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January 2010


Weather reports by Gary Beynon based on his own observations & measurements


FEBRUARY 2010

Not a very pleasant month. It didn’t seem to be that wet to start with but we finished up with 27 days of precipitation (13 of which had snow or sleet) and an above average rainfall for the month. Well over half the rain came in the last 10 days, hence the rather soggy look to the gardens and fields. I suppose that the wet followed by successive frosts was at least partly responsible for the re-emergence of the infamous potholes; nothing to do with the very poor way in which they were first “mended” of course. The temperature didn’t go that low; only -1.5ºC but it didn’t get that high either and this combined with the dull wet weather left us all with a not very good feeling.

February Statistics     2010   2009
           
Max Temp ºC        10.6   13.0
Mean max temp ºC      6.17   7.38
           
Min Temp   ºC      -1.5   -3.7
Mean min temp ºC        1.53   2.14
           
Days of frost      9   11
           
Rainfall    mm       81.1   74.8
Snow or sleet      13 days   9 days
           
Precipitation      27 days   15 days
           
Average rainfall over 29 years    

55.26mm

                                               

Gary Beynon
March 6th 2010

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JANUARY 2010 WEATHER 

How will January go into our memory banks? Snow, ice, terrible travelling conditions and an aftermath of infamous potholes may well be in your list. A small amount of snow does seem to cause inordinate chaos now and yet we used to cope. As I write this, the reports from the States are of 3 foot of snow; even they have ground to a standstill. It is very difficult to measure the equivalent rainfall when it comes as snow. Snow doesn’t behave like rain; rain falls neatly into the gauge and is easily measured. Snow however blows around, cones above the rim of the gauge and, when it melts, may or may not give the equivalent rain measure. The method that I use is to measure the depth of new snow in 3 different places, avoiding obvious drift areas, take an average and use the formula of 1 foot of snow being equivalent to 1 inch of rain (25.4 mm). This January, the amount of melt in the gauge was close to the formula figure. My data recorded 16-18 cms depth of fresh snow ie about 12-14 mm).
 

 

January 2010 Statistics     2010 2009    
               
  Maximum temp. ºC      8.3  9.0    
  Mean max.          ºC      3.87  5.52    
               
  Minimum temp.  ºC           -5.3         -6    
  Mean min            ºC              0.039        0.3    
               
  Days with frost         16   20    
  Days with snow          4    
  Total rain/snow days     18     16     
               
  Rainfall (snow equiv)  mm       66.8   76.8    
               
               

 

Rainfall Graph Below :
 
Gary Beynon - Feb 8th 2010
 
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