Tideswell, Derbyshire - Winter (Dec/Jan/Feb) 2013/14
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Anomalies refer to the 2009/10-2013/14 averages


Mean max: 6.9 (+2.0)
Mean min: 1.9 (+1.7)
Mean temp: 4.4 (+1.9)

Highest max: 11.3 (-0.5) (15 Dec)
Lowest max: 2.8 (+4.3) (30 Jan)

Lowest min: -3.2 (+5.7) (12 Jan)
Highest min: 6.4 (-0.8) (9 Dec)

Lowest grass: -6.8 (+6.5) (12 Jan)

Air frosts: 12 (-25)
Ground frosts: 46 (-8)

Days with max 15.0-19.9: 0 (0)
Days with max 10.0-14.9: 5 (+1)
Days with max 5.0-9.9: 72 (+29)
Days with max 0.0-4.9: 13 (-22)
Days with max -5.0 to -0.1: 0 (-8)
Days with max -10.0 to -5.1: 0 (0)

Frost duration: 53.1 hours (-469.3)

Total rainfall: 453.2mm (123%)
Wettest rainfall day (09-09z) 22.2mm (-7.0) (14 Feb)
Rain days (0.2 mm or more): 77 (+10)
Wet days (1.0 mm or more): 64 (+13)

Days with snow/sleet falling: 26 (-11)
Days with 50%+ snow cover at 09z: 6 (-21)
Deepest at 0900z 2 cm (-20) (20 Dec, 24 Jan, 12 Feb)
Eden Snow Index: 8 cm/days (-238)

Total sunshine: 135.6 hours (118%)
Sunniest day: 6.1 hours (-1.3) (13 Feb, 16 Feb)
Days with no sun: 24 (-6)

Days with thunder heard: 2 (+1)
Days with hail: 8 (+3)
Days with fog at 0900z: 4 (-6)

Mean wind speed: 9.3 knots (+3.2)
Highest 10-min mean wind: 42 knots from S (+12) (12 Dec)
Max gust: 56 knots (+10) (18 Dec, 26 Dec)
Days with gale: 6 (+5)

Wind direction at 0900z
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N:0 NNE:1 NE:0 ENE:2 E:1 ESE:0 SE:1 SSE:14
S:25 SSW:10 SW:14 WSW:9 W:6 WNW:5 NW:2 NNW:0
CALM:0

Remarks
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Wet, windy and very mild. No significant snowfall.

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Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
http://peakdistrictweather.org