| Statistics 2003 - January to June | ||||||||||||
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| January | February | March | April | May | June | |||||||
| Air Temperatures (C) | ||||||||||||
| The Highest Maximum: | 13.5 | 27th | 13.5 | 27th | 18.3 | 23rd | 25.4 | 16th | 27.5 | 31st | 28.9 | 22nd |
| The Lowest Maximum: | 0.1 | 7th | 2 | 13th, 17th | 6.5 | 13th | 6.4 | 10th | 13.1 | 16th | 17.6 | 30th |
| The Highest Minimum: | 7 | 15th | 7.1 | 9th | 7.6 | 5th | 15.3 | 22nd | 13.6 | 28th | 15.4 | 23rd |
| The Lowest Minimum: | -5.2 | 12th | -5.2 | 18th | -3.2 | 19th | -2.1 | 8th & 9th | 1.1 | 15th | 7.1 | 21st |
| The Mean Maximum: | 6.9 | 7.4 | 12.2 | 14.9 | 17.3 | 22.2 | ||||||
| The Mean Minimum: | 1.2 | -0.1 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 7.7 | 11.2 | ||||||
| The Overall Mean: | 4.1 | 3.7 | 7.3 | 9.9 | 12.5 | 16.7 | ||||||
| Difference from the Monthly Mean: | -0.1 | -0.8 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 1.7 | ||||||
| Relative Humidity (%) | ||||||||||||
| Highest Relative Humidity (at 0900): | 98.6 | 2nd | 100 | 22nd | 98.7 | 5th | 96.5 | 28th | 95.6 | 17th | 98.9 | 7th |
| Lowest Relative Humidity (at 0900): | 80.5 | 29th | 66 | 15th | 66 | 19th | 61.9 | 23rd | 43.6 | 15th | 54.6 | 3rd |
| Mean Relative Humidity (at 0900): | 92.2 | 91.1 | 89.7 | 78.9 | 72.3 | 74.5 | ||||||
| Dew Point (C) | ||||||||||||
| The Highest Dew Point (at 0900): | 8.1 | 27th | 7.3 | 9th | 9 | 5th | 11.5 | 25th | 15 | 31st | 15.4 | 30th |
| The Lowest Dew Point (at 0900): | -3.8 | 5th | -3.8 | 17th | -3.7 | 19th | 0.2 | 7th | 0.6 | 15th | 9.1 | 20th |
| The Mean Dew Point (at 0900): | 2.6 | 1.1 | 4.5 | 6 | 8.8 | 12.4 | ||||||
| Rainfall | ||||||||||||
| Total (mm) | 70 | 17.3 | 29.1 | 18.5 | 41.2 | 50.8 | ||||||
| Difference from the Monthly Mean (%) | 133.8 | 46 | 64.6 | 35.2 | 82.7 | 89 | ||||||
| Duration (hrs) | 49.4 | 19.4 | 15.5 | 32.7 | 33.7 | |||||||
| Highest 24 hour fall (from 0900,mm): | 16 | 18th | 5.7 | 8th | 16.3 | 5th | 5.5 | 9.1 | 1st | 18.9 | 22nd | |
| Rain Days (>/=0.2mm): | 16 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 12 | ||||||
| Wet Days (>/=1.0mm): | 9 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 8 | ||||||
| Sunshine (hrs) | ||||||||||||
| Total Duration of Bright Sunshine: | 71.1 | 73.9 | 144 | 177.6 | 192.6 | 209.1 | ||||||
| Sunniest day: | 6.1 | 5th | 6.7 | 15th | 8.8 | 17th, 18th | 11.6 | 16th | 12.5 | 30th | 13.7 | 13th |
| Sunless days: | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Cloud cover (mean at 0900, oktas): | 6.1 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 6.4 | ||||||
| Pressure (reduced to sea level,mb): | ||||||||||||
| The Highest Pressure: | 1036.9 | 11th | 1040 | 17th | 1039.5 | 13th | 1032.2 | 5th | 1024.4 | 7th | 1023.1 | 13th |
| The Lowest Pressure: | 972.4 | 22nd | 991.9 | 3rd | 1009.4 | 5th | 991.4 | 28th | 1000.7 | 2nd | 1001.2 | 30th |
| Mean Pressure (recorded at 0900): | 1013.8 | 1018.9 | 1016 | 1013.8 | 1014.1 | |||||||
| Winds | ||||||||||||
| Run of wind (mean over 24 hrs, miles): | 169.7 | 119.2 | 125.3 | 132.5 | 124.5 | 93.4 | ||||||
| Mean daily wind speed (mph) | 9.2 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 5.1 | ||||||
| Run of wind (monthly, miles): | 5261.7 | 3338.5 | 3885.7 | 3973.8 | 3859.9 | 2801.1 | ||||||
| Highest Maximum Gust (mph) | 65 | 30th | 46 | 4th | 42 | 7th | 50 | 1st | 37 | 2nd | 33 | 19th |
| Other gusts 50mph or more: | 55 | 28th | ||||||||||
| 50 | 29th | |||||||||||
| Highest wind strength (at 0900,mph): | 39.2 | 29th | 21.9 | 3rd | 27.7 | 10th | 28.8 | 2nd | 17.3 | 14th | 15 | 9th |
| Mean wind strength (at 0900,mph): | 11.6 | 6.9 | 8.6 | 10.3 | 7.3 | 5.4 | ||||||
| Winds from the Following Directions: | ||||||||||||
| N | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| NE | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| E | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| SE | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| S | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 8 | ||||||
| SW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||||||
| W | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| NW | 8 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | ||||||
| Calm | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||||||
| Ground Temperatures (C) | ||||||||||||
| Lowest Grass Minimum: | -7.2 | 31st | -8 | 5th | -5.4 | 19th | -6 | 9th | -1.2 | 15th | 4.8 | 13th |
| Mean Grass Minimum: | -1.1 | -2.9 | -0.8 | 1.7 | 5.4 | 9.6 | ||||||
| Lowest Concrete Minimum: | -5.9 | 10th | -6.4 | 18th | -3.6 | 19th | -3.3 | 9th | 1.2 | 15th | 8.4 | 13th |
| Mean Concrete Minimum: | -0.1 | -1.3 | 1.4 | 4 | 7.2 | 11.9 | ||||||
| Lowest Bare Earth Minimum: | -4.2 | 6th | -4 | 5th | -2.6 | 19th | -3.4 | 9th | -2 | 15th | 8.1 | 20th |
| Mean Bare Earth Minimum: | 0.6 | -0.3 | 1.4 | 4 | 7.1 | 11.6 | ||||||
| Soil/Earth Temperatures (C) | ||||||||||||
| Surface mean: | 3.4 | 2.3 | 6.3 | 10 | 15.6 | 19.3 | ||||||
| 5cm mean: | 3 | 2.1 | 4.8 | 8.2 | 12.5 | 17.4 | ||||||
| 10cm mean: | 3.5 | 2.6 | 5.2 | 8.6 | 12.5 | 17.8 | ||||||
| 20cm mean: | 4.2 | 3.3 | 6.2 | 9.1 | 12.4 | 17.6 | ||||||
| 30cm mean: | 4.5 | 3.4 | 6.4 | 9.3 | 12.6 | 17.8 | ||||||
| 40cm mean: | 4.6 | 3.4 | 6.2 | 9.1 | 12.5 | 17.6 | ||||||
| 50cm mean: | 5.1 | 3.8 | 6.5 | 9.3 | 12.7 | 17.6 | ||||||
| 100cm mean: | 5.8 | 4.4 | 5.9 | 8.3 | 11.2 | 15.1 | ||||||
| Days with: | ||||||||||||
| Thunder: | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| Hail less than 0.5mm: | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Hail greater than/equal to 0.5mm: | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Snow or snow & rain: | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Snow lying: | 2 | 9th,30th | 2 | 1st, 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fog | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Air Frost: | 10 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Duration of Air Frost (hrs) | 122 | 106 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ground Frost: | 16 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
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