Epping Weather Station

Monthly Summary: February 2009(Daily Readings)

Temperature °C
   Date or compared to 1971-2000 average
Mean Maximum
6.8
0.0
Mean Minimum
1.7
+0.2
Monthly Mean
4.3
+0.2
Highest Maximum
14.5
27th
Lowest Maximum
0.7
2nd
Highest Minimum
7.3
25th
Lowest Minimum
-3.8
3rd
Lowest Grass Min
-9.4
4th
Wind mph
Mean wind speed
4.8
Strongest Gust
37
10th
Dominant Direction
N
Direction at 0900
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
CALM
No of mornings
6
2
1
1
4
1
8
3
2
Precipitation mm
 Date or compared to 1971-2000 average
Monthly Total
73.2
184.4%
Wettest Day
22.4
9th
Rain Days (>0.2mm)
16
Wet Days (>1mm)
7
Sunshine hours
Monthly Total
70.03
% Average
101.5%
Days with no sun
7
Sunniest day
21st
Hours
9.12
Number of days with
Air Frost
12
Ground Frost
16
Snow/sleet falling (0000-2400GMT)
10
>50% snow cover at 0900
9
Fog at 0900 (vis <1000m)
2
Thunder heard
1
Hail <5mm diameter
0
Hail > 5mm diameter
0

 
Miscellaneous Data
Mean Relative Humidity at 0900 (%)
89
Mean Air Pressure at 0900 (mb)
1015.2
Lowest Pressure
976.4
Date
10th
Highest Pressure
1032.5
Date
20th
Hours of air frost
109.1
Mean soil temp °C (20cm depth)
3.5
Greatest snow depth (0900)
20
Date
2nd
Particular days/events

17cm level snow at 0900 on 2nd and 3rd.
2nd 20cm level snow at 1800, greatest depth here since February 1991
6th Thunder and snow am
9th 22.4mm rain, wettest February day since 1990. Much of snow cover now cleared
12th/13th Further snow gave cover of 5cm at 0900 on 13th

 

Month as a whole

A month of contrasts, after a cold, wet and wintry start conditions turned much milder and drier in the second half of the month
1st-14th Mean temperature 1.0, 70.7mm rain, 10 days with snowfall and 9 days of snow cover at 0900
15th-28th Mean temperature 7.6, 2.5mm rain, no snow
Snowiest February since 1991.

 

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