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.


Tuesday, 5 May 2015

The promised rain arrives

Rain arrived overnight but by morning this first band of weather had passed through.  Skies were dull with a hint of drizzle in the air but we were promised a very soggy rush hour so this was much better.  There was more rain later in the morning and skies remained grey and angry throughout, but by afternoon the clouds broke and we had an hour or so of sunshine, even if temperatures remained unremarkable.  This didn't last too long though - heavy and squally showers started to move in from the west, including a really sharp one just as I was bringing Matthew home from nursery.
5 May Dashboard
Temperature
Maximum: 13.2°C (14:14) minimum: 8.1°C (23:43).  Average temperature for the day: 10.4°C
Highest apparent temperature: 10.6°C (09:14).  Low apparent temperature: 3.4°C (19:39)

Wind
Highest sustained wind speed: 18.5mph (19:39).
Highest gust speed: 25.1mph (19:34), bearing 225 (SW)
Dominant wind bearing: 222 (SW)

Pressure
Maximum: 998.4Mb, minimum: 987.0Mb

Humidity
Highest: 90% (06:09), lowest 55% (14:14)

Rainfall
Total for today: 10.2mm. Highest hourly rainfall: 2.7mm/hr (17.44)

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