Statistical and reflective 2005 annual summary

Temperatures:
Days above 80ºF. 3
Days above 70ºF. 23
Ice days. 1
Highest max. +28.9ºC (July 11th)
Lowest max. -0.5ºC (December 28th)
Average max. +12.9ºC
Highest Min. +16.1ºC (July 10th)
Lowest Min. -7.5ºC (December 29th)
Lowest grass min. -13.1ºC (December 28th)
Average min. +5.2ºC
Average temp. +9.0ºC
Anomaly +0.8ºC

Precipitation:
Total 868.6mm
Anomaly 97%
Highest 24hr 32.8mm (October 11th)
Peak intensity (10 min's) 38.4mm/hour (June 30th)
Days of 0.2mm or more 231 Days
Days of 1.0mm or more 150 Days
Days of 25.0mm or more 2 Days
Longest period without 8 Days (20th July - 27th July)

Sunshine:
Total 1341.4hrs
Anomally 107%
Highest 24hr 16.2hrs (July 11th)
Days with over 12hrs 12 days
Sunless days 86 days

Wind Days with direction:
N 39
NE 54
E 4
SE 18
S 74
SW 96
W 52
NW 10
calm 19
Prevailing WSW
Days with Gales: 3
Highest 10 minute mean: 41mph (January 11th)
Highest gust: 69mph (January 11th)
Windiest 24hr: 21mph (January 11th)
Mean wind speed: 7.7mph

Other notables
Air frosts: 71 days
Air frost duration: 594.6hrs
Ground frosts: 96 days
Snow falling: 24 days
Snow lying: 16 days
Greatest snow depth: 15cm (February 24th)
Total snow (fresh falls): 45cm
Thunder/lightning: 5 days
Fog @ 9am: 7 days
Mean Humidity 84.6%
Lowest humidity 31% (May 4th)
MSLP 1014.7mb
Highest SLP 1045.1mb (December 12th)
Lowest SLP 970.4mb (January 8th)

Very brief monthly summary
January - Mild, wet and windy
February - Mild then cold & snowy
March - Cold start, then quite warm
April - Fairly average, Breezy
May - Cool and quite wet
June - Warm and muggy
July - Extremely dry and pleasant
August - Rather average
September - Warm start, fairly dry
October - Very dull, mild and wet
November - Rather cool and frosty end
December - Changeable, average.

Exceptional dates (Top 5 by preference)
1) February 24th - Heavy overnight snows on top of preceding three days
snows led to a 6 inch cover by dawn. Snow was around in some form for 10
consecutive days, the snowiest period for quite a few years.
2) July 11th - A very hot day in the strong mid summer sunshine. Costa del
Clydesdale
3) January 18th - Heavy morning snow creating another picture postcard
scenario, bad roads!
4) September 4th - A very rare hot September day (80ºF+), very pleasant!
5) November 25th - Another surprising morning snowfall, chaos on roads.

Additional comments
2005 has been a very average year in many aspects. Temperatures again above
average, but in line with global warming adjusted means. Rainfall, sunshine,
snowfall, thunder incidence, pressure, all ending up very close to the long
term averages. Because of the poor snowfalls of recent years, 2005 ranks
alongside 2001 as being the most snowy of the last ten. There was a marked
extended dry spell in summer, it was the driest July for 21 years. October
was extremely dull, the least sunny locally on record.

Happy New year to one and all

Alex


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