MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for APR. 2002 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 9.8 14.0 15:00 4.4 24:00 4.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 2 7.2 12.2 18:00 2.2 7:00 6.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 3 12.3 19.1 16:00 8.4 7:00 2.5 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 4 8.5 12.9 15:00 5.6 9:00 5.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 5 7.5 10.4 14:00 5.0 6:00 6.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 6 6.8 9.4 15:00 4.3 24:00 7.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 7 6.2 11.7 16:00 2.3 7:00 7.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 8 7.0 12.6 17:00 2.7 8:00 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 9 7.4 11.0 16:00 4.7 3:00 6.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 10 7.2 10.5 17:00 4.7 8:00 6.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 11 6.9 11.1 16:00 2.6 4:00 7.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 12 6.5 8.7 16:00 4.2 24:00 7.5 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 13 5.6 8.8 17:00 2.6 7:00 8.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 14 6.9 10.3 12:00 3.6 5:00 7.1 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 15 7.9 11.2 16:00 6.1 8:00 6.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 16 8.0 15.6 17:00 2.3 8:00 6.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 17 8.9 14.6 16:00 4.1 7:00 5.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 18 9.3 12.4 18:00 7.7 7:00 4.7 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 19 9.7 16.2 16:00 6.7 8:00 4.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 20 10.7 15.6 15:00 5.6 7:00 3.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 21 12.4 17.2 17:00 9.2 7:00 2.1 0.5 0.6 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 22 12.7 14.2 15:00 11.3 8:00 1.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 23 14.0 18.2 13:00 10.3 6:00 1.2 1.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 24 13.0 19.2 15:00 7.8 7:00 2.2 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 25 11.1 16.2 17:00 8.7 24:00 3.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 26 9.0 11.8 15:00 5.8 24:00 5.0 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 27 7.4 11.7 16:00 4.2 5:00 6.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 28 7.4 11.5 15:00 4.3 24:00 6.6 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 29 6.8 12.0 17:00 2.7 7:00 6.9 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 30 8.3 13.3 16:00 5.2 2:00 5.7 0.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.7 19.2 24 2.2 2 161.5 4.1 14.2 0.0 0.0 1 --- (+1.4) (27%) Max >= 32.0: 0 Max <= 0.0: 0 Min <= 0.0: 0 Min <= -18.0: 0 Max Rain: 5.00 ON 30/04/02 Days of Rain: 8 (> .2 mm) 2 (> 2 mm) 0 (> 20 mm) Heat Base: 14.0 Cool Base: 14.0 Method: Integration Overall, a mild and sunny month (the sunniest since 1990), particularly so in the SE. Although it was only slightly drier than normal, almost all the rain fell in the last five days. A warm start. 22.5C was reached in central London on the 3rd, the warmest day so early in the year since 1968. Kensington, London, saw 25C on the 23rd - the earliest date 25C has been reached since 1984. It was also very dry. It became much cooler and wetter from about the 26th on. There was no significant rainfall in SE England between 21 March and 16 April. It was the warmest April since 1987.