Local Forecasts, History & Records
The Extremes of Weather at Durham are the most interesting bits. We are fortunate enough to have one of the UK’s most famous Frost Hollows (Houghall) and Durham University Observatory has one of the longest continuous Meteorological records in the country.
The Top 10 Hottest Temperatures in The World Death Valley, California USA 56.7 degC, July 10th 1913 Kebili, Tunisia 55 degC, July 7th 1931 Sulaibiya, Kuwait 53.6 degC, July 31st 2012 Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan 53.5 degC, May 26th 2010 Tarat Tsvi, Israel 53 degC, June 21st 1942 Nasiriyah, Iraq 52 degC, August 3rd 2011 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 52 degC, June 22nd …
Severe and Extreme Weather in the North East of England 1901-2010 Another page imported from my Ferryhill Weather website. These are some examples of lesser-known extreme weather that have been experienced in County Durham and the North East area of the UK. Some of them were short lived, and in some cases occurred in isolation against the rest of the …
This list has been compiled from CET records after we experienced the coldest December for more than a century in Durham. In a climate that has shown a seemingly inexorable rise in temperature, December 2010 came as a huge shock to the system. Christmas Day 2010 ranks third in a series going back to 1772, marginally behind 1830. Coldest Christmas …