uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) (uk.sci.weather) For the discussion of daily weather events, chiefly affecting the UK and adjacent parts of Europe, both past and predicted. The discussion is open to all, but contributions on a practical scientific level are encouraged.

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1   Report Post  
Old March 3rd 20, 01:10 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
external usenet poster
 
First recorded activity by Weather-Banter: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,794
Default Swanston, Edinburgh February 2020 and winter 2019-2020


February 2020

Mean max 6.7C, high max 9.9C, low max 2.4C
Mean min 1.8C, High min 7.1C, low min -0.3C, grass min -4.4C
Overall month mean 4.2C

Precipitation 176.2 mm, wettest day 39.1 mm on 8th

Sunshine 91.62 hrs, sunniest day 9.09 hrs on 27th

Wettest February on record here (2014 my records began). Mean
temperature and sunshine total close to normal. Maximum temperatures
were all below 10C, the first time this has occurred here (2014).

Rather wintry from 10th onwards with snow falling on 16 days and full
snow cover (0900 GMT) on 6 mornings. Particularly windy mid-month.


Wind gusts more than 50 mph 1st 51 mph, 8th 62 mph, 9th 58 mph, 14th 56
mph, 15th 57 mph, 16th 61 mph, 17th 59 mph, 21st 56 mph, 22nd 55 mph.

10th am heavy snow showers with thunder.

27th 9.09 hours of sunshine.

24th 3 cm snow early pm .


Winter 2019-2020


Mean max 7.4C, mean min 3.0C, overall mean 5.2C

Precipitation 306.5 mm

Sunshine 197.4 hrs



December 2019 and January 2020 were both mild months but February 2020
saw the mean temperature close to normal. The season as a whole was
milder than normal but not as mild as 2019 and 2017.

Although February 2020 was a particularly wet month the total for Winter
2019/2020 (306.5 mm) was less than the 462.9 mm of Winter 2015/2016.


George in Swanston, Edinburgh, 575' asl

www.swanstonweather.co.uk

Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Swanston, Edinburgh, November 2019 and Autumn 2019 George Booth uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) 0 December 5th 19 06:16 PM
Swanston, Edinburgh, February 2019 George Booth uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) 0 March 3rd 19 06:57 PM
[WR] Swanston, Edinburgh February 2017 and Winter 2016/2017 George Booth uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) 0 March 2nd 17 05:44 PM
[wr] Swanston, Edinburgh February 2016 and Winter 2015-2016 George Booth uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) 0 March 2nd 16 09:14 PM
Swanston, Edinburgh February 2015 and Winter 2014/15 George Booth uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) 0 March 2nd 15 10:08 PM


All times are GMT. The time now is 05:29 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2025 Weather Banter.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about Weather"

 

Copyright © 2017