About Oakdale Weather Station

Oakdale Weather Station is based in Blackburn, Lancashire, UK. We are an amateur meteorology site using an entry-level Fine Offset weather station and our data is analysed with Cumulus software. The site is intended for anyone interested in seeing what the weather has been like in our area and we welcome your feedback. Please note we aren't forecasting the weather - for up to date forecasts for Blackburn we recommend the Met Office's Blackburn forecast.


Sunday, 3 May 2015

Dark clouds but dry after overnight rain

Heavy rain during the early hours but afterwards skies brightened, bringing some spells of sunshine between plenty of cumulus cloud.  Despite the forecast hinting of heavy showers during the afternoon, and even though some clouds were dark and ominous, the rain stayed away and it didn't feel too bad in the afternoon sunshine.  There was a noticeable wind all day, reminding us that we are in between a trio of low pressure areas to the north, west and south.
3 May Dashboard
Temperature
Maximum: 17.1°C (14:17) minimum: 5.7°C (00:12).  Average temperature for the day: 10.9°C
Highest apparent temperature: 15.7°C (13:32).  Low apparent temperature: 1.8°C (04:22)

Wind
Highest sustained wind speed: 10.7mph (04:22).
Highest gust speed: 12.1mph (04:17), bearing 180 (S)
Dominant wind bearing: 152 (SSE)

Pressure
Maximum: 1007.9Mb, minimum: 995.5Mb

Humidity
Highest: 91% (08:52), lowest 64% (18:07)

Rainfall
Total for today: 8.4mm. Highest hourly rainfall: 3.0mm/hr (06.37)

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