Thursday 2 March 2017

January 2017 Summary

In Brief:
Like December 2016 before it, another very dry month for winter due to almost persistant high pressure, although now in a different position meant lower temperatures, and low pressure took over for the final week.

Temperature: [Minimum]:
Lowest:  -1.5 degs C on the 3rd.  Lowest temperature since February 2016.
Highest:  10.1 degs C on the 31st.
Average minimum:  5.15 degs C.  Lowest since March 2016, and 5th lowest January since at least 2004.
Nights with temperature below 5 degs C = 15.  Most since March 2016.
Nights with temperature below 0 degs C = 1.   First since March 2016.

Temperature: [Maximum]:
Lowest:  5.8 degs C on the 3rd.  Lowest daytime temperature since February 2015, and in January since 2013.
Highest:  12.3 degs C on the 30th.  The temperature has exceeded this every month since this blog began in October 2003! 
Average maximum:  9.35 degs C.  2 degs C below December 2016.  2nd lowest of the last 14 Januaries with 2010 the lowest at 8.33.  Lowest of any month since February 2015.

Rainfall:
Total: 80.3 mm.  Driest January since 2012 and 2nd driest of the last 9.
December 2016:  61.7 mm.
January 2016:  233.6 mm.

Wettest day:  18.5 mm on the 12th. 
Only other day with  >10 mm:  29th:  15.0 mm.
Only 0.9 mm from 2nd to 8th.
36.8 mm from the 27th.

Completely dry days:  12.  Equals 2011 for the most dry days of the last 9 Januaries.  November and December 2016 also had 12 each. 
Days with no measurable rain:  15.


Cumulatively:  2017:  80.3 mm.
2016:  233.6 mm [-65.63%].

Thunder:
None.

Pressure:
Lowest:  999.7 on the 12th
Highest:  1040.0 on the 18th

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