MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for FEB. 2001 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 -0.5 0.9 0:30 -2.7 7:00 18.8 0.0 3.8 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 2 2.1 3.9 17:00 0.2 8:00 16.2 0.0 2.2 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 3 3.9 4.6 15:30 2.8 0:30 14.4 0.0 5.2 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 4 1.5 3.4 0:30 0.8 14:00 16.7 0.0 10.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 5 1.9 2.4 20:30 1.4 0:30 16.4 0.0 9.2 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 6 5.7 8.6 13:30 2.1 0:30 12.6 0.0 7.4 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 7 5.3 7.3 3:30 1.6 24:00 12.9 0.0 14.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 8 0.8 2.9 15:00 -0.9 8:30 17.5 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 9 0.5 4.0 15:00 -1.6 8:00 17.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 10 2.8 9.3 24:00 -1.3 1:30 15.5 0.0 5.2 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 11 8.3 9.7 2:00 6.7 20:00 10.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 12 6.5 9.4 15:00 3.7 23:00 11.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 13 3.6 8.6 13:30 0.6 6:30 14.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 14 2.0 7.3 14:30 -1.3 8:00 16.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 15 4.4 8.3 15:30 0.3 1:00 13.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 16 4.7 7.7 16:00 2.2 22:30 13.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 17 4.2 8.1 15:30 1.7 2:30 14.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 18 1.9 5.7 15:00 -0.7 8:30 16.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 19 4.6 7.7 14:00 0.9 1:00 13.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 20 5.5 10.0 15:00 1.8 8:00 12.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 21 7.7 10.6 13:00 5.6 23:30 10.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 22 5.8 8.4 15:00 2.4 24:00 12.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 23 1.8 5.3 14:30 -0.1 8:00 16.5 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 24 0.2 2.7 13:00 -1.4 21:30 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 25 0.5 3.6 15:30 -1.7 6:30 17.8 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 26 1.5 3.6 13:30 -0.4 2:30 16.8 0.0 4.4 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 27 2.0 3.9 13:30 0.3 24:00 16.3 0.0 5.2 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 28 0.3 2.3 12:30 -1.9 24:00 18.0 0.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.2 10.6 21 -2.7 1 422.2 0.0 72.6 0.0 0.0 1 --- (-0.6) (187%) Max >= 32.0: 0 Max <= 0.0: 0 Min <= 0.0: 11 Min <= -18.0: 0 Max Rain: 14.00 ON 7/02/01 Days of Rain: 14 (> .2 mm) 11 (> 2 mm) 0 (> 20 mm) Heat Base: 18.3 Cool Base: 18.3 Method: Integration Wet and sunny; particularly wet in the SE. The month began with a cold, snowy spell in the north, while it was very wet and mild in the south. Cold easterly winds brought severe weather from the 2nd to 10th in the norht. There was a notable blizzard in the north on the 4th, with two days of heavy snow in eastern Scotland and NE England; 40 cm of snow, with 60 cm at Aboyne (Aberdeen). Then mild and anticyclonic: generally dry from the 13-25th. The pressure of 1046 mb on the 17th was the highest February pressure since 1979. The month had a cold, snowy end. There were 33 cms of snow near Durham on the morning of the 28th. There were even 3cms of snow on Scilly in the evening and night of the 28th - the first significant snow since 1986. In some places in the north of England it was an extremely sunny month. Overall, the coldest February since 1996, although absolutely temperatures were about the long-term average; it was colder and wintrier in Scotland.