2016 Weather was sunny, warm and dry.

RECORDS FROM THE HASTINGS METEOROLOGICAL STATION

Supplied by David Powell (normal values in brackets)

Whole Year 2016 - was sunny, warm and dry

• Sunshine 1953.3 hours (1773.0)
• Mean maximum temp. 14.7 C (13.4)
• Mean minimum temp. 9.0 C (7.5)
• Rainfall 682.1 mm. (742.7)
• Thunder 11 days (13.9)
• Ground Frost 49 days (60.4)
• Snow or sleet 3 days (13.6)
• Snow lying at 9 am 1 day (6.4)
• Fog at 9 am 2 days (9.5)
• Gale or stronger 8 days (10.7)

December 2016 - was warm and very dry

• Sunshine 76.8 hours (58.2)
• Mean maximum temp. 10.0 C (8.0)
• Mean minimum temp. 6.0 C (3.6)
• Rainfall 18.8 mm. (80.0)
• Gale or stronger 0 days (1.9)

November 2016 - was sunny and wet!

• Sunshine 109.8 hours (76.1)
• Mean maximum temp. 11.3 C (10.6)
• Mean minimum temp. 5.5 C (5.6)
• Rainfall 122.0 mm. (89.6)
• Gale or stronger 0 days (1.6)

October 2016 - was warm and dry

• Sunshine 146.8 hours (123.7)
• Mean maximum temp. 15.5 C (14.6)
• Mean minimum temp. 9.5 C (8.9)
• Rainfall 23.1 mm. (89.1)
• Gale or stronger 0 days (1.2)

September 2016 - was warm and dry

• Sunshine 171.5 hours (168.9)
• Mean maximum temp. 20.8 C (18.3)
• Mean minimum temp. 15.3 C (11.8)
• Rainfall 41.3 mm. (62.4)
• Gale or stronger 0 days (0.6)

August 2016 - was warm and sunny

• Sunshine 270.9 hours (218.1)
• Mean maximum temp. 21.8 C (20.2)
• Mean minimum temp. 14.6 C (13.5)
• Rainfall 33.7 mm. (60.1)
• Gale or stronger 0 days (0.2)

July 2016 - was dry and sunny

• Sunshine 266.3 hours (230.1)
• Mean maximum temp. 20.2 C (20.0)
• Mean minimum temp. 14.4 C (13.2)
• Rainfall 13.9 mm. (53.7)
• Gale or stronger 0 days (0.1)

June 2016 - was dull and wet

• Sunshine 153.7 hours (233.2)
• Mean maximum temp. 17.5 C (15.4)
• Mean minimum temp. 10.3 C (8.4)
• Rainfall 79.1 mm. (46.3)
• Gale or stronger 0 days (0.2)

May 2016 - was average

• Sunshine 228.8 hours (228.6)
• Mean maximum temp. 18.4 C (18.2)
• Mean minimum temp. 12.6 C (11.2)
• Rainfall 50.4 mm. (45.2)
• Gale or stronger 0 days (0.3)

April 2016 - was average

• Sunshine 189.4 hours (179.5)
• Mean maximum temp. 11.9 C (11.9)
• Mean minimum temp. 6.5 C (5.3)
• Rainfall 37.2 mm. (46.7)
• Gale or stronger 0 days (0.3)

March 2016 - was warm and sunny

• Sunshine 158.5 hours (133.2)
• Mean maximum temp. 10.1 C (9.1)
• Mean minimum temp. 3.9 C (3.5)
• Rainfall 52.6 mm. (50.4)
• Gale or stronger 1 days (0.9)

February 2016 - was warm and windy

• Sunshine 87.8 hours (84.5)
• Mean maximum temp. 8.9 C (7.1)
• Mean minimum temp. 4.2 C (2.4)
• Rainfall 53.9 mm. (53.5)
• Gale or stronger 4 days (1.0)

January 2016 - was wet and warm

• Sunshine 79.7 hours (64.3)
• Mean maximum temp. 9.1 C (7.0)
• Mean minimum temp. 4.8 C (2.6)
• Rainfall 156.1 mm. (72.1)
• Gale or stronger 4 days (2.1)