Climate Data and Brief Summary for Winter 2018
updated 2nd March 2018
Anomalies are based on averages for the period 1981-2010
SCREEN TEMPERATURES °c

Mean 3.4 0
Mean Max 5.7 -0.2
Mean min 1.0 +0.1
High Max 11.6 28-Jan
High Min 8.6 29-Jan
Low Max -2.3 28-Feb
Low min -7.4 28-Feb
Low Grass -9.8 28-Feb
Air Frosts 42 +7
Ground Frosts 54 -1
Hours of Frost 409.0

Pressure 24 hour observations (mbar)
Mean 1012.3
Maximum 1035.2 22-Dec
Minimum 981.1 10-Dec

Preciptitation (mm)
Total 214.4 105%
Maximum fall 12.4 21-Jan
Rain days 63
Wet days 48
Rainfall duration 185.1

Sunshine
Total Sun hours 203.7 125%
Maximum day 9.8 25-Feb
Nil Sun days 25

Humidity %
Mean 94.0
Dry days (60% or less) 2

Wind (mph)
24 hour mean speed 5.2
09.00 mean speed 5.8
Maximum Gust 56 18-Jan

Miscellaneous
Days with:
Sleet/snow 34 +16
Snow lying (09.00) 19 +5
09.00 max 13 cms 11-Dec
Total depth 33 cms
Hail 15 +6
Thunder 0 0
Fog 12 -1


Coldest Winter since 2013
Sunniest since 2010
Driest since 2015