CURRENT WEATHER AT
BRIXWORTH, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
Wednesday Mar 10 2010 21:15 GMT 

View of the skies over Brixworth looking due north from the weather station

Current temperature:  3.6 °C
Maximum temperature*: 5.2 °C  at 12:00
Minimum temperature*: 3.6 °C  at 09:15
Wind Chill:  3.6 °C

Relative humidity: 80 %
Dew Point: 0.5 °C 
Cloud base: 366 m    

Rain in past 15 mins : 0 mm
Rain today: 0.03 mm
Rain yesterday: 0 mm
Rain this year: 55 mm

Current wind: 5 mph
Maximum wind (last 15 mins): 14 mph
Minimum wind (last 15 mins): 0 mph
Wind speed trend: (Decrease)
Maximum gust* : 20 mph at 17:19           

Wind direction: ENE
Wind direction trend :  (Veer)

Sunshine today: 0 hrs
Sunshine yesterday: 0.56 hrs
Sunshine this year: 146 hrs

Pressure: 1028 mb (30.4 in/Hg)
Pressure tendency: (Decrease)

*over the past 12 hrs

Automatic Weather Station - Information

Weather data is captured and uploaded to this web site every 15 minutes. If the station has not uploaded data for some time, please check our status report for the cause.

The sky cam also updates at 15 minute intervals. Again users should consult the status report if no images have been uploaded.

Brixworth automatic weather station occupies a garden site and suffers from some sheltering in respect of rainfall and temperature. For more accurate data users should consult Pitsford Hall.

All data © Pitsford Hall weather station. This data can only be included on external web sites or used commercially with agreement from Pitsford Hall. Click here to access Pitsford Hall AWS.

Both hardware and software are manufactured by Instromet Ltd .

Specification

Professional Wind Sensor: rotating cups using a Hall effect sensor and wind vane.
Sunshine Duration Sensor: within glass dome; comparison between shade and sensor produces pulse every 36 sec when ratio exceeds a fixed value.
Rainfall Sensor: mounted in an aerodynamically shaped moulding to reduce effects of wind. The rain is collected by an 80 mm diameter funnel which passes drips through an infrared beam and counts drops.
Air Temperature Sensor:precision NTC thermistor within a radiation shield. Humidity is determined algorithmically by comparison with a wet bulb sensor.
Pressure Sensor: electronic barometric pressure sensor, mounted within data logger.

All data © Pitsford Hall weather station