Weather Statistics, Tideswell – September 2013

Temperature

 

Mean daily maximum:                   15.9 (exactly average)

Mean daily minimum:                      8.5 (exactly average)

Mean temperature:                        12.2 (exactly average)

 

Highest daily maximum:                 23.1 (4th)

Lowest daily maximum:                    9.2 (17th)

 

Lowest daily minimum:                     2.3 (8th)

Highest daily minimum:                  13.6 (3rd)

 

Lowest daily grass minimum:           -0.3 (8th)

 

Number of air frosts:                           0

Number of ground frosts:                    1

 

Days with max 20.0-24.9:                    4

Days with max 15.0-19.9:                  13

Days with max 10.0-14.9:                  12

Days with max 5.0-9.9:                        1

 

Frost duration:                                    nil

 

Rainfall

 

Total fall:                                           74.9 mm (87% of average)

Wettest day (0900-0900)                  21.4 mm (5th)

 

Rain days (0.2 mm or more):             13

Wet days (1.0 mm or more):              10

 

Snow

 

Days with snow or sleet falling:           1

Days more than 50% cover at 0900:    0

Deepest at 0900:                                  0 cm

 

Sunshine

 

Total sunshine:                                 69.6 hours (64% of average)

Sunniest day:                                      8.9 hours (27th)

Days with no sun:                                 4

 

Other phenomena

 

Days with thunder heard:                    0

Days with hail:                                     1

Days with fog at 0900:                         1

 

Remarks

An unremarkable month. Dull but rather dry. Temperatures were bang on the

long-term average for September. Perhaps the most notable event of the month

was a little sleet on the morning of the 16th.