Tuesday, 6 February 2018

January 2018 Summary

In Brief:
Very wet with little fine weather.

Temperature: [Minimum]:
Lowest:  0.2 degs C on the 12th.  Highest January minimum since 2014.
Highest:  10.3 degs C on the 28th.
Average minimum:  5.68 degs C.  9th mildest of the last 15 Januaries.
Nights with temperature below 5 degs C = 10. Fewest for January since 2014.
Nights with temperature below 0 degs C = 0.  First January with 0 nights < 0 since 2014.

Temperature: [Maximum]:
Lowest:  5.4 degs C on the 7th.  Coldest day since February 2015.  Coldest January day since 2013.
Highest:  13.1 degs C on the 28th.  Every January since 2004, exc 2017, had a milder day than this.
Average maximum:  10.34 degs C.  9th highest of the last 15 Januaries.
Days with temperature above 20 degs C = 0.
Days with temperature above 25 degs C = 0. 

Rainfall:
Total: 216.9 mm.  Wettest month since January 2016.  3rd wettest January of the last 10.
December 2017:  187.2 mm. [3rd wettest December of the last 10].  Last 2 month total:  404.1 mm.
January 2017:  80.3 mm.

Wettest day:  26.6 mm on the 4th.  Wettest January day since 2013.
Other days with >15 mm: 26.1 mm [13th]; 24.5 mm [22nd]; 17.9 mm [20th].
Wettest spell: 13th to 24th: 134.8 mm.  
Driest spells:  6th to 8th: nil; and 10th to 12th: 0.5 mm.
Completely dry days:  5.
Days with no measurable rain:  6.
Cumulatively:  2018 = 216.9 mm.
2017:  80.3 mm.  [+170.11%].

Thunder:
None this month.

Pressure:
Lowest:  992.6 mb on the 5th.  
Highest: 1038.7 mb on the 28th.

Summary For Week Ending 2100,
3 February, 2018

Temperature [degs C]:
Lowest minimum: 1.1 [Tuesday]
Highest minimum: 10.3 [Sunday]
Average: 6.04
Lowest maximum: 7.0 [Saturday]
Highest maximum: 13.1 [Sunday]
Average: 9.81
Rain:
Total: 27.0 mm
Wettest day:  Saturday  [16.5 mm]
Pressure:
Lowest: 1006.6 mb. [Wednesday evening]
Highest: 1038.7 mb. [Sunday morning]
Sunshine: 
Sunny intervals:
Wednesday,  Thursday

Monday 5 February 2018

Sunny in the morning. 
Sunny intervals in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: -0.5*;  Max: 5.9.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1025.1 mb.

*Lowest since 11 Feb 2017.

Sunday 4 February 2018

Rain/showers at first overnight.
Sunny intervals on Sunday but rather cloudy late morning.
Temps: Min: 2.4;  Max: 6.1.
Rain: 1.1 mm.  Pres: 1031.0 mb.

Saturday 3 February 2018

Rain overnight followed by a mostly cloudy day with showers.
Overcast with persistent rain from mid-afternoon.
Temps: Min: 5.2;  Max: 7.0.
Rain: 16.5 mm.  Pres: 1012.8 mb.

Friday 2 February 2018

Mostly dry with some sunny intervals.
Temps: Min: 5.2;  Max: 9.4.
Rain: Trace.  Pres: 1016.2 mb.

Thursday 1 February 2018

Mostly dry with sunny intervals.  Hail shower in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 4.6;  Max: 8.3.
Rain: 0.9 mm.  Pres: 1016.3 mb.