Saturday 27 February 2010

Overnight rain followed by a dry morning with sunny intervals. The sunshine more milky in the afternoon and cloudy by sunset.
Temps: Min: 5.5; Max: 12.6. Rain: 9.0 mm.

Friday 26 February 2010

Mostly sunny, more cloud to the north. Light rain in the evening.
Temps: Min: 4.5; Max: 12.3. Rain: 0.5 mm.

Thursday 25 February 2010

Cloudy/overcast with a few showers.
Temps: Min: 4.1; Max: 11.2. Rain: 2.8 mm.

Wednesday 24 February 2010

Mainly dry and mostly cloudy, although still bright with some glimpses of the sun too.
Temps: Min: 7.1; Max: 13.4. Rain: Trace.

Tuesday 23 February 2010

Rain in the morning, some heavy, followed by a dry afternoon with a few glimpses of the sun.
Temps: Min: 4.4; Max: 13.1. Rain: 6.0 mm.

Monday 22 February 2010

Mainly dry but a lot of cloud.
Temps: Min: 5.0; Max: 9.9. Rain: 0.7 mm.

Sunday 21 February 2010

Overnight rain/showers followed by a mainly dry but mostly cloudy day. Some rain in the evening.
Temps: 3.1; Max: 10.4. Rain: 5.0 mm.

Saturday 20 February 2010

Rain overnight and at first, then dry with sunny intervals. Evening hail shower.
Temps: Min: 1.4; Max: 9.8. Rain: 4.5 mm.

Friday 19 February 2010

Mainly dry with a fair amount of sunshine. Showers visible in the vicinity.
Temps: Min: 2.2; Max: 9.6. Rain: Trace.

January 2010 Summary

Temperature [Min]:
Night time temperatures ranged from -3.0 degs C on the night of the 6th/7th to 9.1 degs C on that of the 21st/22nd. The average night time temp for the month was 2.73 degs C, which is almost 5 degrees lower than the recent mild Januarys of 2007 and 08.
Surprisingly perhaps, the all time lowest minimum for this location was not exceeded [-4.6 in January 09], but what was remarkable about January 2010 was the number of nights of extremely low temperatures. There were 23 nights where the temperature fell below 5 degs C, compared with the next most of 15 in January 2006 and 14 in 2009. Furthermore there were 9 nights when the temp fell below zero - compared with just 3 in January 2009 and 1 in 2004.
Between the 1st and the 10th, night time temps were always below 1.4 degs C, climbing to within the range 1.9 to 4.8 between the 11th and 15th. More normal temperatures existed between the 16th and 22nd, but nights returned to generally colder than normal after that.

Temperature [Max]:
Daytime temps for the month of January 2010 ranged from just 2.8 degs C on the 9th - the coldest ever recorded at this location - to a mild 14.3 degs on the 16th. The average was 8.33 degs C, which is the lowest ever for January, and down about 4 degs on the average for January 2008.

Rain:
116.9 mm of rain/snow was recorded for the month, compared to 144 in December 09, and 150.7 in January 2009, making the month comparatively dry. There were never, however, more than two consecutive totally dry days. Almost half of the total rainfall fell on two days - 25.1 mm on the 16th [the wettest day], and 21.8 mm on the 12th.
On the morning of the 7th, a narrow band of snow showers gave a fair covering in the area, which lead to dangerous road and pavement conditions, with the resultant ice remaining for the next 5 days.

Thursday 18 February 2010

Mainly cloudy with showers in the morning. Still some showers in the afternoon but with more sun in between.
Temps: Min: 5.2; Max: 8.0. Rain: 7.0 mm.

Wednesday 17 February 2010

A mainly sunny day but showers arrived in the evening.
Temps: Min: 2.0; Max: 11.0. Rain: 4.9 mm.

Tuesday 16 February 2010

Cloudy with rain overnight and at first, followed from mid-morning by sunny intervals, showers and rainbows.
Temps: Min: 5.3; Max: 10.9. Rain: 8.5 mm.

Monday 15 February 2010

Sunny intervals and showers.
Temps: Min: 5.1; Max: 10.7. Rain: 0.5 mm.
First rain for 10 days.

Sunday 14 February 2010

Mainly cloudy in the morning but some sunshine in the afternoon, though still with banks of stubborn cloud.
Temps: Min: 2.2; Max: 10.0. Rain: Nil.

Saturday 13 February 2010

Mostly cloudy with a little blue sky.
Temps: Min: 2.3; Max: 6.0. Rain: Nil.

Friday 12 February 2010

A sunny morning followed by a mainly cloudy afternoon.
Temps: Min: -1.1; Max: 8.5. Rain: Nil.

Thursday 11 February 2010

Sunny. Temps: Min: -1.3; Max: 5.2. Rain: Nil.

Wednesday 10 February 2010

A sunny morning followed by an afternoon of a little more cloud but still good sunny intervals.
Temps: Min: 0.3; Max: 8.0. Rain: Nil.

Tuesday 9 February 2010

A lot of cloud at times but also some sunny intervals.
Temps: Min: 1.0; Max: 6.8. Rain: Nil.

Monday 8 February 2010

Cloudy spells with some sunny intervals.
Temps: Min: 3.8; Max: 7.6. Rain: Nil.

Sunday 7 February 2010

Mainly cloudy but dry.
Temps: Min: 5.1; Max: 10.1. Rain: Nil.

Saturday 6 February 2010

Sunny. Temps: Min: 5.6; Max: 11.4. Rain: Nil.

Friday 5 February 2010

Sunny intervals and showers.
Temps: Min: 4.5; Max: 12.4. Rain: 2.1 mm.

Thursday 4 February 2010

Rain overnight followed by a mainly dry but overcast morning. Showers again in the afternoon and evening.
Temps: Min: 9.3; Max: 11.3. Rain: 14.2 mm.

Wednesday 3 February 2010

Mainly overcast but mostly dry with a few light showers during the day and more persistant rain in the evening.
Temps: Min: 8.6; Max: 13.0. Rain: 10.9 mm.

Tuesday 2 February 2010

Overcast with some showers of light rain or drizzle.
Temps: Min: 5.4; Max: 11.5. Rain: 1.1 mm.

*Not a shadow to be seen on Groundhog Day then, so spring is not far away! :-)

2 February - Groundhog Day

In the USA today is Groundhog Day, when Punxsutawney 'Phil' comes out of his lair. Legend has it that if he sees his shadow, winter will last for six more weeks.
If not, spring will come early.
So did 'Falmouth' Phil see his shadow this morning - or not? Find out tomorrow!

Monday 1 February 2010

Mainly dry with some sunny intervals.
Temps: Min: 3.6; Max: 9.9. Rain: Trace.

Sunday 31 January 2010

Sunny intervals and showers of snow, sleet, hail and rain.
Temps: Min: -1.2; Max: 7.9. Rain: 1.6 mm.