In addition to taking part in host to some iconic music stars, Glastonbury Pageant has additionally featured the UK’s favorite (or least favorite) supporting act… the climate.
The primary Glastonbury Pageant, then referred to as the Pilton Pop, Folks and Blues Pageant, befell in September 1970, that includes Wayne Fontana, T-Rex and Steamhammer. Within the following 52 years, the pageant has been topic to a typical mixture of UK summer time climate, with wind, solar and, in fact, rain.
Utilizing Met Workplace information from close by climate stations, the data for Glastonbury Pageant tells a narrative of some unforgettable festivals, with an actual mixture of circumstances.
When was the wettest Glastonbury?
In what’s going to come as no shock to anybody who was there, Glastonbury 2007 holds the file for the wettest day of the pageant. 60.1mm of rain fell in a single day at Rodney Stoke, a close-by station to the occasion.
For different unsettled climate, the best gust velocity recorded for Glastonbury was 41mph, which has been reached at Yeovilton in 1985 and 1987 in the course of the occasion.
Though 1997’s iteration is dubbed the ‘yr of the mud’ on the Glastonbury web site because of a deluge of rain within the days previous the occasion, it really holds the file for the bottom most temperature recorded on a day of the occasion, with 13.2°C as excessive because the temperature reached at Fortress Cary Grove Mead.
When was the most well liked Glastonbury?
In 2017, with The Foo Fighters headlining, the mercury reached a balmy 31.2°C at Rodney Stoke, whereas the best minimal temperature was recorded in the identical yr, with 17.6°C on the identical location.
The sunniest day of Glastonbury on file was in 1989, when a station at Yeovilton recorded roughly 15 hours and 36 minutes of sunshine.
Climate forecast for Glastonbury 2022
With nonetheless over per week to go till Glastonbury 2022, there’s a lot uncertainty concerning the circumstances within the space at some point of the pageant, though there are some promising indicators.
Talking in the course of the Met Workplace 10 Day Pattern forecast, Presenter Aidan McGivern mentioned: “The primary indicators for Glastonbury is for prime strain to the west probably constructing in later subsequent week and that will result in extra settled climate for the southwest of the UK specifically.
“On account of the upper strain, it’s more likely to flip drier and hotter in contrast with earlier within the week, though no indicators of a heatwave in the meanwhile.”
Examine the Met Workplace app or on-line for a extra detailed Glastonbury forecast nearer the time.
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