Epping Weather Station

Monthly Summary: January 2005 (Daily Readings)

Temperature °C
   Date or compared to 1971-2000 average
Mean Maximum
8.5
+2.2
Mean Minimum
3.0
+1.4
Monthly Mean
5.8
+1.7
Highest Maximum
13.4
7th
Lowest Maximum
3.4
24th
Highest Minimum
7.7
8th
Lowest Minimum
-1.5
22nd
Lowest Grass Min
-4.7
23rd
Wind mph
Mean wind speed
8.6
Strongest Gust
53
Date
8th
Dominant Direction
SW
Direction at 0900
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
CALM
No of mornings
7
0
0
1
6
6
10
1
0
Precipitation mm
 Date or compared to 1971-2000 average
Monthly Total
22.3
36%
Wettest Day (09-09)
5.3
17th
Rain Days (>0.2mm)
17
Wet Days (>1mm)
8
Sunshine hours
Monthly Total
78.0
% Average
148.6
Days with no sun
8
Sunniest day
8.27
Date
23rd
Number of days with
Air Frost
4
Ground Frost
9
Snow/sleet falling (0000-2400GMT)
4
>50% snow cover at 0900
0
Fog at 0900 (vis <1000m)
0
Thunder heard
0
Hail <5mm diameter
0
Hail > 5mm diameter
0

 
Miscellaneous Data
Mean Relative Humidity at 0900 (%)
89
Mean Air Pressure at 0900 (mb)
1021.0
Lowest Pressure
993.9
Date
18th
Highest Pressure
1033.4
Date
26th
Hours of air frost
17.8
Mean soil temp °C (20cm depth)
6.4
Greatest snow depth (0900)
n/a
Date
Particular days/events

Wind gusted to 53mph at 0600hrs on the 8th January as a cold front went through

 

 

 

Month as a whole

Warmest January since 1993 and 4th warmest on record (since 1979).
Driest since 1997 and 3rd driest since records began

We now have to go back to October 2003 for a month which was colder than the long term average.

 

 

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