Pitsford Weather Centre formerly Pitsford Hall weather station, is an climatological station maintained by
Pitsford School
Pitsford School, established 1989, is a co-educational, 3-18 independent school in Pitsford, Northamptonshire. Originally called Northamptonshire Grammar School, the school changed its name to Pitsford School in September 2011. Pitsford School i ...
in the village of
Pitsford
Pitsford is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire in the United Kingdom. According to 2001 census, the parish's population was 636 people, increasing to 671 at the 2011 census.
The village's name means 'Peoht's ford'.
Pitsford ...
, Northamptonshire. The centre was established in 1998 and issues local forecasts for the county as well as maintaining a detailed and continuous weather record. The centre maintains the Met Office climate station for Northampton, officially known as Pitsford, Northampton. The centre is a regular contributor to weather-related articles in the local press and has featured on local and national TV and radio. An analysis of each month's weather as well special articles are published in the centre'
Monthly Weather reportreceived by the British Library and available online and in hard copy to subscribers.
The weather station has been run by Sixth Form students using traditional meteorological instruments from its inception in 1998 until 2016 when the site became fully automatic and renamed Pitsford Weather Centre. However, manual observations were recommenced in 2018 when the site was incorporated into the Met Office network of climatological monitoring stations.
The Weather information is now available vi
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for iPhone and Android.
An extensive archive of county weather records is held by the station which date back to 1880 and the station continues to receive weather records from a number of sites from across the county.
The weather centre's most popular feature remains it
a comprehensive 3 day forecast for Northamptonshire, distributed by free subscription email.
The station enjoys the patronage of broadcast meteorologists
Michael Fish MBE (now retired) and
Alex Deakin. It is a corporate member of the
Royal Meteorological Society
The Royal Meteorological Society is a long-established institution that promotes academic and public engagement in weather and climate science. Fellows of the Society must possess relevant qualifications, but Associate Fellows can be lay enthus ...
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Education in West Northamptonshire District
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