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Bampton - Local Climate
The weather in the south west is one of the mildest in the UK,
warmed by the Gulf Stream. Indeed, some areas on the south coast have
micro-climates enabling the growing of some exotic species of plants.
You will find, for instance, palm trees growing on the south Devon
coast in Torquay!
By contrast, on the top of Exmoor or Dartmoor, the weather is
significantly cooler and wetter. |
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Bampton, in mid Devon, benefits from being just off the south east
edge of Exmoor, being significantly drier and warmer than just a few miles
away. The long-term climate figures shown below are from data for Exeter
given on the UK Met Office website (the
Met Office has now moved to Exeter). The figures are averaged from 1961-1990.
Bampton Rainfall
Actual rainfall figures are given below. The average figures are based on SW England and S Wales, and Nettlecombe (15 miles from Bampton near Somerset coast) 1971-2000
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Ave. |
Ave. |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
| Jan. |
142 |
124 |
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177 |
74.5 |
29.5 |
147.5 |
157.5 |
125 |
88 |
94.5 |
| Feb. |
103 |
88 |
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21.5 |
54.7 |
71 |
156.5 |
47 |
74 |
105 |
92.5 |
| March |
101 |
81 |
|
81 |
67.0 |
117.5 |
91.5 |
140.5 |
72 |
76 |
30.5 |
| April |
75 |
66 |
|
80 |
84 |
36.5 |
16.5 |
85 |
61 |
27 |
11.5 |
| May |
72 |
63 |
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46 |
58 |
127.5 |
169.5 |
99 |
67.5 |
28.5 |
44.5 |
| June |
75 |
59 |
51.5 |
62.5 |
105 |
42.5 |
144.5 |
60.5 |
131.5 |
40.5 |
97.5 |
| July |
66 |
43 |
110 |
64 |
67.7 |
48.5 |
201 |
168.7 |
230 |
86.5 |
58.5 |
| Aug. |
90 |
67 |
17 |
131 |
58 |
57.5 |
81.5 |
130.5 |
56 |
97.5 |
79 |
| Sept. |
106 |
85 |
14 |
68 |
68 |
74.5 |
60.5 |
151.5 |
46 |
88 |
77 |
| Oct. |
133 |
109 |
59.5 |
207 |
161 |
160.5 |
47.5 |
122 |
118.25 |
87 |
121 |
| Nov. |
124 |
107 |
102 |
65 |
135.5 |
175 |
77 |
95.5 |
254 |
121.5 |
106.5 |
| Dec. |
152 |
129 |
133.5 |
118 |
121 |
140 |
152.5 |
96 |
103 |
49 |
163 |
| Total: |
1248 |
1019 |
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1121 |
1054.4 |
1080.5 |
1346 |
1353.5 |
1338 |
894.5 |
976 |
2004 in the South West, it was the wettest August
for 92 years! It was in this month that Boscastle in north Cornwall had its
devastating flooding.
2006 was wettest May for over 20 years - and in 2007 the May rainfall was 385% of the average! June was 307% of the average for the month. July four and a half times the normal rainfall!
2009 in July we had 5 times the average rainfall - and had already exceeded the average annual rainfall for the year! November was 3.5 times the average rainfall.
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