FEBRUARY 2010 WEATHER SUMMARY

HIGHEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE: 09.9C (23rd & 27th)

HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE : 07.9C (4th)

LOWEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE : 03.1C (11th)

LOWEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE : -07.0C (12th)

MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE : 07.2C (10YR):08.5C (22YR): 08.6C

MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE : 01.0C (10YR): 03.4C (22YR): 03.5C

MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR MONTH : 04.1C (10YR): 05.9C (22YR): 06.0C

MAX. DAILY TEMPERATURE RANGE : 12.7C (12th)

MEAN DAILY TEMPERATURE RANGE: 06.1C

TOTAL RAINFALL : 96.1mm (10YR):125.7mm(22YR):129.6mm

MAXIMUM 24HR RAINFALL : 17.2mm (3rd)

RAIN DAYS (0.2MM OR MORE) : 19

WET DAYS (1.0MM OR MORE) : 17

DAYS WITH RAIN INCLUDED : 19

DAYS WITH HAIL : 02

DAYS WITH THUNDER : 01

DAYS WITH SLEET OR SNOW : SLEET: 00 SNOW :01

AIR FROSTS: (-00.1C OR BELOW) : 10

MAXIMUM ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE : 1026.0mb (11th)

MINIMUM ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE : 982.0mb (22nd)

MEAN ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE : 1004.1mb (22Yr Mean: 1017.3mb)

MEAN SOUTHWEST SEA TEMPERATURE: 09.1C (1986-2009 AVE): 09.6C

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NOTES: THE SEVERE CHILL OF JANUARY WAS REPLACED IN FEBRUARY

BY SLIGHTLY MILDER, THOUGH STILL VERY COLD WEATHER.

IT WAS DRY FROM 6TH TO 13TH INCLUSIVE, BUT APART FROM

THIS, THERE WAS RAIN ON ALL OF THE REMAINING DAYS.

HAIL OCCURRED ON THE 19TH (EARLY HOURS) AND ON 20TH

AT 1043GMT. THUNDER WAS RECORDED ON 15TH. (TIME N/A).

THERE WAS THE MOST AIR FROSTS IN FEBRUARY SINCE 2005

AND IT WAS THE COLDEST FEBRUARY (ALL MEAN TEMPS)

EVER RECORDED HERE. THE MEAN S.W. SEA TEMPERATURE

WAS THE LOWEST IN ANY FEB. SINCE 2000 & 2001 (9.0C).

THE MAX. ESTIMATED WIND GUST WAS 40KT DURING THE

EARLY HOURS AND EARLY MORNING OF THE 28TH.

THE WINTER AS A WHOLE WAS THE COLDEST EVER

RECORDED HERE. (BACK TO 1987).

ALL READINGS DONE BY PAUL RICHARDS AT 40 CRELLOW

FIELDS, STITHIANS. WE ARE A MET OFFICE REGISTERED

RAINFALL STATION (379547) THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENT

AGENCY IN BODMIN.

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