Radcliffe Met Station

The Radcliffe Meteorological Station has been taking daily weather observations in Oxford since 1815, the longest record in the UK!

[University of Oxford @UniofOxford]

According to @RMS_Oxford, the sun will set tomorrow (Saturday 21 October) in Oxford at 18:01.

This is the last time that the sun will set after 18:00 until Sunday 10 March 2024.

[Ed Hawkins @ed_hawkins]

Would you like to help climate scientists?

If so, today we launch our latest #WeatherRescue project.

Join other volunteers to transcribe lost weather observations. The mission is to recover pressure measurements taken in Oxford between 1828-1860.

Visit: https://t.co/MUuhGoZtnx

[Radcliffe Met Station @RMS_Oxford]

Last week we said goodbye to Anlin Chen, who has been recording observations since December 2020! She has been an integral part of the team and will be greatly missed at RMS Oxford. All the very best for the future, Anlin!

[Green Templeton College @greentempleton]

In March @RMS_Oxford recorded 133.9mm of rainfall which is the highest-ever March total for the station. The previous highest total was 133.6mm in 1862. The most rainfall on any day was 15.3mm. There were 6 days recorded over 10mm and
Rainfall occurred on 27 of the 31 days.

[Radcliffe Met Station @RMS_Oxford]

Happy Easter from the team at RMS Oxford! 🐰🐣

[Radcliffe Met Station @RMS_Oxford]

Merry Christmas to all from the RMS Oxford team!

[Radcliffe Met Station @RMS_Oxford]

Did you know that we write monthly (and yearly) reports on our observations at the Radcliffe Met Station? Email [email protected] to be added to our mailing list!

[Radcliffe Met Station @RMS_Oxford]

Despite the onset of autumn, September 2022 was still fairly warm at RMS Oxford, with a monthly average temperature of 15.6°C. This ranks joint 11th out of 205 in our September temperature records.

[Radcliffe Met Station @RMS_Oxford]

RMS Oxford recorded 11.4mm of rainfall across July and August, which is the driest since our records began in 1815. The next driest July and August occurred in 1955, with 18.8mm of rainfall observed. It's easy to see why Oxford was given drought status!

[Radcliffe Met Station @RMS_Oxford]

@bablakewx @greentempleton We take our wind and sunshine measurements at another location to avoid the impact of the nearby trees and buildings. They also look much closer in that photo than they are in reality!

[Radcliffe Met Station @RMS_Oxford]

Yesterday several observers chatted to the public about our weather station and its history, as part of @greentempleton's Oxford Open Doors event. Thank you to everyone who came along and spoke to us! #OxfordOpenDoors

[Radcliffe Met Station @RMS_Oxford]

The mini heatwave in August 2022 didn't produce a new maximum temperature record at RMS Oxford, but temperatures climbed over 30°C on 5 consecutive days (10th-14th August). This is the joint third longest period over 30 degrees in the station's long history.

[Radcliffe Met Station @RMS_Oxford]

Only 236.1mm of precipitation was measured at the Radcliffe Met Station between January and July 2022, the fewest since 1976. And with no rainfall recorded during August so far, could we see records broken from beyond 1976?

[Radcliffe Met Station @RMS_Oxford]

The 2021 annual report from the Radcliffe Met Station is now available to read online!

https://t.co/tkugvkVef0

@UniofOxford @oxfordgeography @greentempleton

[Zachary Posnik @ZAPosnik]

Weather readings with @RMS_Oxford this morning, oldest monitoring station in the U.K. (est. 1815)
@OxfordUni_BCM
@oxfordgeography
@greentempleton

[Radcliffe Met Station @RMS_Oxford]

Matt taking this morning’s observations, including readings from the Newman barometer in the Radcliffe Observatory. The barometer was installed in 1838 and is still in daily use today!

@UniofOxford @oxfordgeography @greentempleton

[Radcliffe Met Station @RMS_Oxford]

The pressure wave from the Tongan volcanic eruption was detected in Oxford by the @OxfordAOPP AWS at 19:00 on 15th Jan, and 02:00 on 16th Jan! (Unfortunately, time series data for pressure are not available @RMS_Oxford since a manual barometer is read there once a day only)

[Radcliffe Met Station @RMS_Oxford]

Happy New Year from everyone at the Radcliffe Met Station!

With a maximum temperature of 15.0°C, yesterday was the warmest New Year’s Eve in the @RMS_Oxford record, surpassing the previous record of 13.6°C set in 1859!

@UniofOxford @oxfordgeography

[Radcliffe Met Station @RMS_Oxford]

Here's the Radcliffe Met Station! https://t.co/U6omZ125BW

[Yadvinder Malhi @ymalhi]

This is both funny and amazing. Type in the title of your dissertation. “sensible heat flux over heterogenous vegetation” (the image is a lot more interesting than my PhD was). https://t.co/47fP8Mz3QH

[Radcliffe Met Station @RMS_Oxford]

@metoffice Our sunniest December day was actually 1st Dec 2017 with 7.7 hours! We have both 1961 and 1981 in our top 10 days so it's possibly one of them but I'm not sure!