MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for APR. 2004 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 8.6 11.3 18:00 6.2 1:00 6.9 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 2 9.6 12.6 17:00 8.2 24:00 5.7 0.0 8.2 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 3 7.8 12.2 15:00 5.1 7:00 7.7 0.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 4 7.2 10.4 14:00 4.3 24:00 8.3 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 5 6.3 10.1 14:00 4.1 24:00 9.2 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 6 5.4 7.7 17:00 3.8 6:00 10.1 0.0 2.6 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 7 5.7 7.5 14:00 3.9 3:00 9.8 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 8 5.7 8.6 15:00 3.0 5:00 9.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 9 7.5 12.0 19:00 0.4 7:00 8.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 10 7.8 9.8 1:00 6.4 24:00 7.7 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 11 9.4 13.7 17:00 6.3 6:00 6.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 12 10.4 12.7 17:00 8.7 7:00 5.1 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 13 10.0 15.4 15:00 5.7 7:00 5.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 14 10.3 12.7 14:00 8.5 6:00 5.2 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 15 9.4 14.4 15:00 5.8 7:00 6.1 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 16 8.0 9.6 18:00 6.6 7:00 7.5 0.0 5.8 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 17 8.3 11.8 16:00 6.9 24:00 7.2 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 18 6.8 9.2 18:00 5.5 24:00 8.7 0.0 19.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 19 7.7 12.4 17:00 4.6 2:00 7.8 0.0 6.8 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 20 8.7 15.1 17:00 3.0 6:00 6.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 21 10.7 13.3 13:00 7.7 24:00 4.8 0.0 5.4 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 22 10.2 14.3 17:00 6.8 2:00 5.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 23 10.5 15.1 18:00 5.4 5:00 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 24 13.9 19.1 17:00 9.4 4:00 2.4 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 25 15.6 20.8 17:00 11.2 7:00 1.4 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 26 14.3 17.2 15:00 12.2 3:00 1.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 27 9.8 12.9 1:00 8.1 23:00 5.7 0.0 2.4 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 28 7.9 8.3 14:00 7.2 24:00 7.6 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 29 7.0 8.1 14:00 5.8 7:00 8.5 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 30 8.3 9.3 16:00 7.0 2:00 7.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.0 20.8 25 0.4 9 198.7 2.6 65.4 0.0 0.0 1 --- (+1.7) (126%) Max >= 32.0: 0 Max <= 0.0: 0 Min <= 0.0: 0 Min <= -18.0: 0 Max Rain: 19.00 ON 18/04/04 Days of Rain: 20 (> .2 mm) 8 (> 2 mm) 0 (> 20 mm) Heat Base: 15.5 Cool Base: 15.5 Method: Integration Wet and warm. With 86 mm it was 35% above average rainfall. Particularly heavy rain around the 3rd, 17-18th, and last 5 days, with some severe thunderstorms. However, there were some dry, fine spells in between the rain. Warm second week: 20.7C in London on the 16th, and a warm, fine spell towards the end, with 23C in London on the 24th. An unusually deep depression crossed the country on the 18th. It was particularly wet in the east, and very dull in the north, where it was the dullest April in Leuchars since 1961, and the dullest on record at Kinloss.