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Written 07/08/03
Temperatures soaring into the mid 80's during July made last month the
warmest in Bognor Regis for the last eight years
The peak temperature recorded at the town's weather station was
83.1°F
or 28.4°C, at the time, the hottest day of the summer. Some slightly
cooler days pushed the average temperature for July to 22.2°C, way above
the seasonal average of 20.2°C. The minimum recorded figure was also
higher than the usual 13.6°C giving rise to many sticky and
uncomfortable nights.
Unsurprisingly the sun played a major part in the heatwave, producing
251.4 hours of sunshine instead of the seasonal average of 239.1
Bizarrely, 54.2mm of rain fell in July and increase of 11.7mm on
the average. The majority (30.6mm) fell in just size days towards the
end of the month.
Bognor's weather station, located in Waterloo Square, relays information
to the Meteorological Office and is essential in providing official
statistics, proving that Bognor is one of the sunniest places in the
country. It has been rumoured that the station is to be relocated from
Waterloo Square, where it has been for over 100 years, in a bid to make
it more secure.
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