Epping Weather Station

Monthly Summary: February 2013 (Daily Readings)

Temperature °C
   Date or compared to 1981-2010 average
Mean Maximum
5.1º
-2.1º
Mean Minimum
0.2º
-1.4º
Monthly Mean
2.7º
-1.7º
Highest Maximum
9.2º
4th,14th
Lowest Maximum
0.3º
11th
Highest Minimum
4.4º
16th
Lowest Minimum
-2.9º
19th
Lowest Grass Min
-6.6º
13th
Wind mph
Mean wind speed
6.3
Strongest Gust
35
5th
Dominant Direction
NE
Direction at 0900
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
CALM
No of mornings
7
3
5
2
0
3
5
2
1
Precipitation mm
 Date or compared to 1981-2010 average
Monthly Total
38.7
88.8%
Wettest Day
23.4
10th
Rain Days (>0.2mm)
14
Wet Days (>1mm)
7
Sunshine hours
Monthly Total
65.21
% Average
79.2%
Days with no sun
8
Sunniest day
8.27
Hours
17th
Number of days with
Air Frost
14
Ground Frost
21
Snow/sleet falling (0000-2400GMT)
11
>50% snow cover at 0900
3
Fog at 0900 (vis <1000m)
0
Thunder heard
1
Hail <5mm diameter
0
Hail > 5mm diameter
0

 
Miscellaneous Data
Mean Relative Humidity at 0900 (%)
89.2
Mean Air Pressure at 0900 (mb)
1017.2
Lowest Pressure 991.8mb
Date
5th
Highest Pressure 1034.7mb
Date
27th
Hours of air frost
110.9
Mean soil temp °C (20cm depth)
2.9
Greatest snow depth (0900)
11
Date
11th
Particular days/events

10th - Rain turning to snow mid afternoon. Heavy wet snow overnight finally dying out around midday on 11th. Anemometer iced up for 13hours 10th/11th.

11th - 11cm level depth of snow at 0900 GMT produced 23.4mm rain equivalent, making the 10th the second wettest February day on record (1979).

20th to 24th - Cold easterly winds giving dull conditions with light snow and snow grain


 

Month as a whole

Coldest February since 1996

Lowest mean maximum temperature since 1991

Lowest high maximum temperature since 1979.

No maximum temperature reached double figures.

Equal highest number of air frosts since 1996.


 

Epping Weather Site February 2012 Summary

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