Temperatures recorded on the Woodhill Cottage weather station reached 15c again today, well above November’s average peak of 9.5c. So far this month temperatures have matched those normally seen in May. The average central England temperature for the first half of November is 10.7c, almost 3c [...]
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November 29th, 2010 - 8:47 pm § in Weather, Wildlife News
Cold Snap Puts Robins at Risk
The cold snap is putting robins at risk. A major new study suggests that there are 27% fewer robins this year and that they are at their lowest levels since 1997. It appears that the birds suffered badly in last year’s hard winter when temperatures across the country were at their lowest for[...]
November 6th, 2010 - 7:36 pm § in Weather, Wildlife News
Autumn View From Newlands Corner
Looking out across the Weald from Newlands Corner this afternoon, we were treated to an amazing display of autumn colour from the trees of Blackheath, Albury Heath, The Hurtwood and Winterfold Forest. The diminishing daylight hours and falling temperatures in autumn induce trees to prepare for the w[...]
October 10th, 2010 - 7:34 pm § in Weather
St Luke’s Little Summer
This weekend has been glorious with temperatures here in the Surrey Hills into the early twenties. Despite what you might think, it isn’t unusual to get a few last days of summer in October. Ask any farmer and they will tell you that we can expect to see a spell of good weather around St [...][...]
September 19th, 2010 - 8:22 pm § in Weather
Spectacular Sunset in the Surrey Hills
Red Sky at Night Shepherd’s Delight so the old folklore rhyme goes. Last Saturday we had a horribly wet day full of heavy stormy showers. Towards early evening the clouds started to break up. The mix of the day’s towering, angry Cumulus Congestus clouds together with high altitude Cyrus [...]
Can Cows Really Forecast the Weather?
The Met Office is once again telling us that the Jet Stream is not where it should be this August and as a result the Azores High is not pushing far enough north to prevent endless low pressure systems hitting the UK. This is why the hot summer weather that holidaymakers hope for in August [...][...]
