Weather Statistics – Tideswell – Winter (Dec-Feb) 2015-16
Temperature
Mean daily maximum: 7.6 (2.2 above average)
Mean daily minimum: 2.2 (1.7 above average)
Mean temperature: 4.9 (1.9 above average)
Highest daily maximum: 13.0 (18th/19th Dec)
Lowest daily maximum: 0.9 (16th Jan)
Lowest daily minimum: -5.2 (16th)
Highest daily minimum: 6.5 (5th)
Lowest daily grass minimum: -9.2 (16th Feb)
Number of air frosts: 22
Number of ground frosts: 43
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: 159.9 hours
Rainfall
Total fall: 435.1 mm (114% of average)
Wettest day (0900-0900) 30.8 mm (12th Dec)
Rain days (0.2 mm or more): 78
Wet days (1.0 mm or more): 61
Snow
Days with snow or sleet falling: 32
Days more than 50% cover at 0900: 9
Deepest at 0900: 13 cm
Sunshine
Total sunshine: 127.7 hours (107% of average)
Sunniest day: 7.7 hours (23rd Feb)
Days with no sun: 40
Other phenomena
Days with thunder heard: 0
Days with hail: 8
Days with fog at 0900: 5
Wind
Mean wind speed: 8.2 mph
Maximum gust: 56 mph (29th Jan)
Days with gale: 0
Remarks
An exceptionally mild winter, even milder than the very mild one in 2013/14. However, this winter had a little more snow and frost than 2013/14, although there were no notable snowfalls. It was the second wettest winter that I have recorded. Even so, it was a little sunnier than average.