Thursday 31 January 2019

Overcast with rain until early afternoon, then snow for a time.
Broken cloud later.
Temps: Min: -1.4*;  Max: 6.5.
Rain: 23.0 mm.  Pres: 979.6 mb.

*Coldest since 21 November 2018.

Wednesday 30 January 2019

Sunny intervals and showers in the morning.
Mostly sunny in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 3.7;  Max: 7.4.
Rain: 1.0 mm.  Pres: 996.8 mb.

Tuesday 29 January 2019

Rain in the morning.
Broken cloud and showers in the afternoon.
Clear in the evening.
Temps: Min: 1.5;  Max: 6.1.
Rain: 12.0 mm.  Pres: 1000.8 mb.

Monday 28 January 2019

Showers.  Sunny intervals in the morning, mostly cloudy in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 2.4*;  Max: 8.1.
Rain: 3.9 mm.  Pres: 1013.8 mb.

*Recorded on Monday evening. Overnight minimum higher.

Sunday 27 January 2019

Very windy overnight.
AM:  Sunny intervals and showers, very windy.
PM:  Mostly cloudy with showers, windy.
Temps: Min: 5.6;  Max: 9.3.
Rain: 5.0 mm.  Pres: 1005.5 mb.

Saturday 26 January 2019

Mostly cloudy with showers, these lengthy in the afternoon.  Some sun.
Temps: Min: 6.9;  Max: 10.1.
Rain: 10.3 mm.  Pres: 993.0 mm.

Friday 25 January 2019

Sunny intervals.  Odd shower in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 8.8*;  Max: **.
Rain: 1.0 mm.  Pres: **.

*Recorded on Friday evening.  Overnight minimum higher.
**Unknown - data upload problem.

Tuesday 22 January 2019 to Thursday 24 January 2019

Due to my being away and a problem uploading the data afterwards, only the following information is available for the period 2100, 21 January to 2100, 24 January 2019:
Temps: Min: 3.2;  Max: 10.8.
Rain: 4.0 mm [includes 3.0 mm to 0700 22 January].

Monday 21 January 2019

Sunny intervals at first.  Mostly cloudy from late morning.
Rain in the evening.
Temps: Min: 0.7;  Max: 9.3.
Rain: 3.8 mm.  Pres: 1012.4 mb.

Summary For Week Ending 2100 19 January 2019

Temperature [degs C]:
Lowest minimum: 2.3 [Thursday evening*]
Highest minimum: 8.8 [Monday]
Average: 6.13

Lowest maximum: 9.3 [Thursday]
Highest maximum: 11.7 [Sunday]
Average: 10.26

Rain:
Total: 20.5 mm
Wettest day: Saturday [7.8 mm] 

Pressure:
Lowest 1006.3 mb. [Saturday afternoon]
Highest 1030.0 mb. [Saturday (12th) evening]

Sunshine:
Sunny intervals: Wednesday pm,  Thursday (hazy),  Friday pm,  Saturday pm

*Before 2100.

Sunday 20 January 2019

Sunny intervals and a few showers.  Rather cloudy at times.
Temps: Min: 3.5*;  Max: 9.0.
Rain: 0.9 mm.  Pres: 1026.2 mb.

*Recorded before 2100 on Saturday evening.

Saturday 19 January 2019

AM:  Showers and some sunny intervals.
PM:  Sunny intervals and the odd shower.
Temps: Min: 3.7;  Max: 10.2.
Rain: 7.8 mm.  Pres: 1010.1 mb.

Friday 18 January 2019

Rain in the morning.
Sunny intervals in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 2.3*;  Max: 9.5.
Rain: 6.9 mm.  Pres: 1008.4 mb.

*Recorded before 2100 on Thursday evening.

Thursday 17 January 2019

Showers overnight.  Intervals of hazy sunshine by day.
Temps: Min: 5.1;  Max: 9.3.
Rain: 2.7 mm.  Pres: 1021.0 mb.

Wednesday 16 January 2019

AM:  Mainly dry and cloudy, some sunny intervals.
PM:  Sunny intervals and showers.
Temps: Min: 8.7*;  Max: 10.1**.
Rain: 3.0 mm.  Pres: 1007.1 mb.

*Overnight minimum.  8.1 recorded during the day.
**Recorded overnight.  No defined daytime maximum.

Tuesday 15 January 2019

AM:  Mostly cloudy with showers.
PM:  Cloudy. Drizzle from late afternoon.
Temps: Min: 6.5;  Max: 10.7.
Rain: 0.1 mm.  Pres: 1017.9 mb.

December 2018 Summary

In Brief:


Mostly very wet and gloomy with hardly any sunshine.  Mainly dry for the final week.  Average temperatures by day, with nights mostly above.

Temperature: [Minimum]:
Lowest: 1.5 degs C on the 28th. 
Highest:  12.2 degs C on the 2nd. 
Average minimum:  7.79 degs C.  Higher than April (7.1).  Highest for December since 2015 and 4th highest of the last 16.
Nights with temperature below 5 degs C = 6.  Fewest for December since 2015.
Nights with temperature below 0 degs C = 0. 

Temperature: [Maximum]:
Lowest: 7.5 degs C on the 13th. 
Highest: 13.3 degs C on the 2nd.  There has been a milder day than this in every December since at least 2003, except in 2014 and 2017.
Average maximum: 11.23 degs C.  9th highest of the last 16 Decembers.
Days with temperature above 20 degs C = 0.
Days with temperature above 25 degs C = 0.

Rainfall:
Total:  209.4 mm.  Wettest month since January, and 2nd wettest December of the last 11, behind 2012.
November 2018:  183.9 mm.
December 2017:  187.2 mm.

Wettest day:  35.6 mm on the 15th.  Wettest day since September 2017, and wettest December day since 2012. 
Other days with 20 mm or more:  7th [20.8 mm] and 1st [20.2 mm].
Days with 10mm < 20mm: 2nd, 5th, 18th, 21st, 23rd.
Wettest spells:  1st to 7th: 82.1 mm.  15th to 24th: 101.2 mm.

Driest spell: 25th to 31st: 0.6 mm.
Completely dry days:  4.  Equal fewest since March.
Days with no measurable rain:  9.

Cumulatively: 2018 = 1314 mm [2nd wettest year of the last 10 (behind 2012)].
2017:  1149.8 mm.  [+14.28%].

Thunder:
None this month.

Pressure:
Lowest:  997.3 mb on the 15th.  
Highest:  1042.3 mb on the 31st.

Summary For Week Ending 210012 January 2019

Temperature [degs C]:
Lowest minimum: 0.1 [Thursday]
Highest minimum: 8.3 [Tuesday (morning)]
Average: 5.81

Lowest maximum: 8.1 [Thursday]
Highest maximum: 11.0 [Monday]
Average: 10.04

Rain:
Total: 0.9 mm
Wettest day: Friday [0.5 mm] 

Pressure:
Lowest 1030.0 mb. [Saturday (12th) evening]
Highest 1043.8 mb. [Sunday evening]

Sunshine:
Sunny: Wednesday pm,  Thursday am

Monday 14 January 2019

Mostly cloudy.
Temps: Min: 8.8;  Max: 10.3.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1028.7 mb.

Sunday 13 January 2019

Mostly cloudy.  Some sunny intervals in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 8.4;  Max: 11.7.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1023.0 mb.

Saturday 12 January 2019

Cloudy. Showers, mostly in the morning.
Temps: Min: 6.9;  Max: 10.6.
Rain: 0.4 mm.  Pres: 1030.0 mb.

Friday 11 January 2019

AM: Cloudy with light showers.
PM: Mostly cloudy. Broken cloud in the evening.
Temps: Min: 7.3*;  Max: 9.7.
Rain: 0.5 mm.  Pres: 1037.2 mb.

*Recorded on Thursday evening.

Thursday 10 January 2019

AM: Sunny.
PM: Cloudy.
Temps: Min: 0.1;  Max: 8.1.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1036.0 mb.

Wednesday 9 January 2019

AM: Mostly cloudy.
PM: Mostly sunny.
Temps: Min: 5.9;  Max: 9.7.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1035.5 mb.

Summary For Week Ending 21005 January 2019

Temperature [degs C]:
Lowest minimum: 5.2 [ Thursday, Saturday (morning)]
Highest minimum: 8.9 [Sunday]
Average: 7.4

Lowest maximum: 7.5 [Thursday (evening)]
Highest maximum: 10.8 [Sunday, Monday]
Average: 9.21

Rain:
Total: 0.6 mm
Wettest day: Sunday [0.6 mm] 

Pressure:
Lowest 1039.4 mb. [Sunday (early hours)]
Highest 1047.5 mb. [Wednesday morning]

Sunshine:
No periods of sunshine.

Tuesday 8 January 2019

Mostly cloudy.  Some blue sky during the second half of the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 8.3*;  Max: 10.2**.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1036.0 mb.

*Recorded during Tuesday morning.
**Daytime max.  10.7 recorded overnight.

Monday 7 January 2019

Mostly cloudy in the morning.
Cloudy in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 5.9;  Max: 11.0.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1037.3 mb.

Sunday 6 January 2019

Cloudy.
Temps: Min: 6.3*;  Max: 10.5.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1042.7 mb.

*Recorded on Saturday evening.

Saturday 5 January 2019

Cloudy.
Temps: Min: 5.2*;  Max: 7.9.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1043.4 mb.

*Recorded on Saturday morning.

Friday 4 January 2019

Cloudy.
Temps: Min: 7.3;  Max: 8.5.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1045.6 mb.

Thursday 3 January 2019

Cloudy.
Temps: Min: 5.2;  Max: 7.5*.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1045.1 mb.

*Recorded during the evening.

The 10 Coldest Nights of 2018 [degs C]

10.  -0.6  February 16
  9.  -1.1  February 14

=7.  -1.3  March 19 & 20

  6.  -1.4  November 21
  5.  -2.4  February 6
  4.  -3.0  March 18
  3.  -3.1  February 27
  2.  -3.2  February 28
  1.  -4.5  March 1

The 10 Warmest Nights of 2018 [degs C]

10.  16.7   September 17

=7.  16.8   July 9, August 12 & 19
  6.  16.9   July 12
=4.  17.1   July 1 & August 2
  3.  17.5   August 20
=1.  17.7   July 2 & 27

The 10 Coldest Days of 2018 [degs C]

=10.  5.9   February 5 & 24

    9.  5.4   January 7
    8.  4.8   March 18
    7.  4.4   February 6
    6.  4.2   March 19
    5.  3.2   March 2
    4.  2.9   February 26
    3.  2.8   February 27
    2.  1.0   March 1
    1. -1.3   February 28

The 10 Warmest Days of 2018 [degs C]

=10.   25.0   July 25 & August 4
    9.   25.6   July 26
  =7.   25.7   June 28 & August 3
    6.   26.0   July 7
    5.   26.1   July 1
    4.   26.7   July 22
    3.   27.3   July 8
  =1.   27.4   July 2 & 9

The 10 Wettest Days of 2018 [mm]

10.  23.7  September 20
  9.  24.5  January 22
  8.  26.1  January 13
  7.  26.6  January 4
=4.  26.7  September 22, November 4 & 9
  3.  28.9  November 7
  2.  31.0  April 1
  1.  35.6  December 15

The Wettest Months of 2018 [mm]

12.   9.6   [6]   June
11.  45.8  [4]   July
10.  61.2  [10] May
9.    63.6  [7]   August
8.    68.6  [2]   September
7.    72.1  [8]   October
6.    92.0  [5]   February
5.    95.8  [12] April
4.  183.9  [11] November
3.  195.1  [3]   March
2.  209.4  [1]   December
1.  216.9  [9]   January

[2017 position in brackets]

Wednesday 2 January 2019

Cloudy.
Temps: Min: 8.0;  Max: 8.6.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1045.9 mb.

Tuesday 1 January 2019

Cloudy. Drizzle in the evening.
Temps: Min: 8.5;  Max: 10.4.
Rain: Trace.  Pres: 1043.2 mb.