Weather statistics – February 2015

Hi Pete,

Here are the weather statistics for February 2015.

All the best.

Norman

 

 

Weather Statistics  –  Tideswell  –  February 2015

Temperature

Mean daily maximum:                      4.9 (0.2 below average)

Mean daily minimum:                       0.4 (0.1 below average)

Mean temperature:                           2.7 (0.1 below average)

Highest daily maximum:                    9.6 (28th)

Lowest daily maximum:                    -0.5 (2nd)

Lowest daily minimum:                    -6.9 (2nd)

Highest daily minimum:                    4.3 (26th)

Lowest daily grass minimum:           –9.3 (2nd)

Number of air frosts:                         10

Number of ground frosts:                  16

Days with max 5.0-9.9:                      12

Days with max 0.0-4.9:                      15

Days with max -5.0 to -0.1:                 1

Frost duration:                                  80.0 hours

Rainfall

Total fall:                                           64.5 mm (71% of average)

Wettest day (0900-0900)                  15.5 mm (22nd)

Rain days (0.2 mm or more):              18

Wet days (1.0 mm or more):              15

Snow

Days with snow or sleet falling:           6

Days more than 50% cover at 0900:  10

Deepest at 0900:                                20 cm (1st)

Sunshine

Total sunshine:                                 47.1 hours (100% of average)

Sunniest day:                                      7.5 hours (6th )

Days with no sun:                                10

Other phenomena

Days with thunder heard:                    0

Days with hail:                                     4

Days with fog at 0900:                         3

Wind

Mean wind speed:                              6.4 mph

Maximum gust:                                   40 mph (14th)

Days with gale:                                     0

Remarks

A dry month and just a tad colder than the average. Despite a 7-day sunless spell from 10th till 16th the sunshine total ended up bang on the average. The snow statistics were interesting. In terms of the number of days with snow falling it was a lot less snowy than average. In terms of the number of days with 50% or more snow cover it was just about average. In terms of the accumulated depth of snow lying it was much more snowy than average. Almost all of the snow lying during February actually fell at the end of January.