Epping Weather Station

Summary for Year 2003

Temperature °C
  Date or compared to 1971-2000 average
Mean Maximum 15.7
+2.3
Mean Minimum 7.2
+0.8
Overall Mean 11.4
+1.5
Highest Maximum 37.9
Lowest Maximum 0.4
8th January
Highest Minimum 18.6
6th August
Lowest Minimum -4.4
18th February
Lowest Grass Min -8.6
18th February
Wind mph
Mean wind speed
4.2
Strongest Gust
41
Date
20th December
Direction at 0900
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
CALM
No of mornings
57
8
94
23
19
8
116
25
15
Precipitation mm
Date or compared to 1971-2000 average
Annual Total
529.9
81%
Wettest Day
21.8
22nd November
Rain Days (>0.2mm)
146
Wet Days (>1mm)
97
Sunshine hours
Annual Total
1953.0
% Average
134
Days with no sun
39
Sunniest day
15.72
Date
15th June
Number of days with
Air Frost
35
Ground Frost
63
Snow/sleet falling (0000-2400GMT)
10
>50% snow cover at 0900
4
Fog at 0900 (vis <1000m)
12
Thunder heard
10
Hail <5mm diameter
2
Hail > 5mm diameter
1

 

Miscellaneous Data
Mean Relative Humidity at 0900 (%)
76
Mean Air Pressure at 0900 (mb)
1016.4
Lowest Pressure
971.0
Date
31st October
Highest Pressure
1041.0
Date
16th March
Hours of air frost
304.2
Mean soil temp °C (20cm depth)
11.0
Greatest snow depth (0900)
8cm
Date
31st January
Particular days/events

28th December 2002-2 January 2003 61.8mm rain
30th January snowstorm PM, 8cm level snow drifts to 75cm
10th August record warmth, maximum temperature 37.9°C (100.2°F)
20th-23rd November 57.1mm rain

 

 

Year as a whole
Equal warmest (with 2002) and third driest year since records began here in 1979.
9 out of the last 10 years have been warmer than the long term average.

 

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