WEATHER REPORT FOR 1977

A white New year in the form of snow showers.Frozen snow covered the ground for the first three or four days, before wet and milder weather
cleared it. January was very average, but there were several northerly snaps of cold weather, particularly during the last four days which had frost
and snow. The snow lay for the few days of February which was generally unsettled and a wet month.
A very mild airstream from Africa moved across the country in early March and the month remained mild until the last few days which had some
sharp night frosts. Sunny periods and showers brought a traditional start to April, the last three days were also traditional, but between was a
combination of sunshine, rain, wind and below average temperatures.
The cool unsettled weather in April continued into May and then changed to become warm and sunny, this weather extended into the first week of
June. That concludes the summer of 1977.  June was in fact one of the coldest,dullest Junes of this century. There were some warm days in July ,
which was a dry month, but it never really came upto expectations.
August was something of a holiday-makers nightmare with several periods of continuous rain and too few days of warmth and sunshine. Overall
temperatures for the summer of 1977 were, not surprisingly, below average. September was also rather cool, though there were several mainly
sunny days.
Mild, would best describe october. Other features included, persisting fog in the middle of the month and a mixture of sunny periods of continuous
rain for the rest of the month. The mild weather lasted until the middle of November and the it suddenly turned cold, although many days had long
sunny intervals. Mild conditions returned in December, but so did the rain and the year ended rather damp.