Ken Cook
Reports for July 2026 for the Copley sites. (Averages refer to 1991-2020)
Warm and sunny. Driest of any month on my record in this area (1970)
(Differences from 1991-2020 averages in brackets)
Copley Lead Mill site 219metres asl
Temperature °C (09Z-09Z)
Mean maximum 21.2 (1.6) High 29.6 on 9th, Low17.4 on 18th
Mean minimum 10.6 (1.0) Low 4.9 on 19th, High 15.9 on 8th
Mean screen 15.9 (1.3)
Mean 30cm earth 17.9 (1.8)
Air frost 0 (0)
Days snow lying 50% 09Z, 0 (0) snow on ground 0
Max depth 09Z 0cm on 0th
River Gaunless data (Copley Lead Mill Environment Agency monitoring site 09Z daily readings)
Mean level 0.08m, high 0.08m on 1st, low 0.07m on 13th ((normal 0.00m to 0.60m)
Mean river temperature 09Z 12.1, high 13.4 on 8th, low 10.8 on 19th
Copley Met O site 257metres asl
Temperature °C (09Z-09Z)
Mean maximum 21.1 (1.9) High 30.0 on 9th, Low 17.1 on 18th
Mean minimum 11.4 (1.2) Low 6.4 on 19th, High 16.2 on 8th
Mean screen 16.3 (1.6)
Mean grass minimum 7.4 (0.4) Low -0.5 on 24th
Mean concrete minimum 12.2 (1.5) Low 7.0 on 24th
Mean 30cm earth 18.0 (2.1)
Mean 100cm earth 16.2 (2.0)
Air frost 0 (0) 0 hours
Ground frost 2 (1)
Concrete frost 0 (0)
Precipitation mm (09Z-09Z)
Total 3.4 (4%) High 1.0 on 25th
Days 0.2mm 5 (-11)
Days 1.0mm 1 (-10)
Hail 0 (0)
Thunder 0 (-2)
Snow cm
Days falling 0 (0)
Days lying 50% 09Z, 0 (0) snow on ground 0
Fresh falls 09Z 0cm (0cm)
Max depth 09Z 0cm on 0th
Sunshine hr (Campbell Stokes)
Total 220.8(115%)
Max day 14.0 on 12th
Average daily 7.1 (43% of the possible 16.7hr / day)
Days no sun 0 (-2)
Fog (Vis <1km 09Z), 0 (-1)
Pressure mb (mean sea level)
Average 09Z 1020.0 (5.2)
High 24hr 1030.7 on 12th
Low 24hr 998.6 on 26th
Wind KT (Davis recorder)
Mean W 7.1 (0.3) High gust 38 on 25th
Gale days 0 (0)
Ken Cook, Copley, Teesdale / Weardale watershed