Hazel Farm is in Somerset and is situated on the northern aspect of the Mendip Hills overlooking the Chew Valley and less than a mile south of the village of Compton Martin. It lies at an altitude of 246 meters. The weather is recorded on a Davis Vantage Pro 2 automatic weather station. (See photo right).
The data is sent by wireless transmitter to a console and data logger. This is then uploaded to this site every 15 minutes. The equipment is well sited for most purposes though for recording the wind direction and speed it is less than ideal if the wind is from the east.
The construction of this site is in its very early stages and later it is planned to have sections on certain garden and local wildlife topics. We also plan to have a section detailing the highs and lows of our attempts to construct a Natural Swimming Pool. (See relevant page).
In the meantime I hope that the data may be of interest to people. Please remember that this is an amateur site and whilst the data is very accurate, decisions requiring current and historical weather data should not be made using this data alone. Also, please note that the data displayed does not use the UK meterological day of 09:00 to 09:00. Instead, it uses the American standard of midnight to midnight. When looking at the data in table form you may be amused to see that the location is described in the header as being in the "city" of Compton Martin and the "state" of Somerset! I will look into seeing if I can change this but, to be honest, I'm doubtful!
To see entries in the weather diary, please click here.New entry May 3rd 2012
Please click on the appropriate link to display the data: Use the back key to navigate back to this page.
Welcome to the Hazel Farm Weather site.