A
cold start to January until 11th when it became slightly milder
for the rest of the month. The highest max temp was on 11th,
ranking 8th lowest in 71 years here.
Rainfall was the 2nd highest with 219% of average,
beaten only in 2014. The wettest single day in January ever occurred on 8th,
with 50.7mm recorded, and this was the 9th wettest day in any
month ever recorded here all the rest being in Jun/Jul/Aug/Sep. Sunniest
days were 2-5, 28 and 31.
Dullest were 8, 11-13, 15, 18, 21-22.
Windiest days 11 and 27.
So an extremely wet start to this year, continuing the wetter spell which
began last September, and the ground remains saturated.
6.2
mean max (C)
1.2
mean min (C)
3.7
mean (C)
-0.6 deg avg (C)
9.9
high max (C) on 11
0.1
low max (C)
on
5
6.5
high min (C)
on 20
-6.3 low min (C)
on
4
158.2 rain total (mm)
219% of normal, 2nd highest
Most rain was 50.7mm on 8th , wettest ever in January, 9th
wettest in any month
30 raindays (days with >=0.2mm)
highest on record
25 wetdays (days with >=1mm),
2nd highest
8 very wet days (days with >=5mm) 11th = highest
18
days with ground frosts
10
days with airfrosts
5 days with snow falling 2-6 and 9
7 fog days 8, 16, 18-19, 26, 29-30
No
thunder
71%
cloud cover percent
91%
mean RH
Mean
pressure was 1002.5 mb
