Local Weather

Live feed from the Mileham East weather station

12 Oct 2024: The weather station has been mounted on a new pole and is now about 5m above ground level.  This will give better wind speed readings.

The Norfolk Strategic Flooding Alliance (NSFA) has issued a 'be prepared' message about an increased risk of autumn flooding.

This Year's Rainfall

The table below compares this year's recorded monthly rainfall figures against the region's 30 year average monthly rainfall data (1991 to 2020 source).

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Other 2024 Data

Previous Years' Readings

2023
Max temp: 32.0°C on 10 Sep  |  Min temp: -7.9°C on 23 Jan.
Max wind speed 35.6 mph⁽²⁾ and gust of 43.4 mph⁽²⁾  on 13 Mar.
Annual rainfall 908 mm ( 45% above 30 year average)   |   The most rainfall on a single day⁽¹⁾ was 66 mm on 20 Oct   |   The wettest month was October with 189 mm of rainfall.  |   The highest rainfall rate was 70 mm/hour on 2 Oct.  |  The longest period with no rainfall was 17 days in June.

2022
Max temp: 38.6°C on 19 July  |  Min temp: -7.7°C on 13 Dec.
Max wind speed 33.3 mph⁽²⁾  and gust of 41.2 mph⁽²⁾  on 7 Apr.
Annual rainfall 629 mm ( 30 year average)   |   The most rainfall on a single day⁽¹⁾ was 49 mm on 25 Aug   |   The wettest month was November with 110 mm of rainfall.  |   The highest rainfall rate was 63 mm/hour on 16 Aug.  |  The longest period with no rainfall was 26 days in April.

Full historical data are available on the Mileham East page at Weather Underground.

⁽¹⁾ Measured from midnight to midnight.

² The weather station under-reports wind speed, which is conventionally measured at a height of 10m.  Between 2022 and 12 Oct 2024 the weather station was mounted 3m above the ground. At 10m height, wind speed would be about 2 times that recorded at 3m (ref). 
Since 12 Oct 2024 the weather station has been mounted 5m above the ground.  At 10m height, wind speed would be about 1½ times that recorded at 5m.
Wind speed is the average speed measured over a ten minute period.  Gust speed is the maximum three second average wind speed.

The Mileham East weather station is currently rated 'Gold Star🏅' for accuracy by Weather Underground.

The 'Graphs' links show historic trends,  There is also a high contrast version of this dashboard.Never base important decisions on this weather information where there is a risk of harm to people or property.Credits: Display based on PWS Dashboard.  Local data upload via Weather Underground. Sky data from checkwxapi.com. Air quality data from aqicn.org. Cron via cron-job.org.  Sensors: PSG04173 set at 3m above ground level. 
Weather Underground monitors the accuracy of the Mileham East station and applies a gold star next to the station name if it meets these criteria.
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