June 2025: It
was the second warmest since continuous data
for Bristol started in 1891. With an average temperature of 19.2°C it was
0.1°C below the highest June temperature set in 2023. Both the average
maximum and minimum temperatures were 2.6°C above the 30 year average for
the city.
For the 5th consecutive month the rainfall amount was below its 30 year
average. With 50.1mm in June it was 82% of the 30 year average. The rainfall
total for the six months of 2025 now totals 278.4mm whereas the 30 year
average is 401.6mm.
It was the
windiest month of 2025 with an average wind speed of 5.5 mph. It was the
windiest June since 2017. Two thirds of all wind direction was from the
SW\WSW direction. The sunshine maximum was 3.8% above the long term average
(from 2005) at 60.3%.
Notable daily
figures were the 33.3°C recorded on the 30th. This was the second highest
June temperature since the data started in 1937. The highest was 33.5°C
recorded in 2017. The highest daily minimum temperature of 20.6°C recorded
on the 21st was the highest for the month since the data started in 1960.
The highest daily mean temperature of 26.7°C also recorded on the 21st was
the highest for the month since this data started in 1993.
Spring 2025: The
spring of 2025 was warmest with respect to the average temperature since the
data started for the city in 1891. With a mean temperature of 13.0°C it was
2.3°C above the 1990-2020 average. The spring rainfall of 2025 was the 5th
driest out of 144 years of data with a total of 64.0 mm. This was 36% of the
30 year average of 179.5 mm. The direst spring was 1990 when only 50.2 mm
was recorded..
Annual 2024: The annual rainfall for Bristol in 2024
was 1153.4 mm this makes it the 10th wettest year since this data started in
1853. The wettest year was 2012 with 1315.4 mm. The 30 year average for the
city is 913.8 mm so 2024 represents 126% of the average. The annual average
temperature for 2024 was 12.4°C. That made it the equal 4th warmest with
2020, and 0.8°C above the 30 year average of 11.6°C. Continuous average
temperatures for Bristol started in 1891. It was the dullest year from
records starting in 2005 with only 37% of the maximum sunshine recorded.
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June.htm
The
Meteorological site is situated in an urban housing area approximately one
mile to the south of the Centre of Bristol.
This area is in a district called Totterdown.
Statistical correlations with the Bristol
Meteorological Office site, that was
less than two miles to the North and was
situated on top of a City Centre office block, were generally good with
rainfall and barometric data particularly close.
The site of the station is approximately 34 metres above sea level with the
manual instruments mounted in a Stevenson screen. The screen is sited
centrally in a small concreted garden area. A Snowdon
rain gauge is mounted correctly in the ground but does not have the full open
space required around it. A Davis
Vantage Pro2 Plus automatic weather station (AWS) was
added in May 2005 and this is mounted 4 feet above a concrete shelter. The wind
data is gathered automatically from a Davis
Vantage Pro2 Plus anemometer which is sited 3.3 metres (10 feet) above the
house top.
Manual observations are still taken at approximately 09:00 hours GMT every
day for rainfall and cloud cover. Rainfall manually recorded in the Snowdon rain gauge is entered for the previous day. The
wind data is constantly logged and automatically reset at 24:00 hours GMT
every day (in the summer BST -1 hour. The Davis rainfall tipping bucket was recalibrated in November 2005 and is now
consistently under 3% under recording (an improvement from installation in
May 2005 when 10% was more
typically the norm).
Since the arrival of the Davis
Vantage Pro2 Plus equipment in May 2005 temperatures, humidity and barometric
pressure are recorded from the new equipment. These figures will be more
accurate and will be taken at exactly 09:00 GMT (in the summer BST -1 hour)
as the data is now logged to a computer.
By default the Davis
equipment records every parameter for the 24 hour period 00:00 to 23:59 BST
or GMT. Data analysis will enable manual data extraction of temperatures and
rainfall to 09:00 GMT (adjusted in the summer). Due to the 0.2 mm (tipping
bucket) measurements of precipitation recorded by the Davis equipment the
Snowdon rain gauge will still be used due to its greater accuracy (see
above).