Epping Weather Station

Summary for Year 2004

Temperature °C
   Date or compared to 1971-2000 average
Mean Maximum
14.7
+1.3
Mean Minimum
7.5
+1.1
Overall Mean
11.1
+1.2
Highest Maximum
31.8
8th June
Lowest Maximum
2.4
25th Feb
Highest Minimum
20.2
9th August
Lowest Minimum
-4.2
1st March
Lowest Grass Min
-6.7
1st March
Wind mph
Mean wind speed
3.9
Strongest Gust
53
Date
20th March
Direction at 0900
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
CALM
No of mornings
69
16
42
20
14
18
135
33
19
Precipitation mm
 Date or compared to 1971-2000 average
Annual Total
699.3
107%
Wettest Day
30.6
18th August
Rain Days (>0.2mm)
180
Wet Days (>1mm)
124
Sunshine hours
Annual Total
1459.1
% Average
95
Days with no sun
62
Sunniest day
14.73
Date
19th May, 7th June
Number of days with
Air Frost
31
Ground Frost
53
Snow/sleet falling (0000-2400GMT)
20
>50% snow cover at 0900
9
Fog at 0900 (vis <1000m)
6
Thunder heard
23
Hail <5mm diameter
13
Hail > 5mm diameter
1

 
Miscellaneous Data
Mean Relative Humidity at 0900 (%)
83
Mean Air Pressure at 0900 (mb)
1015.3
Lowest Pressure 975.1
Date
18th April
Highest Pressure 1036.6
Date
1st March
Hours of air frost
216.3
Mean soil temp °C (20cm depth)
11.5
Greatest snow depth (0900)
6cm
Date
29th January
Particular days/events

On the afternoon of the 28th January an active cold front passed through from the north. The air temperature fell from 3.2°C to 0.7°C in less than 15 minutes. The front was accompanied by winds gusting to 40mph, heavy snow and visibility less than 100m. The depth of level snow was 6cm but drifting occurred in the strong winds producing snow depths to 75cm in nearby fields

 

 

Year as a whole
The third warmest year since records began here in 1979. (2002 and 2003 were slightly warmer than 2004)
The last 8 years have all been warmer than the Long Term Average (1971-2000)

 

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