February 2005
Mean max 6.4 (-0.4), High max 12.1 (12th), Low max 2.1 (24th)
Mean min 1.5 (0.0), High min 7.7 (10th), Low min -4.8 (28th), Grass min -8.3
(28th)
Monthly mean 4.0 (-0.1)
Air frosts 10, Ground frosts 16, Hours of air frost 75.2
Rain 26.6mm (67%), wettest day 4.5mm (10th), RD 20, WD 8
Days of snowfall 13, snow lying at 0900 5, max depth (only) 4cm (25th)
Sun 65.8 hours (95%), sunniest day 8.6hrs (7th)
Wind max gust 44mph (13th), mean at 0900 7.3mph

Coldest February since 1996. Most days of snow falling since 1979 (records
began)
First month with mean temperature (albeit only 0.1°)below the long term
average since October 2003.

Winter 2004/5
Mean max 7.6 (+0.8), Mean min 2.4 (+0.5), Season mean 5.0 (+0.6)
Sunshine 195.9hrs (118%)
Rainfall 83.2mm (52%)

Driest winter since 1992. Third driest since records began in 1979

All the best
--
George in Epping, West Essex (107m asl)
www.eppingweather.co.uk
www.winter1947.co.uk