WEATHER REPORT FOR 1971
| The year started with a few dry days although there was little | ||||||
| sunshine. January was generally dull, with above-average rainfall, it | ||||||
| was also mild with several foggy mornings. Very little snow fell in January | ||||||
| or February, and although there were several falls in March, it amounted | ||||||
| to very little. | ||||||
| February and March were brighter with about average sunshine and | ||||||
| temperatures. Clear skies meant there were more ground frosts during | ||||||
| these 2 months, but they were not very severe. | ||||||
| Spring set in in the second week of April when temperatures soared | ||||||
| and the sun shone through after a period of overcast skies. The month | ||||||
| had average rainfall due to 2 very wet days towards the end of the month. | ||||||
| The mainly bright weather continued well into May giving several | ||||||
| night ground frosts, but there was only one report of a thunder storm. | ||||||
| The wet weather which ended the month continued to damp down | ||||||
| flaming June, which turned out to be very disappointing with tempera- | ||||||
| tures well below average. Although it did get warmer towards the end it | ||||||
| remained unsettled. | ||||||
| July was a wonderful month with sunshine recorded on every single | ||||||
| day. The hottest July for over 10 years in many places. August was | ||||||
| generally average, sunny and warm after some rather dull mornings. | ||||||
| This type of weather continued through September to make the month | ||||||
| a very pleasant one. It was also very dry, apart from one or two thundery | ||||||
| showers. | ||||||
| October started and finished warm and sunny, but for a week in the | ||||||
| middle the rainfall was greater than the monthly average. Sunny weather | ||||||
| also predominated in November although the mornings were often frosty | ||||||
| with some fog. | ||||||
| The year ended rather dull, December being very like January. | ||||||