Weather Statistics  –  Tideswell  –  Winter (Dec-Feb) 2016/17

Temperature

 

Mean daily maximum:                 6.5 (1.0 above average)

Mean daily minimum:                 1.8 (1.1 above average)

Mean temperature:                   4.2 (1.1 above average)

 

Highest daily maximum:             12.7 (20th Feb)

Lowest daily maximum:              -1.8 (26th Jan)

 

Lowest daily minimum:              -3.9 (6th Feb)

Highest daily minimum:              9.0 (8th Dec)

 

Lowest daily grass minimum:        -6.7 (28th Dec)

 

Number of air frosts:               26

Number of ground frosts:            43

 

Days with max 10.0-14.9:            10

Days with max 5.0-9.9:              56

Days with max 0.0-4.9:              23

Days with max -5.0 to -0.1:          1

 

Frost duration:                   190.5 hours

 

Rainfall

 

Total fall:                       272.1 mm (74% of average)

Wettest day (0900-0900)            21.0  mm (22nd Feb)

Rain days (0.2 mm or more):         76

Wet days (1.0 mm or more):          46

 

Snow

 

Days with snow or sleet falling:    25

Days more than 50% cover at 0900:    8

Deepest at 0900:                    13 cm

 

Sunshine

 

Total sunshine:                   113.3 hours (95% of average)

Sunniest day:                       6.9 hours (4th Feb)

Days with no sun:                   15

 

Other phenomena

 

Days with thunder heard:             0

Days with hail:                      1

Days with fog at 0900:              13

 

Wind

Mean wind speed:                    6.3 mph

Maximum gust:                       49 mph (11th Jan)

Days with gale:                      0

 

Remarks

A dry and mild winter with much less frost and snow than the average. There were quite long spells of grey, gloomy and damp weather.

 

Much more at:      https://peakdistrictweather.org/

 

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