total rainfall per season: pie chart There is most rainfall in the autumn months and least in spring. I thought there would be most rain in the winter. 1

A scatter graph of rainfall against sunshine hours in April for 50 years total sunshine hours per month rain (mm) There is no correlation between the amount of rainfall per month and the number of sunshine hours in Aprils over the past 50 years - which was not as I expected. So my hypothesis was wrong, for the April months anyway. 2

total sunshine hours april mean = 137.5 hours 70- 80- 90- 100- 110- 120- 130- 140- 150- 160- 170- 180- 190- 200- april Data source: Shawbury weather data, 1957 to 2009 3

total sunshine hours september mean = 124.1 hours 70- 80- 90- 100- 110- 120- 130- 140- 150- 160- 170- 180- 190- 200- september Data source: Shawbury weather data, 1957 to 2009 4

total sunshine hours september april 70- 80- 90- 100- 110- 120- 130- 140- 150- 160- 170- 180- 190- 200- Data source: Shawbury weather data, 1957 to 2009 5

total sunshine hours: comparative (dual) bar chart plum blue number of months 70- 80- 90- 100- 110- 120- 130- 140- 150- 160- 170- 180- 190- 200- number of sunshine hours, grouped The (plum) month had more sunshine hours overall than the (blue) month (it is more to the right) and the (plum) data set is more spread out. This agrees with my hypothesis. 6

Rainfall (mm) totals per month from 1946 to 2009 at Shawbury 7

Average rainfall (mm) totals per month,1957 to 2009 at Shawbury 8

Average max temperature (degrees C) per month,1957 to 2009 at Shawbury

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Average total sunshine hours per month, 1957 to 2009 at Shawbury 11

correlation There is not an overall negative correlation between number of sunshine hours and the amount of rainfall. There is a reasonable negative correlation for summer months, August being best (then July). 12