Tideswell, Derbyshire - Winter (Dec-Feb) 2016-17
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Note: Anomalies (in brackets) refer to the 2009-2017 averages.


Mean max: 6.5 (+1.0)
Mean min: 1.8 (+1.1)
Mean temp: 4.2 (+1.1)

Highest max: 12.7 (+0.5) (20th Feb)
Lowest max: -1.8 (-0.7) (26th Jan)

Lowest min: -3.9 (+3.6) (6th Feb)
Highest min: 9.0 (+0.9) (8th Dec)

Lowest grass: -6.7 (+4.8) (28th Dec)

Air frosts: 26 (-7)
Ground frosts: 43 (-8)

Days with max 10.0-14.9: 10 (+2)
Days with max 5.0-9.9: 56 (+12)
Days with max 0.0-4.9: 23 (-9)
Days with max -5.0 to -0.1: 1 (-4)

Frost duration: 190.5 hours (-214.2)

Total rainfall: 272.1 mm (74%)
Wettest rainfall day (09-09z) 21.0 mm (-29.8) (22nd Feb)
Rain days (0.2 mm or more): 76 (+6)
Wet days (1.0 mm or more): 46 (-7)

Days with snow/sleet falling: 25 (-10)
Days with 50%+ snow cover at 09z: 8 (-15)
Deepest at 0900z 13 cm (-6) (13th Jan)
Eden Snow Index: 25 cm/days (-177)

Total sunshine: 113.3 hours (95%)
Sunniest day: 6.9 hours (-0.5) (4th Feb)
Days with no sun: 44 (+12)

Days with thunder heard: 0 (-1)
Days with hail: 1 (-5)
Days with fog at 0900z: 13 (+4)

Mean wind speed: 5.5 knots (-0.7)
Highest 10-min mean wind: 31 knots from WNW/NW (0) (11 Jan/23 Feb)
Max gust: 49 knots (+2) (11th Jan)
Days with gale: 0 (-1)

Wind direction at 0900z
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N:4 NNE:0 NE:1 ENE:3 E:5 ESE:0 SE:1 SSE:6
S:10 SSW:11 SW:8 WSW:6 W:6 WNW:9 NW:4 NNW:0
CALM:16

Remarks
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A dry and mild winter with much less frost and snow than the average. There
were quite long spells of grey, gloomy and damp weather.

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