Hampstead nw3, London - Current Weather

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NW3 Weather is a meteorological observation site located near Hampstead, in North London, UK. The site was established with an automatic personal weather station in July 2010 and runs continuously, with updates at least every 60s.

Live Weather

Data recorded at 03:11:09 GMT
	Measure	Current - ? s ago	Max/Min	Rate	24hr mean
	Temperature	9.1 °C	9.2 °C at 00:00 8.9 °C at 01:47	+0.2 °C /hr +1.8 °C /24hr	8.6 °C
	Relative Humidity	96%	96% at 02:34 95% at 00:59	+0% /hr +0% /24hr	95%
	Dew Point	8.5 °C	8.5 °C at 02:59 8.1 °C at 01:25	+0.2 °C /hr +1.8 °C /24hr	7.8 °C
	Pressure	1003 hPa	1008 hPa at 00:00 1004 hPa at 03:07	-1 hPa /hr -7 hPa /24hr	1011 hPa
	Wind	1.7 mph   NNE Gusting to 1.0 mph	Max Speed: 4.4 mph Max Gust: 6.8 mph	Max Hr Gust: 5.7 mph Bft: Light air (F1)	1.2 mph NW (322°)
	Rainfall	10.1 mm	Max Rate: 7 mm/h Max Hourly: 4.6 mm	Rate: 2.1 mm/h Last 10 mins: 0.5 mm	14.9 mm (total)

Day Temp Range: 0.3 °C

Feels Like: 8.6 °C (Daily Min: 7.2 °C)

10-min Av. Wind: 0.3 mph NNE

Hour Rain: 2.7 mm

Month Rain: 70.5 mm

Last Rain: 7 mins ago

Latest Hampstead Heath pond temperature: 4.5 °C   see temperature history

View nw3weather's full 2020 Annual Report

Key data for 2020

Headline

Warm, very sunny spring; record October rain; least wintry since 2014; 7th year with above avg temperature.

Temperature

Mean 12.2 C [+1.3 C from the LTA]. Absolute Min and Max: -1.8 C (31st Dec), and 36.2 C (31st Jul).
Air frosts: 8. Ice days: 0. Days above 30C: 10. Max feels-like: 42 C.

Rainfall

Total: 640 mm [+6%] across 172 days (47%) of recordable rain.
Highest daily (starting at midnight) total: ~34 mm (3rd Oct).
Wettest Month: 166 mm [+144%] (Oct). Most rainy: 24 days (Oct).
Driest: 5 mm [-89%] (May). Fewest days: 2 days in May.
Most rain in an hour: ~10 mm, from a thunderstorm on the 16th of Aug

Sunshine

Total: 1730 hrs [+16%] from a possible 4045. (43%)
Days with more than a minute of sunshine: 312 days (85%).
Days with at least 95% of their maximum possible sun: 36 (10%).
Sunniest month: 306 hrs [+72%] (May). Dullest than avg: -36% in Oct.

Winter Events

There were zero days with lying snow, and just 1 with falling snow (giving 3 cm worth), as well as 8 air frosts [-18] (we had 36 total hrs below zero, the majority in Dec). The minimum wind chill was -7C on Dec 31st.

Wind

The maximum wind gust was 58 mph on Feb 9th, and the maximum 1-min-avg wind was 34 mph
The windiest day was the 9th Feb with a mean of 16 mph. Feb was also the windiest month at 8.7 [+3.6 mph].

Other Events

There were 2 known days of hail, 11 with thunder (5 in Aug), and 8 days with fog at 9am.

This weather station has been recording data for 4379 days (3847 at NW3)