Readings - winter weather archive

Our Fell Top Assessors take many readings in order to write their ground conditions reports including snow depth, wind speed and temperature.

Sometimes rescues or dangerously bad weather get in the way, but they make for a fantastic account of winter time conditions in the Lake District since 1997. Please feel free to use this historic data, crediting Lake District National Park Authority should you publish it.

Fell Top Assessor Readings by year

• Fell Top Assessor Readings 1997 - 1998 (Excel spreadsheet)
• Fell Top Assessor Readings 1998 - 1999 (Excel spreadsheet)
• Fell Top Assessor Readings 1999 - 2000 (Excel spreadsheet)
• Fell Top Assessor Readings 2000 - 2001 (Excel spreadsheet)
• Fell Top Assessor Readings 2001 - 2002 (Excel spreadsheet)
• Fell Top Assessor Readings 2002 - 2003 (Excel spreadsheet)
• Fell Top Assessor Readings 2003 - 2004 (Excel spreadsheet)
• No Fell Top Assessor Readings are available for 2004 - 2005
• Fell Top Assessor Readings 2005 - 2006 (Excel spreadsheet)
• Fell Top Assessor Readings 2006 - 2007 (Excel spreadsheet)
• Fell Top Assessor Readings 2007 - 2008 (Excel spreadsheet)
• Fell Top Assessor Readings 2008 - 2009 (Excel spreadsheet)
• Fell Top Assessor Readings 2009 - 2010 (Excel spreadsheet)
• Fell Top Assessor Readings 2010 - 2011 (Excel spreadsheet)
• Fell Top Assessor Readings 2011 - 2012 (Excel spreadsheet)

Fell Top Assessor Readings - collated 1997 - 2012

• Maximum Wind Speed Readings 1997 - 2012 (Excel spreadsheet)
• Average Wind Speed Readings 1997 - 2012 (Excel spreadsheet)
• Keswick Wind Speed Readings 1997 - 2012 (Excel spreadsheet)
• Wind Direction Readings 1997 - 2012 (Excel spreadsheet)
• Summit Temperature Readings 1997 - 2012 (Excel spreadsheet)
• Valley Temperature Readings 1997 - 2012 (Excel spreadsheet)
• Wind Chill Temperature Readings 1997 - 2012 (Excel spreadsheet)
• Snow Depth Readings 1997 - 2012 (Excel spreadsheet)
• Snow Levels Readings 1997 - 2012 (Excel spreadsheet)
• Cloud Base Readings 1997 - 2012 (Excel spreadsheet)

What does "Kestrel" refer to?

Don't worry, it's not a bird of prey! "Kestrel" is the name of the recording device used by the Fell Top Assessors.

What does AS mean?

It means Above Sea level.

Will the 2012 - 2013 data be published in real time?

The Fell Top Assessors only have a limited time to reach the Helvellyn summit, descend, write and distribute their report. Therefore uploading yet more data is not possible. However we will publish the complete dataset at the end of the season.