January 2013 - Romansleigh, South Molton district of North Devon

Mean maximum (0900-0900): 6.6 C (-0.6 compared to estimated 1981-2010
average)
Mean minimum (0900-0900): 2.2 C (+0.2 compared to estimated 1981-2010
average)
Mean monthly: 4.4 C (-0.2 compared to estimated 1981-2010 average)
Mean day (0900-2100) maximum: 6.5 C
Mean night (2100-0900) minimum: 2.8 C
Highest maximum: 12.1 C (29th)
Lowest minimum: -2.8 C (21st)
Lowest grass minimum: -10.1 C (25th)
Lowest day maximum: -1.0 C (20th)
Highest night minimum: 8.9 C (4th)
Mean 30 cm earth temperatu 6.3 C

Total rainfall (5" gauge): 144.2 mm (120 % of estimated 1981-2010 average)
Maximum rainfall in 24 hours to 0900: 27.3 mm (29th)

Days with grass minimum 0 C: 19
Days with air frost: 7
Days with sleet/snow falling: 11
Days with snow lying at 0900: 8 (consecutively 18th to 25th)
Maximum snow depth: 11 cm (18th and 23rd).
Days with hail ( 5 mm diameter): 1
Days with hail (? 5 mm diameter): 1
Days with thunder: 1 (26th)
Days with gales: 0
Days with fog at 0900: 1
Days with 0.2 mm or mo 21
Days with 1.0 mm or mo 20

Remarks: A month of 3 distinct phases. Firstly, mild and relatively dry
until 12th (only 20 mm of rain in this period), then colder 13th to 25th
with frosts and then snow, followed by a very wet and much milder end to the
month (81.3 mm of rain in the last 7 days of the month). Overall,
temperatures were close to average, but rainfall was yet again well above
average. Winter rainfall (Dec to Feb) is already 111 percent of the average
from just the first 2 months!
--
Andy
(near Romansleigh, 195 metres)
http://www.romansleighweather.co.uk/