And the weather forecast for this Yorkshire village is... very popular (Video)

Thanks to one of its residents, it enjoys a first-class weather forecasting service tailored specifically to the local community's needs.

Simon Cansick, a keen amateur meteorologist, set up a website to provide forecasting and information for the village at www.dugglenet.org.

The site provides live information 24 hours a day on the weather in Duggleby and the surrounding area and is proving highly popular for its accurate and localised information rather than the general predictions offered elsewhere.

Since setting up the website Mr Cansick has attracted a strong following from local residents, farmers and visitors.

Mr Cansick, who is not a weather expert and earns his living auditing accounts for a pub company, said most other forecasting services tended to provide information for the whole of North Yorkshire, rather than being specific to unique local climates.

His is updated every three seconds and provides information on air temperature, air pressure, wind speed and other key elements.

Mr Cansick told the Yorkshire Post: "I am not a weather expert, more of a weather enthusiast. I have run weather stations on and off for the last 10 years. It is not a commercial thing, it is very much a hobby for me.

"The situation we have up at Duggleby is that it is a tiny village. Often the weather forecasts we get from elsewhere are wrong. This morning it is supposed to be raining but the skies are clear.

"I think a lot of the information is based on what is happening in Scarborough, which is obviously by the sea. The situation elsewhere in North Yorkshire can be completely different, especially with the Wolds which is so geographically different."

Mr Cansick is used to his weather sites being popular. The previous website he ran from Devil's Dyke near Brighton attracted more than a million hits.

"I did some research on how weather forecasting is done and went on to buy some equipment. I have had a lot of e-mails from people and a warm welcome to it from ramblers who use it to check weather conditions before setting off. Farmers have been keen on it too as they can plan their day around it. I have had compliments from neighbours too.

"I think it is nice to have a community resource like this - it will help during winter I am sure when the weather gets worse. It is free and anybody can use it, even if they just want to check what the weather will be like tomorrow or what it is like before they set off home to work.

"I had an e-mail from Ryedale Council just last week to see if they could add a link from their website to the weather station. My website is now the first one they list, above the BBC, which I am quite pleased with."

His site also provides historical information so people can check what the weather was like on a particular day.

Despite its being only a hobby Mr Cansick already has plans to enhance the service by increasing the amount of information he provides to farmers by setting up a service that measures and records soil temperatures – vital information for arable and horticultural producers.

Highs and lows of summer...

The ever-changing weather in Ryedale is documented on Simon Cansick's website.

Temperatures hit 23.3C at around noon on Saturday, July 24, the

warmest day on Mr Cansick's records.

However, the mercury fell as low as 7.2C on Friday August 6.

The coldest day of the summer was Wednesday, August 4, with an average daytime temperature of just 14.4 C being recorded.

The worst day for rain came on August 7 when 5.8mm of water fell, including nearly 2mm in just one hour.