M.T.- a solar halo on the 26th from 13.30 to 16.00 hrs. | ||||||||
| G.M.T.; a lunar halo on the 24th at 21.30 hrs. G.M.T. (G.W.P.). | ||||||||
| MARCH | ||||||||
| A generally warm sunny and dry month. For thc first 9 days | ||||||||
| maximum day temperature ranged from 50-57, to be followed by 4 | ||||||||
| cold days, thc temperature ranging from 43 - 49 with snow showers on | ||||||||
| the 11th. A much warmer spell began on the 14h and remained until the | ||||||||
| 27th. The 21st was the hottest and the sunniest day. The sunniest March | ||||||||
| recorded at Raunds since 1933. The 28th began a cold spell which remained | ||||||||
| to the end of the month maximum day temperature ranged from 46 to | ||||||||
| 48 with night air and ground frosts. On the night of the 31st/lst April | ||||||||
| 17 minimum air temperature was recorded at Sudborough, 22 at | ||||||||
| Moulton, and Upton Lodge, 17 ground minimum at Moulton, 18 at | ||||||||
| Upton Lodge, 22 at Raunds. Snow showers wcre recorded on thc 27th | ||||||||
| 28th and 31st, sleet, hail and thunder in a freak storm on the 28th and a | ||||||||
| snow and hail storm on the 11th. | ||||||||
| APRIL | ||||||||
| A typically unsettled month. On the nights of the 1st/2nd 17 night | ||||||||
| minimum air temperature was recordcd at Sudborough, 23 at Raunds. | ||||||||
| From the 2nd to the 14th maximum air temperature ranged from 42- | ||||||||
| 57 it was also the wettest period, the 7th and the 10th being the wettest | ||||||||
| days of the month with 1.00" rainfall recorded at Sudborough. Sleet and snow | ||||||||
| were also recorded on the 8th. The 15th to the 20th was warmer and dry | ||||||||
| with maximum day temperature reaching 67 at Raunds and Northampton | ||||||||
| on the 17th. This, however, was short lived and another unsettled period | ||||||||
| lasted to the 28th. There were 7 ground frosts recorded during this | ||||||||
| period at Raunds, 6 at Moulton, 5 at Upton Lodge and snow showers | ||||||||
| on the 21st. The rest of the month was warmer, 64 maximum day | ||||||||
| temperature was recorded at Upton Lodge and 63 at Moulton on the | ||||||||
| 30th. Sunshine was below average. | ||||||||
| MAY | ||||||||
| Rainfall and sunshine were above the normal average but the month | ||||||||
| was cool. Only 4 days were recorded without precipitation at Moulton | ||||||||
| and Upton Lodge- 1.52 recorded at Moulton on the 12th, 1.00" at Northamp- | ||||||||
| ton on the 14th. Thunderstorms were recorded on the 1st, 6th, 7th, 8th, | ||||||||
| 11th, 12th, 13th, 23rd and 28th, hail on the 6th and 22nd at Upton Lodge, | ||||||||
| and on the 2nd, 13th and 20th at Raunds. The wettest May since 1924 at | ||||||||
| Raunds. Maximum day air temperature reached 60 only five times, and | ||||||||
| only two days were over 70, the 11th and 12th; 83 recorded at | ||||||||
| Sudborough and 77 at Raunds on the 11th, 77 at Upton Lodge on the | ||||||||
| 12th. Night air frosts were recorded on the nights of the 2nd/3rd, 28 at | ||||||||
| Moulton and Raunds, 26 at Sudborough, 25 at Bugbrooke. A | ||||||||
| ground frost was also recorded, 24 at Moulton and Upton Lodge. | ||||||||
| JUNE | ||||||||
| June was very dry and sunny with moderate temperature. With the | ||||||||
| exception of an occasional scattered shower, tthe first 21 days were | ||||||||
| without precipitation. The settled weather kept the maximum air | ||||||||
| temperature ranging from 62 to 78. On the 14th 78 was recorded at | ||||||||
| Sudborough, 74 at Raunds, on the 5th 72 at Moulton. The 22nd began a | ||||||||
| wet period and on the 24th and 25th there were thunderstorms over a wide | ||||||||
| area with heavy rain. Between 13 to 18 hours were recorded thundery | ||||||||
| on the 25th. Rainfall recorded for the 25th was 0.84" at Raunds, 0.76" | ||||||||
| at Northarnpton and 0.48" at Bugbrooke. At Moulton 13.2 hours of | ||||||||
| sunshine was recorded on the 15th, 14.5 hours on the 12th. The last fcw | ||||||||
| days of the month were again fine and warm. | ||||||||
| JULY | ||||||||
| The fine and warm weather continued and July was very dry. It was | ||||||||
| the hottest July since 1959 at Sudborough with 90 on the 17th. 85 was | ||||||||
| recorded at Raunds, 84 at Northampton and 82 at Upton Lodge. The | ||||||||
| minimum night air temperature was higher than normal 42 at | ||||||||
| Sudboroush, 43 at Moulton and at Upton Lodge 63 was recorded on | ||||||||
| the night of the 30th/31st. The sun shone for 13.9 hours on the 9th at | ||||||||
| Raunds and Moulton. There were thunderstorms on the 13th and 19th. | ||||||||
| AUGUST | ||||||||
| The first 19 days were unsettled, although the amount of rainfall | ||||||||
| was small. Thunderstorms were recorded on the 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th, | ||||||||
| the latter being thc wettest day of the month with 0.60" rainfall recorded at | ||||||||
| at Raunds, 0.33" at Upton Lodge. Thc remainder of the month, with the | ||||||||
| exception of the 31st, was fine and warm, 80 was recorded at Sudborough | ||||||||
| on the 27th and 28th, 78 at Moulton and Northampton. There were no | ||||||||
| night air or ground frosts, the minimum recorded on the night of the 18th/ | ||||||||
| 19th was 40 at Moulton and Raunds, 38 at Sudborough. A minimum | ||||||||
| of 58 was recordcd on the night of the 27th/28th at Upton Lodge and at | ||||||||
| Sudborough on the 18th/19th. It was a rather dull month, thc sunniest day | ||||||||
| was on the 20th with 13 hours at Moulton, 12.7 hours at Raunds. | ||||||||
| Thc fine weather spell was broken on the 31st with rain during the night. | ||||||||
| SEPTEMBER | ||||||||
| September was generally unsettled, warm, dull and dry. Only 8 | ||||||||
| days were recorded without precipitation at Upton Lodgc, although | ||||||||
| amounts were small, 0.39" rainfall on the 11th at Wellingborough was the | ||||||||
| highest recorded. The daily amounts of sunshine were small, 8 hours on | ||||||||
| thc 4th being the sunniest day. At Sudborough and Raunds 72 was | ||||||||
| recorded on thc 26th, 71 at Bugbrooke on thc 10th. Thc night air | ||||||||
| temperature was higher than normal, on many occasions not falling below | ||||||||
| 50. At Upton Lodge 55 minimum was recorded on the night of the | ||||||||
| 27th/28th. There was a slight ground frost, 30 at Upton Lodge on the | ||||||||
| night of the 7th/8th. Fog was recorded on the 17th, 21st and 24th. | ||||||||
| OCTOBER | ||||||||
| October was wet and mild. Rainfall, sunshine and temperature above | ||||||||
| average. A total of 24 rainy days were recorded at Northampton, | ||||||||
| Wollaston and Upton Lodge, these included many days with continuous | ||||||||
| rain (RR) and squally showers (PQ). 1.05" rainfall recorded at Upton | ||||||||
| Lodge on thc 16th. There were 9.4 hours of sunshine recorded at Raunds | ||||||||
| on the 2nd, 8.9 hours at Moulton. Maximum day temperature ranged from | ||||||||
| 54 to 67 for the first 26 days of the month with the exception | ||||||||
| of the 12th and 18th which were under 50. At Bugbrooke 68 was | ||||||||
| recorded on the 9th and at Sudborough on the 8th, 67 at Raunds on the | ||||||||
| 7th and 8th and Moulton on the 7th. The mean temperature was above the | ||||||||
| average mainly due to a high minimum eight air temperature which ranged | ||||||||
| from 41 to 61. This was also during the first 26 day period | ||||||||
| with the exception of the nights of the 16th/17th when 35 was recorded | ||||||||
| at Raunds, Upton Lodge and Moulton. The minimum night air termpera- | ||||||||
| ture on the 7th/8th was 61 at Northampton, 60 at Upton Lodge. The | ||||||||
| last 4 days were colder and remained wet, and a soil temperature of 40 | ||||||||
| was recorded at Moulton. | ||||||||
| NOVEMBER | ||||||||
| Except for the first week, the weather was dry, temperature and | ||||||||
| sunshine above average with few fogs. Continuous rain fell on the 2nd and | ||||||||
| the 4th, there being the wettest days, 0.52" rainfall was recorded at Raunds | ||||||||
| on the 2nd, 0.29' at Bugbrooke on the 4th. The mean temperature was | ||||||||
| above the average because thc night air temperature fell below freezing | ||||||||
| point only on a few occasions and only by a few degrees. The nights of the | ||||||||
| 16th/17th and the 18th/19th were the coldest. There were, however | ||||||||
| 18 ground frosts recorded at Moulton 19 minimum. Fogs were | ||||||||
| widespread on the 4th, 8th, 19th, 21st and 23rd, persisting most of the day | ||||||||
| on the 23rd. | ||||||||
| DECEMBER | ||||||||
| Mainly bright but cold and unsettled. Sunshine above the December | ||||||||
| average, over 6 hours recorded on the 7th. Maximum day temperature | ||||||||
| reached 50 only on the 22nd and 23rd. The 8th was freezing all day. | ||||||||
| There were two cold spells of night air and ground frosts, thc first from the | ||||||||
| 6th to the 10th, the second from the 16th to the 20th. There were 22 | ||||||||
| ground frosts recorded at Moulton, 18 at Raunds; the night of the | ||||||||
| 8th/9th was the most severe, 15 recorded at Moulton, 17 at Upton | ||||||||
| Lodge. There were snow showers on thc 6th, slight falls on the 9th and | ||||||||
| 11th and snow lying from the 7th to the 11th. It was particularly unsettled | ||||||||
| from the 16th to the end of thc month but amounts of rain were small, the | ||||||||
| 18th and 22nd being the wettest days 0.40" recorded at Bugbrooke on the | ||||||||
| 18th, 0.42" at upton Lodge on the 22nd. | ||||||||