Nottingham Weather Centre

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Nottingham Weather Centre, also known as Nottingham Watnall, is a Met Office weather station near Nottingham, England. It is located in Watnall, Nottinghamshire, about 5.6 miles (9 kilometers) from Nottingham city centre and is the closest station to the city for observations. The station sits at 117 metres above sea level.

It was established in 1941, and weather observations began in January 1960. The Met Office currently manages the station, which has the WMO code 03354. Because it sits at a higher elevation, temperatures here are usually cooler than at Nottingham city centre or Sutton Bonington, which are at lower elevations.

In climate terms, it has been in hardiness zone 9a for the period 1981–2010, meaning milder winters. For 1961–1990 and 1971–2000, the station was in hardiness zone 8b, with colder average minimum temperatures.