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Swanston Weather Station
January 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)
Temperature (°C)
Relative
Humidity (%)
Wind Speed
(mph)
Wind
Direction
Soil Temp
at 20cm
(°C)
Snow Depth(cm)/
Pentlands snowline(ft)
1Maximum Temperature (°C)
2Minimum Temperature (°C)
3Rainfall
(mm)
4GrassMin Temp
(°C)
5Sun (Hours)

Solar
Rad'n High
( W/m2)
ET
(mm)
6Max Wind
Speed (mph)
1
1017.3
2.4
83
11
SSW
4.5
1500'
6.7
0.4
1.3
-1.5
0.00
91
0.9
38
 Cloudy 31st with showers of rain/snow 1850-1940. Cloudy am 1st
1
2
1001.7
6.4
95
9
SE
5.0
-
7.3
2.4
1.3
2.2
0.00
67
0.2
29
 Cloudy 1st. Light rain am 2nd
2
3
992.0
5.8
93
18
SE
6.0
-
6.7
5.8
2.0
5.2
0.00
32
0.2
36
 Cloudy 2nd and 3rd with occasional rain
3
4
982.4
5.8
93
14
ESE
6.0
-
6.2
5.7
3.2
4.6
0.00
84
0.2
29
 Cloudy and dull 3rd/4th am. Occasional rain
4
5
988.3
4.2
98
9
E
5.5
-
5.4
4.1
7.2
4.0
0.00
21
0.0
26
 Cloudy and dull 4th/5th am. Occasional rain/drizzle
5
6
997.3
4.4
94
13
ESE
5.0
-
5.9
4.1
2.2
3.8
0.00
67
0.2
29
 Cloudy and dull 5th/6th am. Occasional rain/drizzle
6
7
978.8
4.4
93
14
SSE
5.0
-
5.6
4.0
3.2
3.7
0.00
151
0.5
33
 Cloudy and dull 6th. Rain 0530-0730 7th
7
8
993.4
1.8
82
1
WSW
4.5
-
1.9
1.4
3.4
-3.1
0.00
56
0.3
27
 Rain 1200-1440 7th. Clearer skies am 8th
8
9
991.1
-2.5
98
1
E
3.5
1cm
4.3
-2.8
18.4
-6.0
0.00
42
0.0
19
 Light snow 1820-2100 8th. Fog am 9th
9
10
968.1
1.3
96
4
SSW
4.0
700'
4.0
-1.7
19.3
0.4
0.00
42
0.2
34
 Rain, with snow at times, overnight 9th/10th
10
11
978.4
3.1
90
12
S
3.0
950'
5.5
1.1
21.7
0.1
4.51
176
0.6
24
 Rain and snow 0900-1900 10th. Clear am 11th
11
12
992.4
1.8
97
7
NNW
3.0
800'
3.9
1.3
3.1
-0.1
0.00
33
0.0
20
 Sunny periods 11th. Rain and snow overnight 11th/12th
12
13
1009.0
1.3
88
8
W
3.0
950'
3.4
0.8
6.7
-1.1
0.92
192
0.4
20
 Occasional rain 12th. Clearer skies am 13th
13
14
1008.1
-1.1
88
5
NW
3.5
3cm
1.6
-1.2
0.0
-2.0
4.68
218
0.3
20
 Snow overnight 1700 13th/ 0500 14th.
14
15
1017.0
0.4
88
11
W
2.5
3cm
3.1
-0.4
0.0
-2.9
5.34
272
0.6
25
 Sunny periods 14th. Clear am 15th
15
16
1029.2
-0.2
79
3
WNW
2.0
2cm
1.8
-1.3
0.5
-5.1
0.22
155
0.4
19
 Sunny periods 15th. Clear am 16th
16
17
1024.6
0.9
81
12
SSW
2.0
4cm
3.1
-1.4
1.8
-3.2
2.00
230
0.4
23
 Snow 1430-2130 16th. Clear am 17th
17
18
1013.1
1.2
98
0
Calm
2.0
2cm
2.6
0.6
3.7
-1.6
0.00
79
0.1
6
 Light snow overnight 17th/18th. Light rain am 18th
18
19
1016.9
1.9
98
2
ESE
2.0
750'
3.0
1.2
0.4
0.3
0.00
70
0.1
9
 Light rain at times 18th. Cloudy am 19th
19
20
1019.4
2.1
99
3
SE
3.0
800'
2.9
1.8
0.0
0.3
0.00
32
0.0
15
 Cloudy 19th/20th am with fog
20
21
1015.5
1.5
88
5
ENE
3.0
950'
8.4
1.1
3.2
-0.2
0.00
70
0.3
31
 Fog/low cloud 20th. Mainly cloudy am 21st
21
22
1000.7
8.0
93
21
SSW
4.0
1300'
10.8
1.5
1.7
1.7
1.51
257
1.0
49
 Cloudy 21st. Milder am 22nd, rain, gusts 49mph
22
23
1018.4
8.1
79
19
SW
4.0
1500'
11.6
6.4
1.3
4.6
1.58
149
1.2
42
 Sunny intervals 22nd. Clear am 23rd. Gusty winds
23
24
1013.2
11.6
92
20
SW
5.0
-
13.3
7.2
0.0
6.3
0.00
132
0.9
43
 Sunny intervals 23rd. Rain 0610-0650 4th
24
25
1004.0
11.8
88
23
SW
6.0
-
12.3
11.6
5.4
10.3
0.05
181
1.0
54
 Cloudy 2th/am 26th. 54mph gust 0820 26th
25
26
991.3
8.1
92
26
SSW
5.5
-
12.1
5.0
25.8
2.5
0.01
111
0.9
60
 Heavy rain 1520 25th. Rain from 0420 26th. Gales
26
27
990.8
4.0
98
7
ESE
5.5
-
4.6
4.0
10.2
3.8
0.46
302
0.4
32
 Rain, heavy am 26th and am 27th. Gales 26th
27
28
1009.6
4.1
87
23
WSW
4.0
1300'
10.3
1.7
5.3
0.1
3.65
229
1.0
49
 Rain am 27th turning to snow. Snow showers early am 28th
28
29
993.4
5.3
89
25
W
5.0
-
6.6
4.1
4.4
3.0
2.25
329
1.3
71
 Rain pm 28th/am 29th. Gale am 29th 71mph. Squall 0900
29
30
995.1
0.9
88
21
WSW
4.0
2cm
2.9
-0.1
2.9
-1.6
3.75
376
0.8
49
 Gales and showers 29th snow late pm. Heavy snow showers am 30th
30
31
999.0
2.4
91
15
WSW
4.0
1cm
10.7
0.5
3.6
-0.7
0.16
221
0.3
33
 Frequent heavy snow showers 30th and early am 31st
31
 
   
Total/
Mean
6.1
2.2
163.2
31.09
14.6
 
Date
 
Pressure
(mb)
Temperature
(°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)
Total 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
* 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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