Weather Statistics – Tideswell – Winter (Dec-Feb) 2014/15
Temperature
Mean daily maximum: 5.4 (0.4 above average)
Mean daily minimum: 0.6 (0.3 above average)
Mean temperature: 3.0 (0.4 above average)
Highest daily maximum: 12.8 (9th Jan)
Lowest daily maximum: -0.5 (2nd Feb)
Lowest daily minimum: -6.9 (2nd Feb)
Highest daily minimum: 9.2 (18th Dec)
Lowest daily grass minimum: -9.5 (18th Jan)
Number of air frosts: 34
Number of ground frosts: 51
Days with max 10.0-14.9: 7
Days with max 5.0-9.9: 39
Days with max 0.0-4.9: 43
Days with max -5.0 to -0.1: 1
Frost duration: 275.3hours
Rainfall
Total fall: 396.0 mm (106% of average)
Wettest day (0900-0900) 28.4 mm (29th Jan)
Rain days (0.2 mm or more): 69
Wet days (1.0 mm or more): 59
Snow
Days with snow or sleet falling: 38
Days more than 50% cover at 0900: 31
Deepest at 0900: 29 cm (30th Jan)
Sunshine
Total sunshine: 130.1 hours (110% of average)
Sunniest day: 7.5 hours (6th Feb)
Days with no sun: 25
Other phenomena
Days with thunder heard: 2
Days with hail: 16
Days with fog at 0900: 5
Wind
Mean wind speed: 7.5 mph
Maximum gust: 53 mph (14th Jan)
Days with gale: 0
Remarks
The most notable feature of the winter was the domination of winds with a westerly component. At 0900 only 6 days out of the 90 had winds with an easterly component. Despite the westerly domination rainfall was only a little above average. Snowfall was also a little above average, particularly the amount of lying snow. It was sunnier than average but not as sunny as the 2013/14 and 2012/13 winters.