Cold and unsettled first two weeks with some snow. Drier and milder third week. Unusually cold final week with further snow.
Temperature: [Minimum]:
Lowest: -3.2 degs C on the 28th. Lowest minimum in any month since February 2012.
Highest: 8.9 degs C on the 19th. Every month since February 2015 has had a milder night.
Average minimum: 2.59 degs C. Lowest of the last 15 Februaries, and coldest of any month since December 2010.
Nights with temperature below 5 degs C = 22. Most for February since at least 2003, and most for any month since January 2010 when there were 23, although then 3 more qualifying days.
Nights with temperature below 0 degs C = 6. Equal most since February 2015. [13 in December 2010].
Temperature: [Maximum]:
Lowest: -1.3 degs C on the 28th. Coldest day ever at this location - since at least 2003. Previous coldest day = +2.3 degs C on 1st December 2010, meaning record broken by 3.6 degs C!
Highest: 12.6 degs C on the 17th and 19th. Every February since 2004 had a milder day than this.
Average maximum: 7.91 degs C. Lowest of the last 15 Februaries and coldest of any month since December 2010 [7.83 degs C].
Days with temperature above 20 degs C = 0.
Days with temperature above 25 degs C = 0.
Rainfall:
Total: 92.0 mm. Driest February since 2013.
January 2018: 216.9 mm.
February 2017: 97.8 mm.
Wettest day: 16.9 mm on the 13th.
Other days with >10 mm: 16.5 mm [3rd]; 13.9 mm [14th]; 10.9 mm [8th].
Wettest spell: 7th to 14th: 62.4 mm.
Driest spells: No measurable rain: 19th to 26th.
Completely dry days: 9. Most since October 2017.
Days with no measurable rain: 11.
Cumulatively: 2018 = 308.9 mm.
2017: 178.1 mm. [+73.44%].
Snow fell/lying on 6th, 7th, 26th, 27th, 28th.
Thunder:
None this month.
Pressure:
Lowest: 991.9 mb on the 13th.
Highest: 1032.3 mb on the 5th.
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