MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR 1/2007

                                        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     6.2   8.3    13:56   4.6    17:13   59    0  0.21   5  32     9:03 WNW1015.0   85

2     8.7  10.9    23:56   6.2     0:19   56    0  0.02   5  24     2:27   S1026.4   84

3    10.6  11.8    11:51   8.3    22:03   54    0  0.20  10  34    17:16   S1011.2   95

4     9.0  10.7    11:59   8.0     5:50   56    0  0.01   4  21     1:19 WSW1014.5   86

5     8.8  11.2     6:11   4.2    21:34   56    0  0.02   3  19     6:52  SW1013.8   90

6     9.3  10.9    23:42   6.4     9:14   56    0  0.34   5  30    20:32  SW1009.4   94

7    10.0  11.3    14:38   6.4    21:05   55    0  0.27   7  28    10:20   S 998.5   94

8    10.7  13.0    11:44   6.2     1:34   54    0  0.47   9  33    11:53   S 992.5   95

9    10.8  11.9     5:05   6.9    23:58   54    0  0.50   8  32     1:43   S 993.7   95

10    7.2  10.2    22:18   2.7     9:17   58    0  0.04   7  38    23:55 WNW1009.9   83

11   10.5  13.1     6:25   8.4    19:45   55    0  0.38   9  43     6:23 WSW1009.5   83

12   11.6  12.3    14:52   9.7     0:00   53    0  0.12  10  30     3:11  SW1017.1   95

13    8.9  11.6    11:47   3.1    23:43   56    0  0.12   7  32     9:01   S1012.5   91

14    7.5  10.7    15:03   2.0     3:57   58    0  0.00   5  20    13:07   S1022.9   85

15    9.8  11.9    13:47   6.9    23:38   55    0  0.22   7  29    10:11   S1012.5   87

16    6.4  10.2    21:18   2.2     7:10   59    0  0.18   3  26    20:53 NNW1006.4   94

17    6.8  10.2    23:58   4.9     7:57   58    0  0.46   7  32    23:03  SW 998.7   84

18   11.3  13.0     3:52   9.7     8:50   54    0  0.56  11  44     4:39 WSW 991.7   88

19   10.9  12.4    20:05   8.8    23:36   54    0  0.22   7  29    15:31   S1008.0   95

20    6.8   9.5    14:47   4.6     8:06   58    0  0.19   8  39    18:19 WSW1006.4   81

21    5.1   8.5    13:50   1.3    21:07   60    0  0.11   4  30     9:24 WNW1011.5   84

22    2.9   5.2    15:18   0.9    23:56   62    0  0.01   9  27    10:43   N1022.6   86

23    2.8   5.7    13:52  -1.1     6:49   62    0  0.00   6  20    14:37  NW1027.4   86

24    4.9   7.1    12:39   1.7    23:45   60    0  0.01   8  22     4:00 NNW1019.1   86

25    1.6   6.6    14:31  -1.4    22:14   63    0  0.00   2  12    11:30   N1028.1   88

26    4.6   8.6    12:37  -1.6     0:44   60    0  0.01   2  17    12:04  NW1029.9   88

27    6.4   8.0    14:33   5.5    23:54   59    0  0.00   1  10    21:55  NW1035.5   86

28    6.6   9.4    13:57   2.7     2:32   58    0  0.00   2  14    12:57  NW1033.6   86

29    6.6   7.5    13:55   5.4    23:59   58    0  0.00   1   7     3:46  NW1029.7   84

30    6.3   7.5    23:58   7.4    23:58   59    0  0.00   1   3    23:58  SW1026.1   83

31    9.9  13.5    14:19   7.4     0:00   55    0  0.00   3  17     6:44 WSW1024.1   91

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TOT   7.7  13.5  31/1/07  -1.6  26/1/07 1775    0  4.67   6  44  18/1/07   S1014.8   88

HEAT BASE: 65.0

COOL BASE: 65.0

January 2007 has behaved in much the same way as in the previous 2 years (for which records exist). A spell of reasonably mild, wet and windy weather for the first few weeks giving way to colder anticyclonic conditions for the end of the month.

The first 3 weeks of the year continued the weather patterns at the end of 2006 with a series of depressions moving across the area from the Atlantic. These gave reasonably mild conditions with maximum temperatures in double figures every day from the 2^nd January to the 19^th inclusive. These three weeks also gave the majority of the January rainfall with every day a 'wet' day apart from the 14^th with recorded no rainfall. Highest rainfall was on the 18^th when 0.56" (14.2mm) was recorded. The 18th also recorded the lowest barometric pressure for a January day - 981.6mb at 04:45.  It was windy during this period too with wind speeds up to gale force at times on the 11^th, 18^th and 20^th. Top for the month was 44mph recorded on the 18^th.

The 16th was significant in that it brought the first thunderstorm of 2007. This was accompanied by very heavy rain over a short period - about 0.1" (2.5mm) in about 10 minutes. This was sufficient to cause localized flooding in Clonakilty town centre.

Pressure began to rise on the 21^st and this marked the change to much cooler and calmer conditions. Air frosts occurred on the 23^rd, 25^th and 26^th with the latter giving the lowest temperature of the month at -1.6?. There was little precipitation after the 21^st with only 0.03" (0.8mm) being recorded in this period, and most of that was due to melting frosts. The highest barometric pressure for January 2007 was 1037.3mb recorded on the 27^th. The 30^th of the month saw the least windy January day on record with an average wind speed of just 3mph and a wind run for the day of only 16.6 miles. Somewhat out of character the last day of the month also recorded the highest temperature for the month at 13.5?C.