Wednesday 29 February 2012

Tuesday 28 February 2012

Cloudy.
Temps: Min: 9.8; Max: 13.7. Rain: Nil.

Tuesday 28 February 2012

Monday 27 February 2012

Mainly cloudy. Some drizzle in the morning. Clear in the evening.
Temps: Min: 10.2; Max: 13.8. Rain: 0.4 mm.

Monday 27 February 2012

Sunday 26 February 2012

Mainly cloudy with a little sun. Drizzle in the evening.
Temps: Min: 8.9; Max: 11.8. Rain: 0.2 mm.

Sunday 26 February 2012

Saturday 25 February 2012

Mainly cloudy with just a few glimpses of the sun.
Temps: Min: 9.9; Max: 12.9. Rain: Nil.

Saturday 25 February 2012

Friday 24 February 2012

Cloudy/overcast.
Temps: Min: 10.0; Max: 14.2. Rain: Nil.

Friday 24 February 2012

Thursday 23 February 2012

Mainly cloudy but with sunny intervals for a time in the early afternoon. A bit damp in the evening.
Temps: Min: 11.7; Max: 15.7*. Rain: Trace.

*The highest ever temperature for February at this location was recorded on February 4th, 2004 - that day it reached 15.8!

Thursday 23 February 2012

Wednesday 22 February 2012

Overcast with rain or drizzle.
Temps: Min: 9.0; Max: 13.0. Rain: 7.7 mm.

The highest temperature was recorded in the late evening.

Wednesday 22 February 2012

Tuesday 21 February 2012

Sunny intervals but quite hazy and cloudy.
Temps: Min: 8.6; Max: 13.3. Rain: Nil.

Tuesday 21 February 2012

Monday 20 February 2012

Mainly dry. Sunny intervals in the morning, and cloudy in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 1.1; Max: 11.3. Rain: Trace.

Monday 20 February 2012

Sunday 19 February 2012

Sunny intervals. Light shower in the vicinity during the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 3.8; Max: 9.8. Rain: Nil.

Saturday 18 February 2012

Cloudy, rain late morning and early afternoon. Sunny intervals following.
Temps: Min: 8.2; Max: 11.2. Rain: 7.6 mm.

Saturday 18 February 2012

Friday 17 February 2012

Sunny intervals. Cloudy from mid-afternoon.
Temps: Min: 9.5; Max: 13.3. Rain: Nil.

*It was the warmest day since 18th January.

Friday 17 February 2012

Thursday 16 February 2012

Bright with some hazy sun in the morning. Cloudy in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 8.3; Max: 11.2. Rain: Nil.

*It was the mildest night since that of the 24th/25th January.

Thursday 16 February 2012

Wednesday 15 February 2012

Sunny morning. Cloudy afternoon.
Temps: Min: 7.6; Max: 11.1. Rain: Nil.

*It was the warmest day since January 25th.

Wednesday 15 February 2012

Tuesday 14 February 2012

A lot of cloud and just a little sun too. Stars in the evening.
Temps: Min: 7.4; Max: 10.6. Rain: Nil.

Tuesday 14 February 2012

Monday 13 February 2012

Mainly cloudy with a few light showers. A little sunshine too.
Temps: Min: 6.3; Max: 9.8. Rain: 0.5 mm.

Monday 13 February 2012

Sunday 12 February 2012

Cloudy morning with some drizzle. Quite sunny in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 0.5; Max: 8.8. Rain: Trace.

Saturday 11 February 2012

Sunny intervals.
Temps: Min: 3.0; Max: 7.0. Rain: Nil.

Friday 10 February 2012

Cloudy with rain for most of the day.
Temps: Min: 6.8; Max: 8.5. Rain: 11.5 mm.

Friday 10 February 2012

Thursday 9 February 2012

A sunny morning and a cloudy afternoon. Some very light drizzle later in the evening.
Temps: Min: -1.0; Max: 7.8. Rain: Trace.

Thursday 9 February 2012

Wednesday 8 February 2012

Sunny intervals. Clear evening.
Temps: Min: 0.4; Max: 4.1. Rain: Nil.

Wednesday 8 February 2012

January 2012 Summary

In brief:
January 2012 continued from December 2011 in being quite mild, especially at night. The last four days did see lower temperatures, but not as low as those further east, as a rain-bearing cold front remained over the area for the final few days of the month before finally moving away to the west and allowing the very cold air to move in at the start of February. Unlike December however, January 2012 was also rather dry, which is quite an unusual combination for winter months.

Temperature: [Minimum]:
The night of 28th/29th saw the lowest temperature of 3.3 degs C. The temperature has fallen below this figure in every one of the last 9 Januarys. The highest minimum of the month was 11.9 degs C, on the night of 18th/19th, which was the equal mildest January night ever at this location*, a figure also attained in 2008 and 2011.
The average minimum for January 2012 was 7.76 degs C - also the highest ever at this location.*
Overnight temperatures only fell below 5 degs C 5 times, the equal second fewest of the last 9 with 2008. Only January 2007 had less with 4.

Temperature: [Maximum]:
Daytime temperatures ranged from 7.2 degs C on the 31st, to 14.1 on the 18th, giving an average of 11.05 degs C, the 5th highest of the last 9. It was the warmest January since 2008. thus ending the run of three cold ones.

Rainfall:
70 mm of rain fell during the month, making it the driest January of the last four. This compares to 188 mm in December 2011, and 180.2 in January 2011.
The wettest day itself was the 3rd, with 17.5 mm.
There were 4 dry days, which occurred from the 13th to the 16th, however the period 6th to 17th was mainly dry with just 1.2 mm of measurable rain falling.
Apart from the 3rd, there was only one other day with more than 6 mm of rain - which was the 29th with 17.0 mm.

*Since 2004.

Tuesday 7 February 2012

Rather a lot of cloud but some sunny intervals too.
Temps: Min: 4.8; Max: 8.4. Rain: Nil.

Tuesday 7 February 2012

Monday 6 February 2012

Mostly cloudy with a few showers. Thinner cloud in the evening.
Temps: Min: 6.9; Max: 10.9. Rain: 1.9 mm.

Monday 6 February 2012

Sunday 5 February 2012

A little drizzle during the night followed by a dry and mostly cloudy day.
Temps: Min: 6.4; Max: 9.7. Rain: Trace.

Sunday 5 February 2012

Saturday 4 February 2012

Overcast with rain for most of the day.
Temps: Min: -0.3; Max: 10.1. Rain: 16.0 mm.

Saturday 4 February 2012

Friday 3 February 2012

Sunny. Hazy in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: -3.6; Max: 3.3. Rain: Nil.

*It was the coldest night since 28th November 2010.

Both night and day temperatures have become lower each day from Monday this week, until today when the maximum temperature finally started rising again!

Friday 3 February 2012

Thursday 2 February 2012

Sunny.
Temps: Min: -3.1; Max: 2.6. Rain: Nil.

It was the coldest night since 24th/25th December 2010, and the coldest February night ever* at this location.
It was also the second coldest day ever* at this location - the coldest being 2.3 on 1st December 2010.
*Since at least 2003.

Thursday 2 February 2012

Wednesday 1 February 2012

AM: Sunny intervals. PM: Sunny.
Temps: Min: -0.2; Max: 3.4. Rain: Nil.

*It was the coldest night since 31st January 2011, and the coldest day since 23rd December 2010.

Wednesday 1 February 2012

Tuesday 31 January 2012

Cloudy and grey. A little drizzle in the evening.
Temps: Min: 5.9; Max: 7.2. Rain: Trace.

*It was the coldest day since 30 January - 2011!