WEATHER REPORT FOR 1949
| JANUARY. | ||||||
| The New Year commenced with a S. Gale on 1st. Snow and Rain | ||||||
| on 3rd, then dull and rather wet weather until the 16th. The latter part | ||||||
| was fine and dry with some night frosts. Fog on 26th, 28th and 29th. | ||||||
| Rainfall 1.50" below average for month at Northampton, and 0.48" below | ||||||
| at Peterborough. Max. Temp. 53.0 on 15th, Berrywood. Min. Temp. | ||||||
| 22.0 on 29th, Ravensthorpe. Rainfall 0.48" on 3rd, Braunston. | ||||||
| FEBRUARY. | ||||||
| Fine and cold but rather foggy. Rainfall again below average, 0.66" | ||||||
| below Northampton and 0.66" below Peterborough. Fog on 4th, 5th, 6th, | ||||||
| 7th, 10th and 17th. No snow and very little frost. Max. 56.0 on 23rd, | ||||||
| Northampton. Min. 15.0 on 4th Althorp. Rain 0.62" on 8th, Grims- | ||||||
| bury. | ||||||
| MARCH . | ||||||
| A rather uninteresting month with little snow and temperatures above | ||||||
| the average. N.W. Gale on 1st. Heavy rain on 4th and 14th. No fog. | ||||||
| Rainfall 0.02" below average for month, Northampton, and 0.40" below | ||||||
| Peterborough. For 3 months, 2.14" below average Northampton and | ||||||
| 1.54" below Peterborough. Max. 62.0 on 24th, General Hospital. | ||||||
| Min. 22.0 on 2nd, Boughton. Rain 0.82" on 4th, Duston. | ||||||
| APRIL . | ||||||
| Very unsettled first part of month, with severe S.W. Gale on 3rd, and | ||||||
| N.W. Gales on 6th and 7th. Fine and warm weather followed with Max- | ||||||
| imum reaching 78.5 on 16th Northampton. The weather again became | ||||||
| unsettled with Thunder on 25th. Rainfall 0.25" below average, North- | ||||||
| ampton and 0.14" below, Peterborough. Max. 80.0 General Hospital. | ||||||
| Min. 25.0 on 9th, Althorp. Rain 0.56" on 8th, Kettering. | ||||||
| MAY. | ||||||
| Fine and dry until the 17th, then very unsettled with Thunder on 18th | ||||||
| and 20th. Very heavy rain on 23rd. Very few nice days and temper- | ||||||
| atures below the average. Rainfall 1.10" above average for month, | ||||||
| Northampton and 0.66" above at Peterborough. Max. 75.0 on 13th, | ||||||
| Althorp. Min. 26.0 on 1st, Althorp. Rain 0.93" on 23rd, Boughton. | ||||||
| JUNE. | ||||||
| After a rather unsettled start with Thunder on 1st, beautiful summer | ||||||
| weather followed. A very dry spell commenced on the 4th, and did not | ||||||
| end until July 14th. Only 0.10" of rain fell in the whole of that period. | ||||||
| Rainfall was again well below average 1.40" at Northampton and 1.08" | ||||||
| at Peterborough. For six months 2.69" below average, Northampton, | ||||||
| and 1.82" below at Peterborough. Max. 90.0 on 28th, Althorp. Min. | ||||||
| 36.0 on 2nd, Duston. Rain 0.37" on 1st, Braunston. | ||||||
| JULY . | ||||||
| A beautiful summer month with rain on only 7 days. Temperatures | ||||||
| were very high and rainfall again well below the average, 1.34" at | ||||||
| Northampton, 0.28" at Peterborough. (Northampton missing the | ||||||
| heavy rain which fell in the Peterborough District on 15th and 16th) | ||||||
| Thunder 8.00 p.m. on 13th. Max. Temp. 93.0 on 12th, Althorp. Min. | ||||||
| Temp. 41.0 on 6th. Boughton. Rain 1.19" on 16th, Althorp. | ||||||
| AUGUST . | ||||||
| Unsettled first part of month with N.W. Gale on 2nd. Strong N.W. | ||||||
| wind on 3rd, and S.W. Gale on 7th. Fine and dry weather followed. | ||||||
| Thunder, evening of 27th. Fog, mornings of 25th and 26th. Rain | ||||||
| 1.57" below average, Northampton and 1.21" below, Peterborough. | ||||||
| Max. 89.0 on 24th, Ravensthorpe. Min. 37.0 on 12th, Althorp. Rain | ||||||
| 0.83" on 27th, General Hospital. | ||||||
| SEPTEMBER. | ||||||
| A very nice month with some really beautiful days. Heavy Thunder- | ||||||
| storm 9.30 p.m. on 22nd. 1.18" of rain being recorded at Northampton | ||||||
| and 1.35" at Banbury. Fog morning of 24th and 26th. Rainfall 0.06" | ||||||
| below average for Month, Northampton and 1.35" below at Peterborough. | ||||||
| For nine months 5.65" below Northampton and 4.66" below Peterborough. | ||||||
| Max. 87.5 on 5th, General Hospital. Min. 41.0 on 6th, Althorp. Rain | ||||||
| 1.35" on 22nd, Banbury. | ||||||
| OCTOBER . | ||||||
| Fine and dry until evening of 8th, when very heavy rain fell. Rest of | ||||||
| month very unsettled. Hail and Rain Storm with Thunder 4 p.m. on | ||||||
| 17th. S.W. Gale with heavy rain 18th. Hail and Thunder 1 p.m. on | ||||||
| l9th. S.W. Gale and heavy rain 25th. Cold and dry last few days with | ||||||
| fog on 28th, 30th and 31st. Rain 2.59" above average for month, North- | ||||||
| ampton and 1.07" above Peterborough. Max. 74.0 on 3rd, Ravensthorpe. | ||||||
| Min. 27.0 on 28th and 31st, Duston. Rain 1.57" on 8th, Braunston. | ||||||
| NOVEMBER. | ||||||
| A dull, unintersting month, with fog on 1 st, 15th, 18th, 19th, 20th, | ||||||
| 21st and 29th. Thunder 1 p.m. on 7th. S.W. Gale night of 20th. | ||||||
| Rainfall 0.22" above average, Northampton and 0.58" above Peter- | ||||||
| borough. Max. 63.0 on 10th, Berrywood. Min. 24.0 on 15th, Duston. | ||||||
| Rain 0.66" on 5th, Kettering. | ||||||
| DECEMBER. | ||||||
| Unsettled first part of month, with S.W. Gale on 3rd. Strong W. Wind | ||||||
| on 4th and 8th. W. Gale night of 16th. Snow on 9th and 10th. Fine | ||||||
| and dry later, but temperatures above average. Frost on only 5 nights. | ||||||
| Rainfall 0.90" below average for month, Northampton and 0.81" below | ||||||
| average, Peterborough. For 12 months 3.73" below, Northampton and | ||||||
| 3.82" below, Peterborough. Max. 57.0 on 3rd, Northampton. Min. | ||||||
| 22.0 on 12th, Althorp. Rain 0.41" on 18th, Wellingborough. | ||||||
