Climate
Kent is one of the warmest parts of Britain. On August 10, 2003, in the hamlet of Brogdale near Faversham the temperature reached 38.5 °C (101.3 °F), the hottest temperature ever recorded in the United Kingdom.
| Climate data for Wye, England (1981–2010) data | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 7.4 (45.3) |
7.4 (45.3) |
10.3 (50.5) |
12.9 (55.2) |
16.3 (61.3) |
19.3 (66.7) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.9 (71.4) |
18.8 (65.8) |
14.8 (58.6) |
10.7 (51.3) |
7.8 (46) |
14.1 (57.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.5 (40.1) |
4.4 (39.9) |
6.7 (44.1) |
8.7 (47.7) |
12.0 (53.6) |
14.7 (58.5) |
17.2 (63) |
17.2 (63) |
14.6 (58.3) |
11.2 (52.2) |
7.5 (45.5) |
5.0 (41) |
10.3 (50.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 1.7 (35.1) |
1.5 (34.7) |
3.1 (37.6) |
4.6 (40.3) |
7.7 (45.9) |
10.2 (50.4) |
12.6 (54.7) |
12.5 (54.5) |
10.5 (50.9) |
7.7 (45.9) |
4.3 (39.7) |
2.3 (36.1) |
6.6 (43.9) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 71.4 (2.811) |
50.3 (1.98) |
48.9 (1.925) |
49.1 (1.933) |
50.7 (1.996) |
48.8 (1.921) |
48.2 (1.898) |
61.8 (2.433) |
55.1 (2.169) |
93.0 (3.661) |
83.5 (3.287) |
80.3 (3.161) |
741.1 (29.177) |
| Avg. rainy days | 12.7 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 12.1 | 12.0 | 12.2 | 117.4 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 59.6 | 79.6 | 115.3 | 174.1 | 205.2 | 200.1 | 213.7 | 210.3 | 152.2 | 118.2 | 71.9 | 49.8 | 1,649.9 |
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Famous quotes containing the word climate:
“The question of place and climate is most closely related to the question of nutrition. Nobody is free to live everywhere; and whoever has to solve great problems that challenge all his strength actually has a very restricted choice in this matter. The influence of climate on our metabolism, its retardation, its acceleration, goes so far that a mistaken choice of place and climate can not only estrange a man from his task but can actually keep it from him: he never gets to see it.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
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—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)
“The climate has been described as “ten months winter and two months mighty late in the fall.””
—Administration in the State of Colo, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)