Monday 30 January 2012

Overcast and dull with rain, mostly in the morning.
Temps: Min: 7.7; Max: 8.8. Rain: 5.7 mm.

Sunday 29 January 2012

Mostly cloudy and dry in the morning. Rain in the afternoon and evening.
Temps: Min: 3.3; Max: 8.4*. Rain: 17.0 mm.

*This temperature was reached during the evening.

Saturday 28 January 2012

Sunny in the morning and mainly cloudy in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 4.1; Max: 7.9. Rain: Trace.

Friday 27 January 2012

AM: [Woodbury]: Mostly sunny.
PM: [Falmouth]: Sunny intervals and rain/hail showers.
[Fal]: Temps: 3.9; Max: 9.2. Rain: 2.5 mm [from 1400 26th].

Thursday 26 January 2012

AM: [Falmouth]/PM: [East Cornwall/West Devon]: Sunny intervals and rain/sleet/hail showers.
[Fal]: Temps: 5.1; Max: 9.6. Rain: 5.0 mm [until 1400].

Wednesday 25 January 2012

Overcast and damp. Rain in the evening.
Temps: Min: 10.3; Max: 11.3. Rain: 2.2 mm.

Tuesday 24 January 2012

Mostly dull, overcast and damp.
Temps: Min: 8.2; Max: 12.7. Rain: 0.1 mm.

Some More Facts About 2011

The average night-time temperature for 2011 was 9.83 degs C, making it the third warmest year for nights of the last 8, behind 2006 and 2007.

The average daytime temperature for 2011 was 15.89 degs C, which makes it the second coldest of the last 8 years. The coldest was 2010.

985.2 mm of rain fell during the year, making 2011 the second wettest of the last four behind 2009 with 1280.7 mm. For comparison, a very close 971.2 mm fell during 2010.

December 2011 Summary

In Brief:
December 2011 was a wet month with very few completely dry days. Daytime temperatures were close to average but nights were remarkably mild with no air frost and very few ground frosts.

Temperature: Minimum:
Night-time temperatures ranged from 3.0 C on the night of the 9th/10th to 12.2 C on that of the 30th/31st, which was the warmest December night at this location since 2003. It was also the first December since at least 2002 where the temperature had not fallen below 3 degs C at all.
The average night-time temperature for December 2011 was 7.52 degs C, the highest ever at this location.*
The temperature only fell below 5 degs C on 4 nights, which is the fewest number of times this has happened in December.*

Temperature: Maximum:
Daytime temperatures ranged from 7.5 degs C on the 14th to 13.6 degs C on the 31st, giving an average of 10.97 degs C. 13.6 is the equal lowest December maximum at this location.*

Rainfall:
188 mm of rain fell during December 2011, making it the wettest December of the last four, and the third wettest of any month since at least April 2008. November 2009 [223.9] was wettest, and July 2009 [216.8] 2nd.
November 2011 saw 76.3 mm and December 2010 35.3.
The wettest day itself was the 12th, with 28.7 mm, and there were only 2 completely dry days [24-hr periods (2200-2200)], these being the 22nd and 27th. This is the fewest number of dry days in any month since April 2008, equalled only by November 2009.
The longest and driest spell in December 2011 was from the 24th to the 29th, with 'only' 3.6 mm of rain falling in that time.

*Since at least 2002.

Monday 23 January 2012

Sunny intervals in the morning. Overcast and wet from the middle of the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 7.4; Max: 12.1. Rain: 2.2 mm.

Sunday 22 January 2012

Mainly dry with sunny intervals but rather a lot of cloud too.
Temps: Min: 9.2; Max: 11.9. Rain: Trace.

Saturday 21 January 2012

Mostly cloudy. Some sun, some drizzle.
Temps: Min: 11.6; Max: 12.6. Rain: 0.7 mm.

Friday 20 January 2012

Rather cloudy with some sunny intervals. A little drizzle in the evening.
Temps: Min: 8.3; Max: 11.9. Rain: Trace.

Thursday 19 January 2012

Mainly cloudy. Showers, mostly in the morning.
Temps: Min: 11.9; Max: 12.7. Rain: 1.9 mm.

Wednesday 18 January 2012

Mainly cloudy with drizzle. Some dry spells and a little blue sky.
Temps: Min: 10.9; Max: 14.1. Rain: 3.3 mm.

*It was the warmest day since 21st November 2011.

Tuesday 17 January 2012

Sunny intervals for most of the day. Cloudier later with some rain in the evening.
Temps: Min: 4.4; Max: 11.9. Rain: 0.2 mm.

Monday 16 January 2012

Mainly cloudy at first. Sunny by late morning.
Temps: Min: 6.0; Max: 8.7. Rain: Nil.

Sunday 15 January 2012

Sunny intervals.
Temps: Min: 5.7; Max: 7.7. Rain: Nil.

Saturday 14 January 2012

Sunny intervals.
Temps: Min: 7.6; Max: 9.3. Rain: Nil.

Friday 13 January 2012

Mostly sunny.
Temps: Min: 5.5; Max: 11.0. Rain: Nil.

It was the first completely dry day of 2012.

Thursday 12 January 2012

Mostly cloudy but some sun also. A little rain in the evening.
Temps: Min: 7.0; Max: 12.2. Rain: 0.3 mm.

Wednesday 11 January 2012

Mainly sunny after a damp start.
Temps: Min: 6.6; Max: 11.6. Rain: Trace.

The 10 Wettest Days of 2011

10. 20th September 18.0 mm
=8. 27th October 19.6
=8. 16th November 19.6
7. 15th December 21.0
6. 17th January 25.1
5. 10th January 26.6
4. 7th January 27.8
3. 12th December 28.7
2. 24th October 39.5
1. 12th June 41.2

The 10 Warmest Nights of 2011

=10. 25th July 15.9
=10. 12th September 15.9
=4. 5th & 26th July 16.2
=4. 12th & 20th August 16.2
=4. 3rd & 10th September 16.2
3. 1st August 16.3
2. 5th June 16.4
1. 9th September 16.5

Temps in degrees C. Dates shown are night ending.

The 10 Coldest Days of 2011

10. 6th March 7.8
=8. 3rd January 7.5
=8. 14th December 7.5
7. 4th March 7.3
=5. 21st & 22nd January 7.2
4. 30th January 5.3
3. 27th January 5.2
2. 29th January 4.4
1. 28th January 4.2

Temps in degrees C.

Tuesday 10 January 2012

A little drizzle overnight followed by a dry day with broken cloud and a little sun, and then a clear and moonlit evening.
Temps: Min: 10.1; Max: 12.8. Rain: Trace.

Monday 9 January 2012

Mainly dry and cloudy. A little drizzle in the morning, and a little sun in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 10.4; Max: 12.9. Rain: Trace.

Sunday 8 January 2012

Mainly dry and overcast with drizzly showers.
Temps: 8.2; Max: 12.8. Rain: Trace.

Saturday 7 January 2012

Mainly cloudy with some showers of drizzle in the morning. Dry with a little sunshine later.
Temps: Min: 10.3; Max: 11.5. Rain: 0.5 mm.

Friday 6 January 2012

AM [Falmouth]: Dry and mainly cloudy.
PM [Foxhole]: Dry to start, then low cloud and mist/fog, followed by rain.
Evening [Falmouth]: Broken cloud and dry.

[Fal]: Temps: Min: 7.9; Max: 11.8. Rain: 0.2 mm.

Thursday 5 January 2012

Rain and gales overnight, followed by a dry day with lengthening sunny intervals.
Temps: Min: 10.2; Max: 12.1. Rain: 4.1 mm.

Wednesday 4 January 2012

Some sun in the morning but cloudy in the afternoon. Windy with some drizzle in the evening.
Temps: Min: 6.8; Max: 10.4. Rain: 0.1 mm.

Tuesday 3 January 2012

Wet and very windy overnight and at first, then sunny intervals and showers.
Temps: Min: 9.6; Max: 12.7. Rain: 17.5 mm.

Monday 2 January 2012

Sunny intervals and a few showers. Wet and windy in the evening.
Temps: Min: 4.7; Max: 9.9.* Rain: 2.3 mm.

*This temperature was reached during the evening.

The 10 Warmest Days of 2011

10. 6th August 22.3

=8. 11th July & 21st August 22.7

7. 28th July 22.8

6. 26th July 23.0

5. 12th July 23.1

4. 25th July 23.3

3. 3rd June 23.4

2. 24th July 23.5

1. 4th June 24.8

Temps in degrees C.

Sunday 1 January 2012

Mostly cloudy with showers.

Temps: Min: 11.8; Max: 12.8. Rain: 4.2 mm.

The 10 Coldest Nights Of 2011

10. 28th January 0.8
9. 4th March 0.6
8. 19th January 0.5
7. 5th March 0.3
6. 4th January 0.0
5. 21st January -0.3
4. 22nd January -0.4
3. 29th January -1.5
=1. 30th & 31st January -2.5

Temps in degrees C. Dates shown are night ending.