Bracknell, Berkshire, UK (51° 24'N, 0° 46'W, 77m AMSL) February 2013
Day defined as 0000-2359 UTC.

A cold month overall, with the average max of 8.2 C being exceeded on only 9
days, mostly from 14th to 19th.
Interestingly, both the maximum and the minimum temperatures occured on the
same day.
Just below average rainfall for February, but almost half the rain fell on
10th, with 18.4 mm.
Only 1.6 mm fell in the second half of the month, with beautiful sunny days on
18th and 19th.
But a return to cloud followed, as a breezy north to north-easterly airflow set
in for the rest of the month.
Sunshine was below average, with virtually sunless days from 9th to 14th and
21st to 26th.

Comparisons with 1981-2010 averages for Bernard Burton's site in Wokingham

Mean Temp (integrated): 3.5 C (-1.4)
Mean Temp (daily (Tx+Tn)/2): 3.7 C (-1.2)
Mean Max: 6.5 C (-1.7)
Max Max: 12.1 C on 19th
Min Max: 1.7 on 11th
Mean Min: 0.8 C (-0.7)
Min Min: -2.8 C on 19th
Max Min: 5.9 C on 4th
Air Frosts: 8
Grass Frosts: 20
Mean Grass Min: -1.5 C
Lowest Grass Min: -7.8 C on 19th
Highest Grass Min: 6.0 C on 4th
Mean 30cm Earth Temp: 4.2 C

Rainfall 00-24: 41.0 mm (96% of average of 42.9 mm)
Rainfall 09-09: 36.2 (5 inch) 35.4 (AWS)
Max Rainfall: 18.4 mm on 10th
Days with Rain = 0.2 mm: 13
Days with Rain = 2.0 mm: 5
Days with Rain = 20.0 mm: 0
Days with Thunder: 0
Days with Hail: 0

Days with at least a few flakes of snow: 7
Days with Rain & Snow: 1 on 10th
Days with Snow Lying 50% at 0900: 1 on 11th
Max Snow Depth at 0900: 1 cm on 11th

Days with Fog at 0900: 0

Hours of Sunshine: 59.9

Mean Pressu 1018.0 hPa
Max Pressu 1035.7 hPa on 27th
Min Pressu 990.4 hPa on 10th

Average Wind Speed: 4.0 kt
Maximum Daily Average Windspeed: 7.8 kt on 6th
Minimum Daily Average Windspeed: 0.2 kt on 19th
Max Wind Gust: 29 kt from 270 deg on 5th
Dominant Wind Direction: NNE
Average Wind Direction: 358 deg

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Roy Avis
Current Bracknell Weather plus Latest Statistics at:
http://www.weatherfamily.org/bracknell
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