Climate Report 2007

Climate Report 2007 - February

Thursday, 01 March 2007 10:52

                  MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR 2/2007

                                        HEAT  COOL

     MEAN                               DEG   DEG       WIND SPEED       DOM MEAN  MEAN

DAY  TEMP  HIGH   TIME     LOW   TIME   DAYS  DAYS RAIN AVG  HI  TIME    DIR BAROM HUM

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1     8.9  12.2    13:30   5.7    23:55   56    0  0.00   1  14    16:13  SW1028.1   94

2     5.7  10.6    14:02   1.3    23:49   59    0  0.00   2  13     6:40  NE1034.1   89

3     5.3  10.3    12:49   1.2     0:05   60    0  0.00   3  14    13:58   E1035.0   93

4     4.9   9.2    15:09   0.9    22:51   60    0  0.00   2  10    12:08   N1028.5   96

5     2.6   7.3    14:56  -0.8     2:58   62    0  0.00   1  10    12:37   N1019.3   92

6     3.2   4.5    16:27   2.0     8:13   62    0  0.00   3  19    12:54  NE1004.7   90

7     5.2   7.8    16:47   1.7     2:23   58    0  0.48   8  32    18:53   E 990.8   91

8     5.0   9.4    12:58   0.1    22:45   13    0  0.05   4  27    15:34 WSW 984.1   83

9     4.2   9.3    12:30  -0.6     8:32   14    0  0.30   5  31    20:29 ESE 994.1   89

10    8.1  10.4    15:07   5.7     0:00   10    0  0.16   7  21     0:29   E 985.4   95

11    8.0  11.4    13:28   4.4     2:42   10    0  0.11   6  27     0:31   S 983.2   91

12    7.4   9.8    15:53   4.6    23:35   11    0  0.04   5  32     5:10 WNW 989.3   87

13    5.7  10.9    15:58   0.8     5:42   12    0  0.00   3  22    12:02  SE 998.7   92

14    5.9  11.1    14:15  -1.6     7:56   12    0  0.00   6  31    22:09 SSE1001.3   91

15    9.6  10.9     5:49   7.8    19:03    8    0  0.86  11  38     7:27 SSE 996.7   89

16    8.6  11.8    12:11   2.3    23:57    9    0  0.00   3  18     1:01 SSE1002.5   90

17    5.8  11.6    13:51   2.1     1:09   12    0  0.01   3  18    11:47 NNW1013.3   90

18    6.2   9.2    23:17   0.8     3:09   12    0  0.03   5  22    22:25  SE1012.8   92

19    9.7  11.1    15:10   7.4    23:56    8    0  1.18  12  35     9:18  SE 992.9   95

20    6.0  10.6    15:00   1.6     6:56   12    0  0.10   1  21    14:28   S 998.6   94

21    7.3  10.9    20:54   1.3     4:50   11    0  0.64   7  30    15:48 SSE 996.2   97

22   10.1  11.8    13:18   8.3     6:29    8    0  0.08   7  22    11:07 SSE 989.0   95

23    9.3  11.1    14:04   5.4    23:06    9    0  0.22   6  21     8:46   S 985.3   96

24    7.5  11.7    12:16   2.7    22:04   10    0  0.05   3  25    15:36  SW 990.8   92

25    8.3  11.2    13:07   4.2     0:00   10    0  0.02   9  33    11:23  NW1003.9   81

26    8.6  11.9    14:08   2.7     3:18    9    0  0.10   2  14    23:50   S1014.3   93

27   11.0  12.9    12:59   8.7    22:17    7    0  0.13  10  36    12:33  SW 999.4   93

28    8.5  10.9    11:27   4.6    23:23    9    0  0.20   9  41    10:21 WSW 989.5   83

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TOT   7.0  12.9  27/2/07  -1.6  14/2/07  634    0  4.76   5  41  28/2/07 SSE1002.2   91


HEAT BASE: 18.0

COOL BASE: 18.0

February 2007 has been a very mild and wet month with the mean temperature a whole degree centigrade above last years mean, which was itself mild. The following table compares temperatures in February this year with the previous three years:

	Mean Temperature	Minimum Temperature	Number Air Frosts
2007	7.0	-1.6	3
2006	6.0	-1.5	5
2005	5.4	-4.0	9
2004	6.3	-4.5	8

The month started with the first week completely dry and cool as high pressure dominated for most of this period. However this was broken on the 7th with the first rains of the month.

The rest of the month was predominately wet with only 2 days not recording any rain. Low pressure persisted throughout this period with mean pressure only rising above 1013mb on one day. The wettest day of the month was the 19th which recorded 1.18" (30mm) of rain. This is my wettest February day on record and my 4th wettest day overall. With a total rainfall of 4.76" (120.9mm) this was by far my wettest February on record; the next closes being February 2004 with 3.91" (99.3mm).

This February was not particularly windy at Tullig with a gale force 8 only recorded on the last of the month. This was associated with a band of showers as opposed to cyclonic activity.

Charts for the month of February 2007: