Epping Weather Station

Monthly Summary: February 2010(Daily Readings)

Temperature °C
   Date or compared to 1971-2000 average
Mean Maximum
5.3
-1.5
Mean Minimum
0.5
-1.1
Monthly Mean
2.9
-1.3
Highest Maximum
10.1
5th
Lowest Maximum
1.3
8th
Highest Minimum
5.6
25th
Lowest Minimum
-3.4
15th
Lowest Grass Min
-5.6
15th
Wind mph
Mean wind speed
5.9
Strongest Gust
38
26th
Dominant Direction
N
Direction at 0900
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
CALM
No of mornings
7
5
1
2
5
2
4
1
1
Precipitation mm
 Date or compared to 1971-2000 average
Monthly Total
102.8
258.9%
Wettest Day
22.3
16th
Rain Days (>0.2mm)
25
Wet Days (>1mm)
15
Sunshine hours
Monthly Total
51.58
% Average
74.8%
Days with no sun
7
Sunniest day
11th
Hours
7.64
Number of days with
Air Frost
14
Ground Frost
14
Snow/sleet falling (0000-2400GMT)
14
>50% snow cover at 0900
2
Fog at 0900 (vis <1000m)
2
Thunder heard
0
Hail <5mm diameter
2
Hail > 5mm diameter
0

 
Miscellaneous Data
Mean Relative Humidity at 0900 (%)
89
Mean Air Pressure at 0900 (mb)
1002.6
Lowest Pressure
978.1
Date
25th
Highest Pressure
1024.1
Date
7th
Hours of air frost
106.2
Mean soil temp °C (20cm depth)
2.7
Greatest snow depth (0900)
1
Date
11th, 22nd
Particular days/events

23rd saw rain turn to snow in the afternoon. Temperatures fell to +0.1ºC by 1530 with an accumulation of 1cm of snow. Late afternoon saw temperatures start to rise bringing a thaw and a break in the cold spell.

Snow fell on 1st,8th,10th-16th,18th, 20th-23rd

 

Month as a whole

Coldest February since 1996
Wettest since 1979
Dullest since 2002
Most air frosts since 1996
Most days with snow falling in February since records began here in 1979

 

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