Editing Doncaster (section)

===Climate===
Doncaster has a [[maritime climate]] lacking extreme temperatures, like much of the British Isles. Its low elevation in the Don Valley, in the lee of the Pennines, and inland from the North Sea, mean daytime summer temperatures are no lower than parts of South East England, despite the more northerly location. The nearest weather station is RAF Finningley, now known as [[Doncaster Sheffield Airport]], about {{cvt|5.5|mi|km}} to the south-east of Doncaster city centre and at a similar elevation.

The Doncaster area is about as far north as the {{cvt|22|C|F}} average July maximum temperature isotherm reaches. The nearby town of Bawtry, slightly further south, still holds the UK's September monthly record high temperature of {{cvt|35.6|C|F}},<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.torro.org.uk/site/maxtemps.php |title=Bawtry Maximum |access-date=27 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110117053706/http://www.torro.org.uk/site/maxtemps.php |archive-date=17 January 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> set in 1906. Typically, the warmest day of the year reaches {{cvt|29.1|C|F}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/calcdetail.php?seasonid=5&periodid=1971-2000&indexid=TXx&stationid=2119 |title=Annual average maximum |access-date=27 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331161720/http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/calcdetail.php?seasonid=5&periodid=1971-2000&indexid=TXx&stationid=2119 |archive-date=31 March 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> and 12 or 13 days report a daytime maximum of {{cvt|25.1|C|F}} or above.

The lowest known temperature is {{cvt|-13.5|C|F}},<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/monitordetail.php?seasonid=18&year=1981&indexid=TNn&stationid=2119 |title=1981 Minimum |access-date=27 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331161727/http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/monitordetail.php?seasonid=18&year=1981&indexid=TNn&stationid=2119 |archive-date=31 March 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> set during December 1981. Online records only go back to 1960, and lower temperatures may have been recorded earlier. During the 1971–2000 period, an average of 51.9 nights of the year recorded an air frost.

Typically 106.9 days<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/calcdetail.php?seasonid=0&periodid=1971-2000&indexid=RR1&stationid=2119 |title=1971–2000 Wetdays |access-date=27 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331161734/http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/calcdetail.php?seasonid=0&periodid=1971-2000&indexid=RR1&stationid=2119 |archive-date=31 March 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> of the year report 1 mm or more of rainfall. Total annual precipitation is slightly below {{cvt|560|mm|0}},<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/calcdetail.php?seasonid=0&periodid=1971-2000&indexid=RR&stationid=2119 |title=1971-00 Rainfall |access-date=27 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331161752/http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/calcdetail.php?seasonid=0&periodid=1971-2000&indexid=RR&stationid=2119 |archive-date=31 March 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> which is comparable to the driest parts of the UK, due to Doncaster's location in the [[rain shadow]] of the Pennines.
{{Weather box|location = Doncaster ([[Doncaster Sheffield Airport|DSA]]){{efn|Weather station is located {{convert|6|mi|0|abbr=out}} from the Doncaster town centre.}}, elevation: {{cvt|12|m|ft|0}}, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1960–2000
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| Jan record high C = 14.5
| Feb record high C = 17.9
| Mar record high C = 23.6
| Apr record high C = 22.7
| May record high C = 28.4
| Jun record high C = 32.1
| Jul record high C = 32.2
| Aug record high C = 35.5
| Sep record high C = 27.3
| Oct record high C = 27.7
| Nov record high C = 18.5
| Dec record high C = 15.5
| Jan high C = 7.6
| Feb high C = 8.4
| Mar high C = 10.9
| Apr high C = 13.7
| May high C = 16.9
| Jun high C = 19.8
| Jul high C = 22.3
| Aug high C = 21.9
| Sep high C = 18.9
| Oct high C = 14.6
| Nov high C = 10.4
| Dec high C = 7.8
| year high C = 
| Jan mean C = 4.5
| Feb mean C = 5.0
| Mar mean C = 6.9
| Apr mean C = 9.2
| May mean C = 12.0
| Jun mean C = 15.0
| Jul mean C = 17.2
| Aug mean C = 16.9
| Sep mean C = 14.4
| Oct mean C = 11.0
| Nov mean C = 7.2
| Dec mean C = 4.7
| year mean C = 
| Jan low C = 1.4
| Feb low C = 1.5
| Mar low C = 2.8
| Apr low C = 4.6
| May low C = 7.1
| Jun low C = 10.2
| Jul low C = 12.1
| Aug low C = 11.8
| Sep low C = 9.9
| Oct low C = 7.3
| Nov low C = 3.9
| Dec low C = 1.6
| year low C = 
| Jan record low C = -13.3
| Feb record low C = -10.3
| Mar record low C = -9.3
| Apr record low C = -5.4
| May record low C = -3.5
| Jun record low C = -0.6
| Jul record low C = 3.2
| Aug record low C = 3.7
| Sep record low C = -1.1
| Oct record low C = -3.6
| Nov record low C = -7.5
| Dec record low C = -13.5
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 42.3
| Feb precipitation mm = 35.5
| Mar precipitation mm = 32.0
| Apr precipitation mm = 42.5
| May precipitation mm = 40.9
| Jun precipitation mm = 64.6
| Jul precipitation mm = 55.6
| Aug precipitation mm = 54.3
| Sep precipitation mm = 51.8
| Oct precipitation mm = 56.7
| Nov precipitation mm = 56.5
| Dec precipitation mm = 49.6
| year precipitation mm = 
| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 10.0
| Feb precipitation days = 8.9
| Mar precipitation days = 8.4
| Apr precipitation days = 8.4
| May precipitation days = 8.6
| Jun precipitation days = 9.8
| Jul precipitation days = 9.8
| Aug precipitation days = 9.4
| Sep precipitation days = 8.6
| Oct precipitation days = 10.1
| Nov precipitation days = 11.3
| Dec precipitation days = 10.4
| year precipitation days = 
| Jan sun = 59.8
| Feb sun = 80.9
| Mar sun = 117.6
| Apr sun = 158.5
| May sun = 195.6
| Jun sun = 176.8
| Jul sun = 192.5
| Aug sun = 178.8
| Sep sun = 137.7
| Oct sun = 99.9
| Nov sun = 64.6
| Dec sun = 53.9
| year sun = 
| source 1 = [[Met Office]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/climate/gcx0qr7rt |title=Doncaster 1991–2020 averages |access-date=4 January 2022 |publisher=Met Office |archive-date=11 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411111843/https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/climate/gcx0qr7rt |url-status=live}}</ref>
| source 2 = [[Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute|KNMI]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eca.knmi.nl/indicesextremes/customquerytimeseriesplots.php?optionSelected=station&processtext1=Your+query+is+being+processed.+Please+wait...&countryselect=All+countries%7C**&stationselect=FINNINGLEY%5Bgb%5D%7C2119&categoryselect=All+categories%7C**&indexselect=All+indices%7C**&seasonselect=ANNUAL%7C0&processtext2=Your+query+is+being+processed.+Please+wait... |title=Doncaster extreme values |access-date=5 November 2017 |publisher=[[KNMI (institute)|KNMI]]}}{{Dead link|date=April 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
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