Sunday 27 February 2011

Sunny intervals and showers in the morning. Dry in the afternoon and clear by evening.
Temps: Min: 6.1; Max: 12.0. Rain: 0.1 mm.

Saturday 26 February 2011

Rain at first overnight. Sunny intervals on Saturday with a passing shower in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 8.4; Max: 11.9. Rain: 2.2 mm.

Friday 25 February 2011

Overcast, dull and gloomy with drizzle/showers in the morning and more persistent rain in the afternoon and evening.
Temps: Min: 10.4; Max: 13.6. Rain: 11.6 mm.

Thursday 24 February 2011

Broken cloud in the morning with one or two shafts of sunlight. Lower cloud/overcast in the afternoon with a little rain in the evening.
Temps: Min: 9.7; Max: 15.0. Rain: 0.1 mm.

Wednesday 23 February 2011

Cloudy and dull with some drizzle apart from some sunny intervals during the late morning.
Temps: Min: 10.2; Max: 14.8. Rain: 1.2 mm.

It was the warmest day since 11th November 2010.

Tuesday 22 February 2011

Cloudy/dull/overcast. Mainly dry in the morning, drizzle in the afternoon and evening.
Temps: Min: 5.8; Max: 12.4. Rain: 1.8 mm.

Monday 21 February 2011

A cloudy morning with showers. Persistent rain around the middle of the day then dry with sunny intervals in the afternoon and mostly clear by evening.
Temps: Min: 8.7; Max: 11.4. Rain: 11.0 mm.

Sunday 20 February 2011

Mostly cloudy. A few glimpses of sun in the morning. Light and sporadic rain from the middle of the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 6.9; Max: 12.6. Rain: 0.8 mm.

Saturday 19 February 2011

A little rain at first overnight followed by a dry day with broken cloud and sunny intervals. With light winds temperatures reached their highest since 12 November 2010.
Temps: Min: 8.5; Max: 14.5. Rain: Trace.

Friday 18 February 2011

Cloudy. Rain from mid-afternoon.
Temps: Min: 5.9; Max: 12.1. Rain: 14.4 mm.

Thursday 17 February 2011

Mainly dry but rather a lot of cloud and just a few sunny intervals.
More blue sky visible to the north.
Temps: Min: 8.3; Max: 12.7. Rain: Trace.

Wednesday 16 February 2011

Rain in the morning, very heavy for a time. Mainly dry with broken cloud in the afternoon. Some light rain in the late evening.
Temps: Min: 5.2; Max: 11.6. Rain: 7.0 mm.

Tuesday 15 February 2011

Rain overnight followed by a day of brief sunny intervals and showers.
Temps: Min: 6.3; Max: 11.6. Rain: 12.9 mm.

Monday 13 February 2011

A mostly sunny morning, more cloud in the afternoon with a light shower or two.
Temps: Min: 3.1; Max: 9.7. Rain: 0.5 mm.

Maximum and minimum temperatures were the lowest of the month so far.

Sunday 13 February 2011

Rain overnight followed by a mainly cloudy morning with a few showers.
Some sunshine and mainly dry in the afternoon but with a passing heavy shower in the early evening too.
Temps: Min: 8.6; Max: 11.9. Rain: 16.7 mm.

It was the wettest 24 hours since 17 January 2011.

Saturday 12 February 2011

Sunny intervals in the morning. Mainly cloudy in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 4.4; Max: 11.4. Rain: Nil.

Friday 11 February 2011

Mostly cloudy with some rain but also dry spells.
Temps: Min: 9.8; Max: 14.4. Rain: 2.3 mm.

It was the warmest day since 20th November 2010.

Thursday 10 February 2011

[Falmouth]: Rain overnight then mainly cloudy with some light showers. Glimpses of the sun around the middle of the day.
PM: [Helston]: Overcast and damp with mist/fog.

[Fal]: Temps: Min: 10.8; Max: 13.8. Rain: 10.1 mm.

Wednesday 9 February 2011

Cloudy/overcast and damp. Rain in the late evening*.
Temps: Min: 9.5; Max: 13.1. Rain: 0.5 mm.
*After reading taken.

Tuesday 8 February 2011

Sunny intervals in the morning. Overcast in the afternoon with some light rain/drizzle. Partly cloudy after dark.
Temps: Min: 3.4; Max: 11.2. Rain: 2.2 mm.

Monday 7 February 2011

Quite a lot of cloud but sunny intervals too.
Temps: Min: 10.2; Max: 13.1. Rain: Nil.

Sunday 6 February 2011

Cloudy/overcast in the morning. Some sun in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 10.5; Max: 13.4. Rain: Nil.

Saturday 5 February 2011

Cloudy/overcast and windy. Light rain during the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 10.8; Max: 14.2*. Rain: 1.0 mm.

*Highest since 20th November 2010.

Friday 4 February 2011

Cloudy/overcast but fairly bright for most of the time.
Temps: Min: 10.3; Max: 12.9. Rain: Nil.

Maximum temperatures have only varied by 0.5 degs C for the first 4 days of February.

Thursday 3 February 2011

Sunny intervals and fast moving broken strato-cumulus clouds.
Temps: Min: 4.6; Max: 12.4. Rain: Nil.

Wednesday 2 February 2011

Cloudy. Rain in the afternoon and early evening. Clear later.
Temps: Min: 6.6; Max: 12.6. Rain: 4.8 mm.

January 2011 Summary

Summary:
January 2011 began with generally lower temperatures than those with which December 2010 ended, particularly at night, before becoming much milder, but very wet, until the 17th.
Much drier, sunnier and colder weather then followed, although it was slightly less cold again around the 23rd to 26th with a little more rain. It then became dry again, but this time very cold with mainly cloudy skies for the last 5 days.
This colder weather was brought about by the wind being in the north-east or east for the last two weeks of the month, thereby cutting off the flow of more common mild south-westerly winds off the Atlantic. The north-easterly winds also led to the persistent cloud reported in the south-east of England being much less prevalent, particularly in the penultimate week, due to the high ground of Dartmoor and Bodmin Moor to the north-east.

Temperature [Min]:
Night time temperatures were in the range -2.5 degs C [on the nights of 29th/30th and 30th/31st] to 11.9 [12th/13th]. This equals [with 20th January 2008] the mildest January night ever at this location*.
The average night time temperature for the month was 4.4 degs C which is the second coldest for January recorded here* - 2010 was the coldest at 2.73.
The temperature fell below 5 degs C on 17 nights and below 0 degs C on 5 - both these figures are the second highest ever for January* and again 2010 had the highest with 23 and 9 times respectively.

Temperature [Max]:
Daytime temperatures were in the range of 4.2 degs C on the 28th, and 13.4 on the 12th. This maximum is the equal [with February 2009 and 2010] second lowest temperature ever reached in any month at this location*. In January 2009 the temperature did not rise above 13.3 degs C.
The average maximum temperature for January 2011 was 9.83 degs C, which is the second lowest ever for January at this location* - and again the lowest itself was 2010 [8.33].

For both night and day temperatures, January 2011 was therefore the second coldest January behind 2010.

Rainfall [Max]:
180.2 mm of rain fell during January 2011, with 174.2 mm of the total falling by the end of the night of the 17th/18th. This compares with 183.8 mm in November 2010, and 116.9 mm in January 2010.
The wettest day itself was the 7th, with 27.8 mm, but over 25 mm fell on two more days, namely the 10th [26.6mm] and 17th [25.1mm]. There were also 5 more days with over 13 mm of rain.
Even though 2011 was the wettest of the last three Januaries and had the highest daily total for a January day in those three years, it also had the highest number of dry days of the last three Januaries, with 12, of which 10 were after the 18th.

* = Since at least 2003

Tuesday 1 February 2011

A little rain at first then dry and mainly cloudy in the morning. Mainly sunny in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 3.8; Max: 12.5. Rain: 0.1 mm.

Monday 31 January 2011

Mainly cloudy in the morning. Sunny intervals in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: -2.5; Max: 8.3. Rain: Nil.