Forecast
Tonight's Forecast
Thursday 18th September
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Rain radar is clear for the SE
Visual and infrared satellite images are showing a clear spells and varying amounts of cloud. The cloud is coming in from the W
n spite of receiving live visual and infrared satellite pictures every 15 minutes the cloud is still sometimes difficult to predict when and by how much the cloud is going to break up
Note. Temperatures are taken at 1.25mtrs above the ground on a north facing wall
A dry , warm evening and overnight with clear spells and varying amounts of cloud.
Mild with minimum temperatures 17 to 16C,
Winds from a SW / SSW later S direction will be brisk moderating light by late evening,
Tomorrow will be dry and eventually very warm with sunny spells at first later long spells of unbroken sunshine.
Top temperatures 25 to 26C
Winds from a S / SSE later SSW will be very light at first increasing to light and then light to brisk by early afternoon.
The temperature at 5.56pm was 21.4C, humidity 73% and the barometric pressure 1019.3mb's and rising very slightly
Top temperature today was 22.4C
Last gust was 17mph SSW
Rain for January was 68.5mm
Rain for February was 42.2mm
Rain for March was only 3.6mm
Rain for April was 28.8mm
Rain for May was 17.1mm
Rain for June was 27.2mm
Rain for July was 56.8mm
Rain for August was 20.8mm
Rain yesterday was 0.9mm
Rain so far September is 40.0mm
Rain year to date is 306.9mm
Rain for 2024 was 676.7mm which was above average for this area
Rain for 2023 was 713.4mm which is above average for this area
Rain for 2022 was 572.7mm which is average for this area.
Rain for 2021 was 642.9mm which is slightly above average for this area.
Rain for 2020 was 607.4mm which was about average for this area.
Rain for 2019 was 696.3mm which was above average
Rain for 2018 was 617.8mm which is slightly above average
Rain for 2017 was 707.7mm which is above average for this area.
Rain for 2016 was 586.7mm which is average for this area.
Rain for 2015 was 581.6mm which is average for SW Essex
Rain for 2014 was 881.4mm which is an all time record for this area..
Rain for 2013 was 727.2mm which is above average for SW Essex.
Rain for 2012 was 858.9mm which was high for this area.
Rain for 2011 was 417.5mm which is very low for this area which normally has around 525 to 575mm
Last updated at 5.56pm Thursday
Next update at 0645BST
