MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for APR. 2000 NAME: Ferryhill CITY: Ferryhill STATE: Co. Durham ELEV: 394 feet LAT: 54deg 41min N LONG: 1deg 33min W TEMPERATURE (°C), RAIN (mm), WIND SPEED (mph) HEAT COOL AVG MEAN DEG DEG WIND DOM DAY TEMP HIGH TIME LOW TIME DAYS DAYS RAIN SPEED HIGH TIME DIR ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 5.7 10.7 14:00 1.2 7:30 12.5 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 2 5.1 6.0 2:00 3.1 24:00 13.2 0.0 5.8 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 3 1.8 3.2 0:30 1.0 6:30 16.5 0.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 4 3.3 5.6 14:00 2.0 23:00 14.9 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 5 4.5 8.3 16:30 0.9 7:00 13.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 6 5.8 12.1 18:00 -0.6 7:00 12.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 7 7.0 13.6 15:00 1.6 7:00 11.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 8 7.4 10.8 14:30 5.9 0:30 10.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 9 6.3 8.3 16:30 4.4 24:00 11.9 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 10 6.6 12.0 15:00 3.1 4:00 11.6 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 11 4.5 6.3 0:30 3.5 18:30 13.8 0.0 8.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 12 4.9 5.9 14:30 4.1 4:30 13.4 0.0 7.2 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 13 4.1 4.8 2:00 3.3 7:30 14.2 0.0 18.2 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 14 4.1 6.7 16:00 2.6 24:00 14.2 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 15 3.9 8.4 13:30 -0.1 6:00 14.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 16 5.1 7.9 14:30 2.8 6:00 13.2 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 17 5.7 8.8 15:00 4.1 8:30 12.6 0.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 18 7.7 11.9 18:00 3.8 7:30 10.6 0.0 4.2 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 19 10.1 15.1 15:30 5.3 7:00 8.2 0.0 7.4 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 20 11.8 16.9 16:00 8.4 23:30 6.4 0.0 7.8 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 21 9.7 15.6 15:30 7.1 4:00 8.6 0.0 3.6 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 22 8.6 10.7 14:30 6.1 24:00 9.6 0.0 4.2 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 23 9.7 16.3 18:00 3.8 7:00 8.6 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 24 9.7 13.7 16:30 6.1 5:30 8.6 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 25 9.3 11.9 16:00 7.8 8:00 9.0 0.0 16.2 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 26 8.8 9.9 18:30 6.9 24:00 9.5 0.0 9.2 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 27 10.5 15.7 15:00 6.3 1:00 7.8 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 28 10.6 12.4 14:00 8.9 6:30 7.7 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 29 9.7 12.6 18:30 7.7 23:30 8.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 30 11.2 18.0 16:30 4.4 7:00 7.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.1 18.0 30 -0.6 6 335.0 0.0 110.8 0.0 0.0 1 --- (+0.0) (234%) Max >= 32.0: 0 Max <= 0.0: 0 Min <= 0.0: 2 Min <= -18.0: 0 Max Rain: 18.20 ON 13/04/00 Days of Rain: 21 (> .2 mm) 14 (> 2 mm) 0 (> 20 mm) Heat Base: 18.3 Cool Base: 18.3 Method: Integration The wettest since 1756 in England and Wales, with an average of 144m of rain across England and Wales. Notable cold spell early in the month as a cold front moved south on the 2-3rd, bringing the heaviest snowfall of the "winter" to many places in the south. Luton airport was closed by snow on the night of Monday 3rd as a cold front brought Arctic air up against the much more mild air that had been hanging on in the south. Luton had over 7cms of wet snow; a total of 66m of rain fell in 40 hours. Widespread flooding in the East Midlands and East Anglia. Brilliant display of aurora borealis (which I again manage to miss) on the night of the 6-7th. England, Wales, and parts of eastern Scotland were particularly wet. There was a little more snow in the south on the nifhts of the 12-13th and 14-15th. The southeast was particularly wet, with three times the average rainfall. Places in Kent and Herefordshire recorded 400%! On the other hand, parts of the northwest were quite dry. A month with sunshine slightly beneath average and average temperatures, the final warm third cancelling out the effects of the cold start.