Tideswell, Derbyshire – Whole Year 2012
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Mean max: 11.9 (+0.4)
Mean min: 4.9 (+0.1)
Mean temp: 8.4 (+0.3)
Highest max: 28.3 (24 May)
Lowest max: -0.3 (8 + 10 Feb)
Lowest min: -8.8 (4 Feb)
Highest min: 15.4 (18 Aug)
Lowest grass: -12.8 (3 Feb)
Air frosts: 52
Ground frosts: 112
Days with max 25.0-29.9: 4
Days with max 20.0-24.9: 33
Days with max 15.0-19.9: 64
Days with max 10.0-14.9: 109
Days with max 5.0-9.9: 119
Days with max 0.0-4.9: 35
Days with max -5.0 to -0.1: 2
Frost duration: 535.5 hrs
Total rainfall: 1572.1mm (139%)
Wettest rainfall day (09-09z) 35.6mm (24 Nov)
Rain days (0.2 mm or more): 246
Wet days (1.0 mm or more): 187
Days with snow/sleet falling: 40
Days with 50%+ snow cover at 09z: 14
Deepest at 0900z 20 cm (4 April)
Eden Snow Index: 57 cm/days
Total sunshine: 922.2 hours (81% of 1931-1960 Buxton average)
Sunniest day: 13.3 hours (26 May)
Days with no sun: 88
Days with thunder heard: 10
Days with hail: 19
Days with fog at 0900z: 17
Wind direction at 0900z
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N:30 NNE:8 NE:4 ENE:21 E:19 ESE:7 SE:4 SSE:22
S:26 SSW:41 SW:33 WSW:16 W:27 WNW:56 NW:37 NNW:8
CALM:5
Remarks
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A dull wet year with temperatures only marginally above the 1981-2010 estimated
average. The most notable snowfall of the year occurred in April.