Coldest Day On Record

Having double checked I can confirm that yesterday, 21st December 2010, was the coldest day recorded at Tullig with a mean temperature of -3.9C.

Today is coming in a close second as the average mean temperature for the day is currently -3.3C with a minimum of -6.4C and a maximum of 0.8C. It’s currently . . . → Read More: Coldest Day On Record

Coldest Day Of the Month

After last nights minimum of -8.1C, the second coldest temperature recorded at Tullig, and a maximum of only 1.4C the mean temperature for the day stands at -3.8C making this the coldest day of the month so far and by far and away the coldest December day on record. It’s most likely the coldest day of . . . → Read More: Coldest Day Of the Month

Very, Very Cold

Second lowest temperature on record here with the temperature down to -7.6C at 04:55 and currently -7.2C, down 0.6C in the last hour.

Winds are largely calm; but have just tipped a light breeze in the last hour bringing the wind chill down to -9.9C.

It’s ideal conditions for viewing the lunar eclipse, if . . . → Read More: Very, Very Cold

Bitterly Cold

The temperature is currently at the minimum for the day – a very cold -5.3C, down 0.4C in the last hour. The barometer is still climbing slowly and reads 1001.3mb, up 0.25mb in the last hour.

Winds are currently calm; but were strong enough to send the wind chill down to -7.8C at 19:11.

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More Frost

Enough already! Air temperatures remained just above freezing for most of the night; but have fallen sharply again after 05:00 and are now down to -1.1C and falling at 0.5C/hour.

The barometer continues its steady upward progress and now reads 994.4mb, rising at 0.47mb/hour. Winds have continued a light northerly breeze and wind chill . . . → Read More: More Frost

Above Freezing

It’s been a relatively mild day in this part of West Cork with mainly cloudy skies and temperatures rose to 4.9C at 13:06. The temperature has been falling since around 15:00 and dropped as low as 0.1C at 20:44; but has since risen again to 0.5C.

The barometer has been climbing again since 05:00 . . . → Read More: Above Freezing

A Thaw

Temperatures overnight have help up above freezing in this part of West Cork with a minimum of 0.9C and current temperature of 3.3C, up 0.1C in the last hour.

The warmer temperatures have melted most of the snow here. It also appears we had some rain (0.04″, 1.02mm) around 02:00; but it’s possible this . . . → Read More: A Thaw

Above Freezing

After falling sharply through the afternoon and fell well below zero for a while. However after 20:00 they started to climb again and have now risen to 1.3C, up 1.1C in the last hour. The assumption is that it’s clouded over and this has allowed the temperature to rise. Looking at the rainfall radar there’s precipitation . . . → Read More: Above Freezing

Sunny Winters Day

It’s a bright and sunny day in West Cork and the temperature has risen to 3.9C in the sunshine, up 1.2C in the last hour.

The barometer has started to fall gain and now reads 989.8mb, falling at 0.35mb/hour. Winds are calm.

There’s still a fair bit of snow on the ground in spite of the rising temperature. . . . → Read More: Sunny Winters Day

Icy

We don’t seem to have had much more snow through the night – there’s just a couple of cm lying outside the house. However temperatures have fallen back to well below freezing since midnight with a low of -3.7C and a current temperature of -2.6C.

The barometer has steadied at 990.5mb and winds are currently calm . . . → Read More: Icy

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