Mountsorrel's Weather Almanac

Stormtrack Weather Forecast Almanac for Mountsorrel and Rothely

From	To	What to expect	Weather Type
23 Apr	16 May	Again, a cool period usually, however the Atlantic starts to quieten down and winds from the North or East are very common whilst Westerlies are rare.
17 May	31 May	This period is known as the fore-monsoon, traditionally dry and warm with high pressure over the UK and continent.
1 Jun	4 Jun	The first wave of the 'European Summer Monsoon' as low pressure moves in from the West bringing cooler weather and heavy slow moving showers.
10 Jun	14 Jun	The second wave of the 'European Summer Monsoon' bringing more wet and windy weather, between the periods expect better weather as the Azores high begins to expand.
18 Jun	27 Jun	The third and final wave of the 'European Summer Monsoon' brings more wet and windy weather to the UK with further heavy showers.
10 Jul	22 Jul	A traditional warm period for the UK, the first of the 'Phew, whatta scorcher!' headlines hits the press as the Azores high builds and extends over the UK.
23 Jul	27 Jul	Spanish plumes and stagnant areas of low pressure are very common during this period bringing heavy thunderstorms.
31 Jul	8 Aug	Again, a potentially thundery period of the year but this is the period where the hottest day of the year is likely to occur.
16 Aug	30 Aug	Summer starts to fade as the first of the Autumn storms arrives bringing cooler, unsettled weather to many areas, high pressure may hang on in the South for a while longer.
1 Sep	17 Sep	The 'Old Wives Summer' begins as high pressure crosses the UK en route to Siberia bringing a period of 3 or 4 fine days followed by showers.
18 Sep	24 Sep	The Atlantic starts to return more Autumn storms during this period, the period around 23rd/24th is liable to gales.
5 Oct	12 Oct	Again, a wet and windy period of the year bringing more Autumn gales to the UK.
16 Oct	20 Oct	A traditionally settled period as high pressure builds and crosses the UK.
24 Oct	13 Nov	This period is known as the 'Autumn Rains or Continental Trains' as the period starts wet and windy with gales from 26th-29th however high pressure sometimes builds from the East on the 30th.
14 Nov	24 Nov	A traditionally settled period as high pressure settles over the UK bringing quiet, foggy weather to the UK.
25 Nov	10 Dec	A wet and windy period of the year usually as cyclonic systems move in from the Atlantic, the two most stormy periods are 25th - 29th November and 6th - 12th December.
11 Dec	24 Dec	The pre-Christmas period brings the winter solstice and also a traditionally quiet and frosty period of the year as high pressure dominates the weather. Gales still possible in Northern areas
25 Dec	31 Dec	One of the most traditional periods of the year where in many years the Atlantic brings gales and heavy rain/sleet or snow back to the UK during the festive week.
5 Jan	17 Jan	A traditionally wet and windy period of the year as the Atlantic begins to become more active, however storm systems affect mainly western areas.
18 Jan	24 Jan	Dry and frosty as high pressure begins to affect the UK, Easterly winds are quite common during this time.
24 Jan	3 Feb	This period is notorious for gales and severe gales to affect the UK with snowfall a high risk to many areas.
8 Feb	16 Feb	This period usually sees the years highest frequency of high pressure across the UK and is usually the coldest period of the year.
21 Feb	25 Feb	A 'Northerly Blast' is quite common during this period as low pressure crosses the UK and snowfall affects many areas.
26 Feb	9 Mar	A stormy and cool period usually dominates this period bringing occasional Northerly outbreaks followed by wet and windy weather as storms move in from the Atlantic and settle over Norway.
10 Mar	22 Mar	A settled period as the first of the Spring anti-cyclones affects the UK. As daylight hours are longer this period can sometimes see very mild weather during the day but hard frosts at night.
23 Mar	31 Mar	March usually ends on a stormy note and starts the first of the 4 Northerly Spells which last through April and into early May bringing the traditional showers.
10 Apr	19 Apr	This is probably the most relaible of the Northerly showery outbreaks for the entire year. Low pressure to the East brings cold showers to many areas with snow possible in Scotland.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday: A good deal of fine and dry weather, with variable cloud and sunny spells throughout. Chance of some isolated showers Friday. Some mist and fog patches each morning. Becoming warmer.
UK Outlook for Friday 10 May 2024 to Sunday 19 May 2024: There is a strong signal for high pressure across the UK at the start of this period, bringing a good deal of fine and dry weather for most areas, though with patchy mist and fog in places each morning. Northwestern parts of the UK are likely to be the exception to this, with more in the way of cloud and rain at times here. The high is likely to maintain its influence into the weekend before starting to weaken during the following week. So a continuation of largely fine weather seems likely for most through the first few days, before a return of less settled conditions during the week. Temperatures are expected to be slightly above normal for early May, with some very warm days possible.

Mountsorrel is a village in Leicestershire on the River Soar, just south of Loughborough with a population of 6,662 inhabitants. A castle was built in 1080 by Hugh Lupus, but there is evidence of an earlier Norman settlement in the area in the form of pottery fragments. A Roman villa is supposed to have existed on Broad Hill during the 4th century AD, the site of today's quarry, as quarrying during the late 1800s revealed many artefacts including a preserved wooden bucket. However, the first recording of the village was in 1377, when it had a population of 156.

The Mountsorrel Weather Station is located in Mountsorrel which is just South of Loughborough andjust North of Leicester, Leicestershire.

This website is non for profit and is freely maintained by Stormchaser Stuart Robinson whose passion is for all type of weather but especially the more severe types of weather such as Hurricanes, Typhoons and Tornadoes.

Stuart oftens travels the globle to experabce severe weather first after seeing his first tornado outside a town called Stuart in Nebraska, USA on the 9th June 2003.