Brampton Weather Station
A look at the Weather Station and location.
Location - 54deg 56min 6sec NORTH and 2deg 44min 1sec WEST
Approx 117 metres above sea level or 384 feet, 10 miles East of Carlisle on the very edge of the North Pennines on the outskirts of the market town of Brampton, Cumbria UK.
The following instrumental and visual observations once a day at 0900 GMT.
- Temperature, dry-bulb, in the screen
- Temperature, wet-bulb, in the screen
- Temperature extremes, maximum and minimum, in the screen(both thermometers) are then reset)
- Amount of precipitation 0900-0900GMT
- State of ground
- Snow depth
- Amount of cloud
- Present weather
- Visibility
- Temperature, grass minimum (thermometer then reset)
- Temperature, concrete minimum (thermometer then reset)
- Soil Depth temperature 10c,30cm, and 100cm
- Sunshine Hours
- Past Weather - brief account for the previous day, entered into a diary
- Wind direction and speed.
Stevenson Screen - and internal view
Sunshine Record - Raingauge and Grass/Concrete Thermometers
Anemometer and Automatic Weather Station Davis VP2
