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Middle Wallop

Village in Hampshire, England

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Middle Wallop is a village in the civil parish of Nether Wallop in Hampshire, England, on the A343 road. At the 2011 Census the population was included in the civil parish of Over Wallop. The village has a public house, The George Inn, and a petrol station as well as The Wallops Parish Hall.

01The Wallops

Together the villages of Over Wallop, Middle Wallop and Nether Wallop are known as The Wallops and run in a line roughly north to south following the course of the Wallop Brook, which has its source in Over Wallop.

02Middle Wallop airfield

To the east of the villages the area is dominated by the Middle Wallop airfield, home to the Army Air Corps, a branch of the British Army. It was supposedly the site of a battle between certain Vitalinus, possibly Vortigern, and Ambrosius Aurelianus.

03Climate

Climate data for Middle Wallop (1991-2020 normals, extremes 1984-)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 15.5
(59.9)
18.1
(64.6)
21.8
(71.2)
26.1
(79.0)
32.5
(90.5)
36.5
(97.7)
35.2
(95.4)
34.9
(94.8)
30.7
(87.3)
26.8
(80.2)
17.4
(63.3)
15.2
(59.4)
36.5
(97.7)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 7.8
(46.0)
8.3
(46.9)
10.9
(51.6)
13.9
(57.0)
17.2
(63.0)
20.1
(68.2)
22.2
(72.0)
21.8
(71.2)
19.1
(66.4)
14.9
(58.8)
10.9
(51.6)
8.2
(46.8)
14.6
(58.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) 4.8
(40.6)
5.0
(41.0)
7.0
(44.6)
9.4
(48.9)
12.4
(54.3)
15.2
(59.4)
17.3
(63.1)
17.1
(62.8)
14.6
(58.3)
11.3
(52.3)
7.6
(45.7)
5.2
(41.4)
10.6
(51.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 1.8
(35.2)
1.8
(35.2)
3.2
(37.8)
4.8
(40.6)
7.7
(45.9)
10.4
(50.7)
12.3
(54.1)
12.4
(54.3)
10.2
(50.4)
7.7
(45.9)
4.4
(39.9)
2.2
(36.0)
6.6
(43.9)
Record low °C (°F) −10.1
(13.8)
−10.5
(13.1)
−6.3
(20.7)
−3.7
(25.3)
−1.2
(29.8)
1.4
(34.5)
4.9
(40.8)
3.9
(39.0)
0.9
(33.6)
−3.5
(25.7)
−7.6
(18.3)
−10.2
(13.6)
−10.5
(13.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 88.3
(3.48)
64.7
(2.55)
59.1
(2.33)
59.0
(2.32)
49.6
(1.95)
52.6
(2.07)
54.2
(2.13)
57.1
(2.25)
58.7
(2.31)
90.4
(3.56)
96.7
(3.81)
89.0
(3.50)
819.4
(32.26)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 12.5 10.5 9.6 9.8 9.0 8.4 9.1 9.0 8.8 12.1 13.1 12.2 124.2
Source 1: Met Office
Source 2: Starlings Roost Weather
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