Welcome to the weather at Rickham.

This web version, and the WAP version (at http://www.rickham.net/wx.asp), should be updated every 15 minutes.

This was the weather at Rickham, last measured at 19 Sep 2009 09:45 BST

In the previous 15 minutes the wind averaged N at Force 2, gusting to Force 3.

More properly, in the previous 15 minutes the wind was mainly from 0 degrees true at an average wind speed of 4 Knots. It gusted to a maximum of 9 Knots, with a minimum of 1 Knots. The maximum wind speed recorded in the last 12 hours was 11 Knots (Force 4) at 22:50 BST

The air temperature was 16.4 Celsius (which is 61.5 in Fahrenheit). Allowing for the effect of wind chill, this will feel more like 16.4 Celsius (or 61.5F).

The highest temperature in the last 12 hours was 16.4 Celsius (61.5F) at 09:45 BST. Whilst the lowest temperature in the same period was 12.8 Celsius (55.0F) at 03:45 BST.

The atmospheric pressure at site level (the QFE) was 1001 hPa. Which is a sea level pressure (QNH) of 1016 hPa.

The relative humidity was 75% which gives a calculated dewpoint of 12 Celsius, and a calculated cloudbase of 1800 feet.

There has been 0 mm of rainfall measured so far today. There was 0 mm measured yesterday. The annual rainfall now comes to 0.00 cm (or about 0.0 inches) in total.

There has been 1.57 hours of sunshine so far today. There was 0.07 hours yesterday. The annual sunshine now comes to 919.93 hours.

NOTE: At the moment the sensor head is on the ground. The only valid readings in that position are atmospheric pressure, air temperature and relative humidity. We are awaiting a repair or replacement see "What's New".

If you click here, and wait for it to load, you can see a more graphic representation of the weather at Rickham. Click on the days and times in the top frame to see earlier information. You can either click on "trends" in the top frame or click here to see the 15 minute weather data (and get to the graphs).

The data is no longer shared with the APRServe network. It was updated to their servers over the radio and via the internet every 15 minutes. However, the Met4Net software has not been revised or updated for some time and that simple section which just writes a file every 15 minutes does not work under either Windows Vista or Windows 7. Maybe they'll either fix it or create a version newer than Window/98 soon?

For the historic records since June 2000, click on the "Weather Archive" link above.

The weather station and the new software came from R & D Instromet in Kent.