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Sunshine Hours
How long has the sun been out today...
Traditionally, the World Meteorological
Organisation, WMO, defines a sunshine hour as “the sum of the time intervals (in
hours) during which the direct normal solar irradiance exceeds a threshold of
120 W/m2”. Recently, the WMO has approved the “pyranometric method” of
calculating sunshine duration from pyranometer measurements (WMO-No. 8, Guide to
Meteorological Instruments). Inside the Mountsorrel & Rothley Weather Station, a
software algorithm calculates sunshine hours by first calculating the 1-second
maximum potential solar radiation possible (clear sky, bright sun) based on the
time and location of the sun proximity to the weather station. If the weather
station' Pyranometer output is greater than 40% of the maximum potential direct solar radiation, then a sun second is recorded. These sun seconds are then totalled up to calculate sun hours per day.
Leicestershire averages 1364 hours of sun a year
Sunshine Hours by Month (2024) |
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| 2024 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | TOTAL(hrs) |
| JAN | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 0.5 |
51.6
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| FEB | 3.4 | 4.1 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 5.3 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 5.5 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 3.9 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 3.2 | 5.7 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
75.6
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| MAR | 6.2 | 5.5 | 9.9 | 9.6 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 2.5 | 6.1 | 8.0 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 2.2 | 9.8 | 7.4 | 5.6 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 6.1 | 11.4 | 0.7 | 6.5 | 9.2 | 6.5 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 7.2 |
181.5
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| APR | 7.8 | 9.1 | 6.8 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 0.8 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 3.6 | 6.8 | 0.0 |
95.5
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| MAY | 1.3 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 2.7 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 7.3 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 7.7 | 4.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 5.9 | 2.8 | 4.3 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.2 |
92.3
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| JUN | 1.0 | 8.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 6.1 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
104.8
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| JUL | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 5.1 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 4.6 | 6.8 | 5.6 | 0.5 | 4.8 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 5.6 | 7.1 | 5.3 | 6.7 |
93.2
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| AUG | 3.9 | 5.7 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 4.7 | 1.3 | 6.2 | 4.6 | 6.3 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 5.7 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.0 |
86.4
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| SEP | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 1.6 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
43.8
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| OCT | 0.0 | 0.1 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
30.5
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| NOV | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
14.6
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| DEC | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
5.3
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Sunshine Hours by Year |
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| YEAR | JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC | TOTAL(hrs) |
| 2025 | 20.0 | 28.5 | 100.1 | 19.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
168.5
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| 2024 | 31.6 | 47.1 | 81.4 | 75.6 | 92.3 | 104.8 | 93.2 | 86.4 | 43.8 | 30.5 | 14.6 | 5.3 |
706.6
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| 2023 | 34.2 | 71.9 | 65.4 | 148.3 | 184.1 | 214.4 | 136.4 | 158.6 | 126.7 | 68.6 | 42.4 | 9.6 |
1260.6
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| 2022 | 31.9 | 46.9 | 133.6 | 172.3 | 168.4 | 173.9 | 192.1 | 211.4 | 93.8 | 85.4 | 23.5 | 17.4 |
1350.6
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| 2021 | 18.8 | 61.0 | 82.1 | 210.1 | 149.9 | 170.4 | 135.4 | 93.0 | 100.7 | 63.4 | 28.0 | 6.1 |
1118.9
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| 2020 | 29.2 | 69.8 | 133.8 | 232.5 | 258.3 | 152.7 | 149.5 | 143.2 | 156.3 | 44.0 | 34.5 | 14.6 |
1418.4
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| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 134.4 | 148.1 | 120.2 | 151.1 | 172.0 | 141.9 | 76.4 | 24.5 | 19.5 |
988.1
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UK Outlook for Sunday 12 Jan 2025 to Tuesday 21 Jan 2025: High pressure is likely to build from the south close-to or over the UK throughout this period, with generally settled conditions prevailing for many. Cloud amounts will be variable and often large, with a chance of some fog developing under clearer spells, which could be slow to clear. Frontal systems may affect some parts of the UK though, these more likely towards the northwest of the UK, bringing some rain and windier conditions here. Any systems are likely to be fairly weak though as they run into the high pressure. Temperatures are likely to be generally around or a little above average in the north and west, although southern and eastern parts may be colder at times, especially where overnight fog and frost is slow to clear.
UK Outlook for Wednesday 22 Jan 2025 to Wednesday 5 Feb 2025: High pressure may initially dominate, especially in the south, bringing quiet, grey, and cool conditions here. Northern parts are more-likely to be unsettled but milder. This pattern will likely spread across the whole UK by the end of the period, leading to milder conditions with periods of rain and strong winds more widely.
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.