Tideswell, Derbyshire - Whole Year 2018
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Note: Anomalies (in brackets) refer to the 2009-2018 averages.


Mean max: 13.1 (+0.7)
Mean min: 5.5 (+0.2)
Mean temp: 9.3 (+0.5)

Highest max: 30.3 (+1.5) (26th Jul)
Lowest max: -4.2 (-2.9) (28th Feb)

Lowest min: -8.1 (-0.3) (28th Feb)
Highest min: 16.2 (+0.1) (3rd Aug)
Lowest grass: -9.9 (+2.0) (28th Feb)

Air frosts: 54 (-1)
Ground frosts: 95 (-5)

Days with max 30.0-34.9: 1 (+1)
Days with max 25.0-29.9: 26 (+18)
Days with max 20.0-24.9: 55 (+18)
Days with max 15.0-19.9: 65 (-22)
Days with max 10.0-14.9: 69 (-25)
Days with max 5.0-9.9: 99 (+7)
Days with max 0.0-4.9: 45 (+4)
Days with max -5.0 to -0.1: 5 (-1)

Frost duration: 505.5 hours (-48.5)

Total rainfall: 1091.4 mm (92%)
Wettest rainfall day (09-09z) 76.4 mm (+30.9) (20th Sep)
Rain days (0.2 mm or more): 215 (-13)
Wet days (1.0 mm or more): 153 (-16)

Days with snow/sleet falling: 40 (-9)
Days with 50%+ snow cover at 09z: 26 (-2)
Deepest at 0900z 20 cm (-1)
Eden Snow Index: 149 cm/days (-83)

Total sunshine: 1116.1 hours (115%)
Sunniest day: 14.0 hours (+0.4) (22nd Jun)
Days with no sun: 78 (0)

Days with thunder heard: 2 (-5)
Days with hail: 15 (0)
Days with fog at 0900z: 24 (+7)

Mean wind speed: 5.9 knots (+0.9)
Highest 10-min mean wind: 35 kt from SSE (+2) (18th Dec)
Max gust: 49 knots (-1) (18th Dec)
Days with gale: 1 (0)

Wind direction at 0900z
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N:22 NNE:3 NE:6 ENE:30 E:13 ESE:8 SE:12 SSE:46
S:41 SSW:32 SW:23 WSW:19 W:21 WNW:55 NW:5 NNW:25
CALM:4

Remarks
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A warm year but not quite as warm as 2011 (9.4°) or 2014 (9.5°).
Rainfall a bit below average but not as dry as 2010 (967.5mm) or 2011
(1027.3mm).
It was the sunniest year that I have recorded here. The previous
sunniest was 1002.4 hours in 2011.
There was less snow and frost than the average but there have been
several less wintry years.

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