Weather Snippits 2016

January 1st - 7th - In the first week of 2016, 27.3 millimetres of rain was recorded, making it the wettest start to a year ever at Bracken House. In that same period, only 0.2 hours of sunshine was recorded.

January 15th - At 07:04, the temperature fell to -0.8°C, the lowest temperature since -2.8°C was recorded on November 22nd 2015. This was the first sub-zero temperature of 2016.

January 16th / 17th - Overnight, a total of 25 millimetres of snow fell, the heaviest snowfall since 40 millimetres was recorded on January 30th 2015.

January 22nd - At 15:51, the temperature reached 10.1°C, the first time a double figure maximum has been recorded in 2016.

January 24th - At 14:37, the temperature reached 13.3°C, the highest so far in 2016.

February 1st- The warmest, and windiest day of 2016 so far. The maximum temperature reached 13.6°C at 12:33 and the highest wind gust was 42 mph at 11:54.

February 16th - At 06:48, the temperature reached -2.7°C, the coldest of the year so far and the coldest since -2.8°C was recorded on November 22nd 2015.

February 24th - The temperature dropped to -3.2°C at 06:38, the lowest temperature since -3.5°C was recorded on February 2nd 2015.

February 28th - At 11:28, the U.V. Index reached 1.7, the highest since 2.2 was recorded on October 6th 2015.

March 11th - At 12:01, the U.V. Index reached 2.4, the highest since 2.5 was recorded on September 28th 2015.

March 13th - At 23:01, the barometric pressure reached 1036.8 millibars, the highest since 1037.9 millibars was recorded on the 28th September 2015.

March 16th - At 13:05, the solar high was 838 w/m², the highest since 893 w/m² was recorded on September 20th 2015.

March 24th - 0.4 millimetres of rain fell shortly before midnight which ended a run of 14 consecutive days without any measurable precipitation. This is the longest dry spell since July 2013 when no rain fell for 17 days.

March 25th - At 12:31, the solar high was 863 w/m², the highest since 893 w/m² was recorded on September 20th 2015.

March 27th - At 13:48, the solar high was 930 w/m², the highest since 946 w/m² was recorded on September 15th 2015.

March 28th - At 06:34, the barometric pressure fell to 971.4 millibars, this was the lowest pressure since 970.5 millibars was recorded on February 8th 2014.

March 30th - At 13:47, the solar high was 979 w/m², the highest since 1028 w/m² was recorded on September 2nd 2015.

April 2nd - At 17:05, the temperature reached 13.8°C, making it the highest since 13.9°C was recorded on December 20th 2015, and the highest temperature of 2016.

April 5th - At 13:51, the solar high was 1088 w/m², the highest since 1169 w/m² was recorded on August 16th 2015.

April 6th - At 12:12, the U.V. index reached 3.1, the highest since 3.2 was recorded on September 15th 2015.

April 7th - At 13:51, the solar high was 1090 w/m², the highest since 1169 w/m² was recorded on August 16th 2015.

April 8th -  At 12:05, the solar high was 1109 w/m², the highest since 1169 w/m² was recorded on August 16th 2015.

April 11th - At 12:01, the temperature reached 14.1°C, making it the highest since 14.8°C was recorded on December 19th 2015, and the highest temperature of 2016.

April 13th - At 15:36, the temperature reached 15.3°C, making it the highest since 16.3°C was recorded on November 10th 2015, and the highest temperature of 2016.

April 17th - At 12:50, the U.V. index reached 3.6, the highest since 3.7 was recorded on September 9th 2015.

April 19th - At 13:26, the U.V. index reached 3.9, the highest since 4.0 was recorded on September 5th 2015.

April 22nd - At 13:17, the U.V. index reached 4.2, the highest since 4.3 was recorded on August 29th 2015.

April 27th - At 04:48, the temperature fell to -0.2°C, the latest day in the year that an air frost has been recorded.

April 28th - At 05:45, the temperature fell to -1.7°C, the latest day in the year that an air frost has been recorded.

April 30th - At 11:56, the solar high was 1113 w/m², the highest since 1169 w/m² was recorded on August 16th 2015.

May 3rd - At 12:04, the solar high was 1201 w/m², the highest since 1266 w/m² was recorded on July 21st 2015. At 13:17, the U.V. index reached 4.2, the highest since 4.7 was recorded on August 22nd 2015.

May 4th - At 16:22 the temperature reached 16.6°C, the highest since 17.0°C was recorded on October 9th 2015.

May 5th - At 17:29, the temperature reached 19.3°C, the highest since 20.4°C was recorded on September 10th 2015.

May 6th - At 12:44, the U.V. index reached 4.9, the highest since 5.0 was recorded on August 21st 2015.

May 7th - At 16:02, the temperature reached 20.6°C, the highest since 25.2°C was recorded on August 23rd 2015.

May 8th - At 14:58, the temperature reached 24.2°C, the highest since 25.2°C was recorded on August 23rd 2015.

May 14th - At 13:13, the U.V. index reached 5.0, the highest since 5.1 was recorded on August 16th 2015.

May 16th - At 12:47, the solar high was 1229 w/m², the highest since 1266 w/m² was recorded on July 21st 2015.

May 17th - At 13:19, the U.V. index reached 5.4, the highest since 5.8 was recorded on August 9th 2015.

May 20th - At 13:36, the U.V. index reached 5.5, the highest since 5.8 was recorded on August 9th 2015.

May 21st - At 13:37, the U.V. index reached 5.6, the highest since 5.8 was recorded on August 9th 2015.

May 25th - The maximum temperature of 10.3°C recorded at 14:10 was the lowest maximum temperature ever recorded here in the last week of May.

May 31st - The maximum temperature of 11.8°C recorded at 11:39 was the lowest maximum temperature ever recorded here on the last day of May.

June 1st - The maximum temperature of 11.6°C recorded at 15:29 was the lowest maximum temperature ever recorded here on the first day of June.

June 7th - At 16:36, the temperature reached 24.8°C, the highest since 25.2°C was recorded on August 23rd 2015.

June 17th - At 13:33, the U.V. index reached 5.9, the highest since 6.1 was recorded on August 4th 2015.

June 20th - At 13:42, the U.V. index reached 6.4, the highest since 6.8 was recorded on July 21st 2015.

June 21st - At 14:14, the U.V. index reached 6.7, the highest since 6.8 was recorded on July 21st 2015.

June 26th - At 13:24, the U.V. index reached 7.0, the highest since 8.2 was recorded on June 17th 2015.

July 6th - At 12:52, the U.V. index reached 7.2, the highest since 8.2 was recorded on June 17th 2015.

July 16th - At 13:00, the U.V. index reached 7.9, the highest since 8.2 was recorded on June 17th 2015.

July 18th - At 17:30, the temperature reached 26.8°C, making it the hottest day of 2016. This was the highest temperature since 27.0°C was recorded on August 22nd 2015.

July 19th - At 17:42, the temperature reached 30.1°C, the highest temperature since the all-time high of 32.7°C which was recorded on July 1st 2015.

August 23rd - At 16:00, the temperature reached 27.2°C, making it the second warmest day of the year, beaten only by the 30.1°C recorded on July 19th.

August 25th - 14.0 millimetres of rain was recorded, making it the second wettest day of 2016, beaten only by the 14.8 millimetres recorded on March 28th.

September 6th - At 13:07, the temperature reached 24.1°C, the warmest September day since September 4th 2013 when the temperature reached 25.3°C. The minimum temperature was 18.2°C at 23:10 and the average for the day was 20.6°C.

September 9th - The maximum temperature was 20.7°C recorded at 15:33. This was the fifth consecutive day that the maximum was above 20°C, a September first at this location.

September 13th - The maximum temperature was 28.4°C recorded at 15:16. The was the hottest ever September day, beating the previous best of 27.8°C set on September 30th 2011. This was also the second highest temperature of 2016, beaten only by the 30.1°C recorded on July 19th.

November 2nd - At 03:49, the temperature fell to 0.4°C, the lowest temperature since -1.7°C was recorded on April 28th 2016.

November 8th - At 07:11, the temperature fell to -1.1°C, the first time an air frost was recorded this autumn / winter season.

November 17th - At 12:43, a wind gust speed of 47 mph was recorded, the highest wind gust of 2016.

November 21st - The total rainfall for the day was 20.8 millimetres, making it the wettest day since July 19th 2014 when 21.6 millimetres was recorded.

November 29th - At 23:00, the temperature fell to -2.0°C, the lowest temperature since -2.7°C was recorded on March 8th.

December 17th - At 21:29, the barometric pressure reached 1037.9 millibars, the highest since the same pressure was recorded at 10:35 on 28th September 2015.

December 23rd - The maximum gust speed of 40 mph at 14:57 was the third highest wind gust of 2016. The average maximum wind speed of 23.00 mph at 12:45 was the highest of 2016.

December 25th - At 11:37, the temperature reached 13.1°C making it the warmest Christmas Day so far recorded here. The previous best was 12.9°C set in 2015.

December 27th - At 19:20, the barometric pressure reached 1043.9 millibars, the highest ever recorded in December here. This was the second highest pressure ever recorded here, beaten only by the 1044.6 millibars on February 7th 2012.

December 29th - The maximum temperature of 1.2°C at 14:23 was the lowest daily maximum temperature since January 21st 2013 when the maximum temperature only reached -0.1°C.