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15 November 2026 07:37:46
6.4C, cloudy with occasional large breaks; dipped to 3.0C early last night
I can calculate the movements of stars, but not the madness of men - Isaac Newton

Chichester 12m asl

NMA
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15 November 2026 07:53:39
Cloudy with moderate rain just beginning. Radar looks excited. Oh and 6.8C. I'm trapped in the office for the duration because someone borrowed the brolly which is in now the house.

Edit done a quick dash and retrieved brolly.

Vale of the Great Dairies

South Dorset

Elevation 60m 197ft

Roger Parsons
15 November 2026 08:01:11
Went up early to unlock church at 7.45am. Air temp is -7°C. Very still and ice on roads and pavements.

RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

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15 November 2026 08:10:26

Went up early to unlock church at 7.45am. Air temp is -7C. Very still and ice on roads and pavements.

Originally Posted by: Roger Parsons 

I haven't seen a -7C for several years here. The two recent frosts here stripped the trees of leaves though and yellowed the nearby oaks.

Pelargoniums that survived last winter are now dead in their pots.

Vale of the Great Dairies

South Dorset

Elevation 60m 197ft

Roger Parsons
15 November 2026 08:15:29

I haven't seen a -7C for several years here. The two recent frosts here stripped the trees of leaves though and yellowed the nearby oaks.

Pelargoniums that survived last winter are now dead in their pots.

Originally Posted by: NMA 

Bit of a local frost pocket - it will soon rise. I'll check again at 9am.

RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

Roger Parsons
15 November 2026 08:47:40

Bit of a local frost pocket - it will soon rise. I'll check again at 9am.

Originally Posted by: Roger Parsons 

At 8.30am the garden thermometer reads 0°C, original one at churchyard now -2°C. 

I'm always intrigued by local variations in temperature. The "garden thermometer" faces north, in the shade on the east side of the house at about 1.5m height, and is reasonable consistent. The second, at about 2m height, is west-facing into the churchyard, bounded by a high brick wall to the south. It tends to read low am and high pm so I don't take it too seriously, and you can see why.

RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

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NMA
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15 November 2026 09:28:11
My north-facing garden has reached the stage of the year where the sun cannot reach it. The top of the tiled roof office is the last spot for an hour or so. Then it's mid-February before I get a little sun on the brick wall of the office and through the window, when I have to draw down the blind. But I notice the daylight change from early to mid-January with early risers like snowdrops peeking through even the shaded back garden. I'm sometimes surprised that some people don't really notice the changes until mid February.
Vale of the Great Dairies

South Dorset

Elevation 60m 197ft

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15 November 2026 09:31:42

At 8.30am the garden thermometer reads 0°C, original one at churchyard now -2°C. 

I'm always intrigued by local variations in temperature. The "garden thermometer" faces north, in the shade on the east side of the house at about 1.5m height, and is reasonable consistent. The second, at about 2m height. is west-facing into the churchyard, bounded by a high brick wall to the south. It tends to read low am and high pm so I don't take it too seriously, and you can see why.

Originally Posted by: Roger Parsons 

In December 1784 the naturalist Gilbert White, in Selborne, Hampshire, recorded temperatures that were vastly out of place. He asked an acquaintance who lived on higher ground at Newton Valence to read his thermometer morning and night. White wrote that he had been “expecting wonderful phenomena, in so elevated a region, at two hundred feet or more above my house”, but he was utterly baffled when it turned out that Newton was up to 18 degrees fahrenheit (10C) warmer than his home down below in Selborne.

https://www.thetimes.com/travel/advice/weather-eye-high-pressure-system-keeps-britain-dry-z67hg7jqn3t 

I believe this is the first time a temperature inversion was recognised. White went on to swap thermometers in case it was an instrument malfunction

I can calculate the movements of stars, but not the madness of men - Isaac Newton

Chichester 12m asl

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15 November 2026 09:33:14
Heavy rain just starting here (back in Chichester)
I can calculate the movements of stars, but not the madness of men - Isaac Newton

Chichester 12m asl

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Rob K
15 November 2026 09:58:30

Went up early to unlock church at 7.45am. Air temp is -7°C. Very still and ice on roads and pavements.

Originally Posted by: Roger Parsons 

That seems very much lower than any official temperatures.

Yesterday morning hit a low of -7.2C at South Newington but the lowest official overnight last night looks to be -4.5C at Santon Downham. A fairly modest -2C the low here and the cloud has thickened up after a bright start, so the rain is almost here. A sharp rise in temperature to 6C currently.

Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl

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Roger Parsons
15 November 2026 10:12:05

That seems very much lower than any official temperatures.

Yesterday morning hit a low of -7.2C at South Newington but the lowest official overnight last night looks to be -4.5C at Santon Downham. A fairly modest -2C the low here and the cloud has thickened up after a bright start, so the rain is almost here. A sharp rise in temperature to 6C currently.

Originally Posted by: Rob K 

Absolutely, Rob - which is why I always go on the other thermometer. See my note above. I would guess we are about 4°C now. We are a high point above the River Witham valley and associated fens, so putting aside inaccurate instruments and human error, one could expect to see some contradictions.

https://www.visitlincolnshire.com/things-to-do/walking/viking-way-07-bardney-to-lincoln-walk/ 

RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

Chunky Pea
15 November 2026 11:36:09
First falls of rain this month occurred yesterday, and some overnight, but only small amounts but enough to wet the ground. (which is a pity, as was great walking through and kicking around crunchy crisp dry leaves on the streets!) Month total now a whopping 8.4mm. 
Patrick,

East Galway, Ireland.

Roger Parsons
15 November 2026 17:28:37
We have just had a Yellow snow warning for East Midlands on Tuesday: Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire

https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings#?date=2026-11-17&id=401e8bda-a79f-4da4-aba7-73c323e7ac50 

RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

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