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Swanston Weather Station
April 2016 (Means and totals to date are at foot of table)
 
  0900 GMT readings
 Daily  Readings (See notes at foot of page)
Weather in previous 24h (to 0900 on date)Blue >50% snow cover @09
Date
Date
Pressure
(mb)
Temp (°C)
Relative
Humidity (%)
Wind Speed
(mph)
Wind
Direction
Soil Temp
at 20cm
(°C)
SnowDepth(cm) or
Pentlands, Lammermuirs, Moorfoots snowline(ft)
1Maximum Temperature (°C)
2Minimum Temperature (°C)
3Rainfall
(mm)
4GrassMin Temp
(°C)
5Sunshine (Hours)

Solar
Rad'n High
( W/m2)
7ET
(mm)
6Max Wind
Speed (mph)
1
1009.4
6.3
83
14
SSW
6.0
-
8.4
4.1
1.5
1.8
0.00
394
1.7
53
Sunny intervals 31st, showers with hail pm. Clear am 1st
1
2
1009.4
8.4
88
1
NNW
6.5
-
10.7
5.9
1.7
3.5
0.37
431
1.3
21
Cloudy 1st, rain from 1600. Cloudy am 2nd
2
3
1003.3
6.8
90
5
S
7.0
-
12.2
5.7
3.1
4.3
1.38
766
1.2
16
Mainly cloudy 1st, light rain evening. Cloudy am 3rd
3
4
1000.6
6.1
98
7
E
7.0
-
7.5
6.1
10.9
4.5
0.00
209
0.3
15
A few sunny intervals 3rd. Light rain overnight 3rd/4th
4
5
1001.7
6.0
97
7
WNW
7.0
-
10.8
5.0
2.8
4.1
3.03
594
1.0
24
Light rain and fog 4th. Light rain am 5th
5
6
994.6
6.8
85
15
WSW
7.0
-
8.2
4.6
0.8
3.4
5.88
763
2.1
32
Light rain until mid-pm 5th. Showers am 6th
6
7
1003.7
7.7
80
11
W
7.0
-
11.7
3.9
9.3
1.6
5.30
918
1.8
30
Sunny periods 6th. Light showers early am 7th
7
8
1009.2
7.6
88
8
W
7.0
-
10.8
4.4
2.2
-1.0
2.58
780
1.7
25
Heavy showers with hail pm 7th. Showers am 8th
8
9
998.5
5.5
83
9
W
8.0
-
10.2
3.1
0.1
2.0
5.02
898
2.0
26
Showers late am/late pm 8th & am 9th
9
10
1008.4
4.6
86
3
NW
8.0
-
9.9
2.8
0.7
-1.3
3.25
944
1.1
16
Sunny periods 9th. Clear then cloudy am 10th
10
11
1017.3
5.7
88
10
E
7.0
-
6.3
1.4
1.2
-2.6
0.28
168
0.4
26
Showers mid afternoon 10th. Clear early am 11th then haar
11
12
1008.9
5.7
98
16
ENE
7.0
-
5.8
5.1
17.3
4.2
0.00
81
0.1
23
Low cloud/haar 11th and am 12th. Light rain 12th
12
13
1009.1
5.2
99
8
NE
7.0
-
6.2
4.5
6.7
4.0
0.00
220
0.3
18
Low cloud/haar/rain 12th and early am 13th. Drizzle am 13th
13
14
1013.8
5.5
87
7
ENE
7.0
-
9.0
3.9
0.0
2.4
4.40
972
1.9
18
Low cloud/haar/rain 13th. Clearer skies overnight 13th/14th
14
15
1002.4
5.6
87
6
NW
7.0
-
6.0
4.6
1.6
1.8
0.27
306
1.2
22
Sunny periods 14th. Turning cloudy am 15th
15
16
1006.1
4.8
71
7
NNW
6.0
1350' P
7.8
0.5
1.4
-2.8
4.76
830
1.6
20
Rain/Snow 1400-1700 15th. Clear overnight 15th/16th
16
17
1012.6
4.9
79
11
W
6.0
1100' P/L/M
10.6
0.0
0.2
-6.1
5.86
1065
2.5
36
Rain/Snow showers late am/early eve'g 16th. Clear am 17th
17
18
1011.8
8.2
78
15
W
7.0
-
11.7
5.9
0.0
3.5
10.04
1016
3.4
39
Shower am 17th then fine. Variable cloud am 18th, blustery
18
19
1027.8
8.6
64
4
NW
7.0
-
14.6
3.8
0.0
1.0
14.15
777
3.6
19
Prolonged sunshine 18th, windy. Clear am 19th
19
20
1031.2
9.1
62
4
NW
8.0
-
16.7
4.3
0.0
-0.8
14.54
728
3.5
14
Unbroken sunshine 19th. Clear am 20th
20
21
1027.3
10.5
74
9
ESE
8.0
-
14.3
4.4
trace
-1.9
14.49
751
3.5
21
Unbroken sunshine 20th. Clear am 21st
21
22
1026.9
7.4
72
3
SE
9.0
-
11.2
3.5
0.0
-3.6
4.53
963
2.4
20
Unbroken sunshine 21st. Clear then cloudy am 22nd
22
23
1023.1
6.5
66
8
WNW
8.0
-
9.6
1.5
0.0
-4.5
5.41
1037
2.0
20
Cloudy am 22nd then clear. More cloud later, clear am 23rd
23
24
1020.9
6.0
75
5
NNW
8.0
-
11.9
2.1
0.0
0.2
8.23
846
2.8
18
Sunny intervals 23rd. Mainly cloudy overnight 23rd/24th
24
25
1010.2
5.1
53
11
NW
8.5
-
7.7
3.2
0.0
1.1
9.27
998
3.0
31
Sunny periods 24th. Clear am 25th
25
26
1010.7
4.5
64
9
N
8.0
900'(L)
7.3
1.5
3.9
-1.3
4.01
1062
1.6
28
Snow showers 25th, sunny periods. Variable cloud am 26th
26
27
1013.1
4.2
68
6
WNW
7.0
900'(P)
9.6
0.5
4.2
-2.3
9.00
1056
2.4
20
Snow and hail showers 26th. Snow overnight 26th/27th
27
28
1007.9
4.3
77
7
SSW
7.0
800'(L),900'(P)
5.8
0.7
18.3
-2.2
3.73
526
1.2
32
Snow showers 27th. Snow cover overnight 27th/28th
28
29
1003.7
2.5
91
6
NNW
6.0
3cm
7.1
0.3
3.1
-1.5
2.02
348
0.8
35
Light snow am 28th. Heavy snow late 28th, am 29th
29
30
1017.3
7.1
69
8
W
5.5
900' (P,L,M)
9.2
1.5
0.1
-1.0
10.13
1079
2.9
28
Snow/hail showers am/early pm29th. Dry overnight 29th/30th
30
31
31
 
 
Total/
Mean
9.7
3.3
91.1
151.66
55.3
Date
 
Pressure
(mb)
Temp
(°C)
Relative
Humidity
(%)
Wind
Speed (mph)
Wind
Direction
Soil Temp
at 20cm
(°C)
Snow Depth(cm)
or
Pentlands Snow line(ft)
1 Mean Maximum
Temperature
(°C)
2Mean Minimum
Temperature
(°C)
3Total Rainfall
(mm)
4GrassMin'm
Temperature
(°C)
5Total Sunshine
(Hours)
7Total ET
(mm)
6Maximum
Wind Speed
(mph)
 
  0900 GMTreadings
Daily Readings (see notes below)  
    

 

Notes
1. For the 24 hours from 0900UTC* on the date to 0900UTC* on the following day. (The maximum temperature is generally in the afternoon*)
2. For the 24 hours ending at 0900UTC* on the date. (The minimum temperature is generally just after sunrise*)
*Where a maximum is overnight or minimum is during the day the figure is shown in italics. This often occurs in winter
3. For the 24 hours from 0900UTC* on the date to 0900UTC* on following day. SEPA = Scottish Environmental Protection Agency/UKMO 5" diameter gauge
4. For the period from sunset on previous day to 0900UTC* on the date
5.For the period sunrise to sunset on the date
6. For the period 0000UTC*-2400UTC* on the date i.e the Calendar Day
7. Total evapotranspiration on the date (in mm).
* UTC is Universal Time Coordinated. It has been adopted by the UK Met.Office in place of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). When British Summer Time is in force UTC is BST minus one hour ,e.g.1000BST=0900UTC

 

 

 

 

 


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