Here are the stats for Copley for January 2005 (averages refer to
1971-2000)

Another sunny winter's month. The mildest and windiest January I have
recorded here(began 1996).

Temperature C
Mean max 6.9 (+2.0)High 10.9 on 9th, Low 2.7 on 24th
Mean min 1.4 (+1.7) Low -3.6 on 14th, High 6.6 on 10th
Mean MO screen 4.1 (+1.8) AWS 4.2
Mean grass min -1.4 (+0.6) Low -8.6 on 14th
Air frost 10 Ground frost 22

Rainfall mm
Total 71.5 (91%) High 30.1 on 7th
Total AWS 45.2 (missed a lot of the horizontal rain during the gales!)
Rain days 23, Wet days 14, Hail 4

Sunshine hr
Total 69.5 (122%) High 6.1 on 30th
Days no sun 4, Fog 09Z 2

Wind kn
Mean SW 14.9 High 67(77mph) on 8th
Gale days 7 (norm for the whole year!)

Snow cm
Days falling 12
Lying 50% 09Z 5,
Max depth 6 on 2nd
Fresh falls 09Z 12cm

Mean barometer 1016mb

Best wishes,

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Ken Cook, Copley (5miles north of Barnard Castle), County Durham.
830ft
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/copley
(MO climat. site updated before 10Z and 19Z daily)
kencookATcopleydurham.freeserve.co.uk
(All times GMT)