Weather in Colchester, Essex, UK.

Station Records

The information here is from the 10 years of operation of the weather station - August 2004 to July 2014.

Temperature

Maximum temperature 33.4 °C 26/07/2006
Minimum temperature -11.7 °C 20/12/2010
Hottest month 22.0 ºC July 2006
Coldest month 0.3 ºC December 2010
Average annual temperature 11.0 ºC  
Hottest year 11.9 ºC 2006, 2011
Coldest year 9.6 ºC 2010

 

 

Air Frosts

(Data for the latest winter will not be complete until the end of April each year)

Frosts in a winter Average 40.3
Most 59 (2012-2013)
Least 8 (2013-2014)
First Frost Earliest 21/10 (2007)
Latest 1/12 (2009)
Last Frost Earliest 12/3 (2010)
Latest 21/4 (2013)

Rainfall

Average annual rainfall 667.0 mm  
Average rain days per year 182  
Wettest year 961.5mm 2012
Most rain days in a year 220 2012
Driest year 526.0mm 2005
Least rain days in a year 167 2011
Most rain in a month 142.6 mm August 2004
Most rain days in a month 31 January 2014
Least rain in a month 0.7 mm April 2007
Least rain days in a month 2 April 2007

 

 

Barometric Pressure

Average barometric pressure 1013.3 hPa  
Maximum barometric pressure 1044 hPa 21/12/2006
Minimum barometric pressure 963 hPa 10/03/2008

Sunshine

Average annual sunshine 1727 hours  
Most sunshine in a day 16 hr 05 min 28/06/2006
Sunniest Month 301 hr 39 min July 2006
Dullest Month 52 hr 11 min February 2013

 

 

Wind

Average wind speed 6.5 mph  
Maximum wind speed 58.9 mph 03/03/2013

 

The elevation of the site is 48m and the barometric pressure is corrected to sea level. The weather station was installed in July 2004 but was relocated approximately 3km during September 2009, still within the Myland area of Colchester. Sunshine data was unavailable from September 2009 to August 2011 and was not used in the averages. From January 2012, norm data has been taken from the Colchester readings for temperature and rainfall and the Wattisham readings for sunshine time in the 1981-2010 publication by the Climatological Observers Link. Prior to that the 1971-2000 data was used.

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