2015 weather was sunny, warm and wet
Records from the Hastings Meteorological Station (normal value in brackets)
Whole year
Sunshine 1948.1 hours (1761.0)
Mean maximum temp. 14.7 C (13.4)
Mean minimum temp. 8.8 C (7.5)
Rainfall 879.8 mm. (740.2)
Gale or stronger 21 days (10.7)
December 2015
Sunshine 34.1 hours (58.0)
Mean maximum temp. 12.8 C (7.9)
Mean minimum temp. 9.7 C (3.4)
Rainfall 80.7 mm. (81.3)
Gale or stronger 4 days (2.0)
December mean maximum and minimum temperatures were well above average by 4.9C and 6.3C respectively the mildest December since records began in 1875.
November 2015
Sunshine 45.9 hours (76.6)
Mean maximum temp. 13.6 C (10.6)
Mean minimum temp. 9.0 C (5.6)
Rainfall 103.7 mm. (89.3)
Gale or stronger 6 days (1.5)
October 2015
Sunshine 116.1 hours (123.8)
Mean maximum temp. 15.0 C (14.6)
Mean minimum temp. 9.7 C (8.9)
Rainfall 58.8 mm. (89.3)
Gale or stronger 0 day (1.2)
September 2015
Sunshine 204.6 hours (168.6)
Mean maximum temp. 17.9 C (18.3)
Mean minimum temp. 11.1 C (11.8)
Rainfall 95.1 mm. (62.1) 25.3 mm on 21/09/2015
Gale or stronger 0 day (0.6)
August 2015
Sunshine 201.5 hours (218.2)
Mean maximum temp. 20.6 C (20.2)
Mean minimum temp. 14.6 C (13.5)
Rainfall 148.0 mm. (59.5) 45.7 mm on 24/08/2015
Gale or stronger 0 day (0.2)
July 2015
Sunshine 238.3 hours (230.0)
Mean maximum temp. 20.5 C (20.0)
Mean minimum temp. 14.1 C (13.2)
Rainfall 55.2 mm. (53.7) 28.8 mm on 24/07/2015
Gale or stronger 0 day (0.1)
June 2015
Sunshine 286.9 hours (232.7)
Mean maximum temp. 19.3 C (18.1)
Mean minimum temp. 11.2 C (11.2)
Rainfall 17.0 mm. (46.6)
Gale or stronger 1 day (0.2)
May 2015
Sunshine 214.4 hours (228.7)
Mean maximum temp. 15.0 C (15.4)
Mean minimum temp. 9.3 C (8.4)
Rainfall 77.2 mm. (44.9)
Gale or stronger 2 day (0.3)
April 2015
Sunshine 254.2 hours (179.0)
Mean maximum temp. 13.9 C (11.9)
Mean minimum temp. 6.2 C (5.3)
Rainfall 5.9 mm. (47.0)
Gale or stronger 0 day (0.3)
March 2015
Sunshine 166.8 hours (133.0)
Mean maximum temp. 10.5 C (9.1)
Mean minimum temp. 4.4 C (3.5)
Rainfall 22.0 mm. (50.7)
Gale or stronger 2 day (0.8)
February 2015
Sunshine 114.6 hours (84.3)
Mean maximum temp. 8.0 C (7.1)
Mean minimum temp. 2.5 C (2.4)
Rainfall 67.5 mm. (52.7)
Gale or stronger 0 day (0.9)
January 2015
Sunshine 70.7 hours (64.3)
Mean maximum temp. 8.4 C (6.9)
Mean minimum temp. 3.2 C (2.6)
Rainfall 148.7 mm. (71.5)
Gale or stronger 6 day (2.1)