Weather Morecambe
Claribel Szwaja
Heavy showers extending from Cumbria into Lancashire first thing then scattered showers breaking out elsewhere through the morning. Sunny spells and scattered slow-moving showers this afternoon, these possibly thundery. Feeling on the cool side of late July. Maximum temperature 19 C.
Any showers tending to become few and far between through this evening, leaving a dry night with clearing skies. Turning quite cool with patchy fog developing in the countryside. Minimum temperature 9 C.
Into early August the weather will typically be dominated by a northwest-southeast split. North-western areas will probably experience rather breezy conditions with cloud and some outbreaks of rain or drizzle as weakening Atlantic frontal systems push eastwards across the UK. Toward the south and east it will tend to be drier and brighter much of the time, although there is also the small possibility of some thundery showers spreading in from the nearby continent at times. Later in the period some more widely unsettled weather possible before increasing signs that a settled period becomes more likely. Temperatures during this period will probably be close to or slightly above average overall, with the likelihood of some very warm conditions developing in the south and perhaps parts of the east at times.
No single weather type is expected to dominate through this period. Spells of dry, settled weather slightly more likely to occur though these will likely alternate with wetter, cloudier conditions at times. The wettest conditions will probably be in the northwest, with the southeast tending to be driest. Through the period as a whole, warmer than average conditions are more probable away from the northwest, perhaps with some short-lived hot spells to the southeast.
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In Morecambe, the summers are cool and partly cloudy; the winters are long, very cold, wet, and mostly cloudy; and it is windy year round. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 37F to 66F and is rarely below 28F or above 74F.
The warm season lasts for 3.2 months, from June 10 to September 16, with an average daily high temperature above 61F. The hottest month of the year in Morecambe is July, with an average high of 65F and low of 55F.
The cool season lasts for 3.9 months, from November 20 to March 18, with an average daily high temperature below 48F. The coldest month of the year in Morecambe is January, with an average low of 37F and high of 44F.
The wetter season lasts 4.5 months, from September 19 to February 5, with a greater than 37% chance of a given day being a wet day. The month with the most wet days in Morecambe is December, with an average of 13.7 days with at least 0.04 inches of precipitation.
Among wet days, we distinguish between those that experience rain alone, snow alone, or a mixture of the two. The month with the most days of rain alone in Morecambe is November, with an average of 13.2 days. Based on this categorization, the most common form of precipitation throughout the year is rain alone, with a peak probability of 47% on November 2.
To show variation within the months and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day of the year. Morecambe experiences some seasonal variation in monthly rainfall.
The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases.
We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.
The perceived humidity level in Morecambe, as measured by the percentage of time in which the humidity comfort level is muggy, oppressive, or miserable, does not vary significantly over the course of the year, remaining a virtually constant 0% throughout.
This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.
The windier part of the year lasts for 5.5 months, from October 10 to March 25, with average wind speeds of more than 13.4 miles per hour. The windiest month of the year in Morecambe is January, with an average hourly wind speed of 15.8 miles per hour.
The wind is most often from the east for 1.1 weeks, from April 28 to May 6, with a peak percentage of 30% on May 5. The wind is most often from the west for 12 months, from May 6 to April 28, with a peak percentage of 40% on January 1.
The time of year with warmer water lasts for 3.2 months, from June 24 to September 30, with an average temperature above 58F. The month of the year in Morecambe with the warmest water is August, with an average temperature of 62F.
The time of year with cooler water lasts for 3.6 months, from December 24 to April 12, with an average temperature below 46F. The month of the year in Morecambe with the coolest water is February, with an average temperature of 43F.
The tourism score favors clear, rainless days with perceived temperatures between 65F and 80F. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Morecambe for general outdoor tourist activities is from late June to late August, with a peak score in the third week of July.
The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with perceived temperatures between 75F and 90F. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Morecambe for hot-weather activities is from early July to early August, with a peak score in the third week of July.
For each hour between 8:00 AM and 9:00 PM of each day in the analysis period (1980 to 2016), independent scores are computed for perceived temperature, cloud cover, and total precipitation. Those scores are combined into a single hourly composite score, which is then aggregated into days, averaged over all the years in the analysis period, and smoothed.
Our precipitation score, which is based on the three-hour precipitation centered on the hour in question, is 10 for no precipitation, falling linearly to 9 for trace precipitation, and to 0 for 0.04 inches of precipitation or more.
The growing season in Morecambe typically lasts for 7.5 months (229 days), from around April 1 to around November 17, rarely starting before February 29 or after April 26, and rarely ending before October 18 or after December 16.
Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50F and a cap of 86F.
This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.
The brighter period of the year lasts for 3.4 months, from May 1 to August 12, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter above 5.0 kWh. The brightest month of the year in Morecambe is June, with an average of 6.0 kWh.
The darker period of the year lasts for 4.0 months, from October 21 to February 22, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter below 1.6 kWh. The darkest month of the year in Morecambe is December, with an average of 0.5 kWh.
The topography within 2 miles of Morecambe contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 131 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 17 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,837 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (3,202 feet).
For each station, the records are corrected for the elevation difference between that station and Morecambe according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations.
The estimated value at Morecambe is computed as the weighted average of the individual contributions from each station, with weights proportional to the inverse of the distance between Morecambe and a given station.
To get a sense of how much these sources agree with each other, you can view a comparison of Morecambe and the stations that contribute to our estimates of its temperature history and climate. Please note that each source's contribution is adjusted for elevation and the relative change present in the MERRA-2 data.
All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.
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