Weather Statistics – Tideswell – February 2016
Temperature
Mean daily maximum: 6.4 (1.1 above average)
Mean daily minimum: 0.3 (0.2 below average)
Mean temperature: 3.4 (0.5 above average)
Highest daily maximum: 11.7 (21st)
Lowest daily maximum: 3.6 (13th)
Lowest daily minimum: -5.2 (16th)
Highest daily minimum: 6.5 (5th)
Lowest daily grass minimum: -9.2 (16th)
Number of air frosts: 13
Number of ground frosts: 19
Days with max 10.0-14.9: 3
Days with max 5.0-9.9: 18
Days with max 0.0-4.9: 8
Frost duration: 88.9 hours
Rainfall
Total fall: 112.8 mm (120% of average)
Wettest day (0900-0900) 20.7 mm (8th)
Rain days (0.2 mm or more): 22
Wet days (1.0 mm or more): 14
Snow
Days with snow or sleet falling: 17
Days more than 50% cover at 0900: 4
Deepest at 0900: 3 cm
Sunshine
Total sunshine: 71.4 hours (140% of average)
Sunniest day: 7.7 hours (23rd)
Days with no sun: 15
Other phenomena
Days with thunder heard: 0
Days with hail: 5
Days with fog at 0900: 1
Wind
Mean wind speed: 7.8 mph
Maximum gust: 47 mph (6th)
Days with gale: 0
Remarks
A little milder than average, due entirely to daily maximum temperatures being above average. After a very dull first week it ended up being the sunniest February I have recorded. Despite the sunshine it was a wet month.