MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for FEB. 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 6.2 9.2 15:00 3.5 4:00 9.3 0.0 3.8 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 2 8.9 11.2 24:00 6.8 1:00 6.6 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 3 12.3 13.9 12:00 10.3 24:00 3.2 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 4 11.2 13.3 15:00 9.6 6:00 4.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 5 10.5 11.9 15:00 9.3 24:00 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 6 7.7 9.3 1:00 6.2 22:00 7.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 7 4.5 6.9 1:00 1.2 20:00 10.1 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 8 2.2 3.9 10:00 0.2 24:00 13.3 0.0 3.6 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 9 1.5 3.6 14:00 -1.0 8:00 14.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 10 7.8 10.2 18:00 2.3 1:00 7.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 11 9.4 10.7 16:00 8.4 4:00 6.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 12 8.3 10.1 15:00 7.1 7:00 7.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 13 7.4 10.7 14:00 5.3 8:00 8.1 0.0 3.8 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 14 6.4 7.4 14:00 5.6 24:00 9.1 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 15 5.6 6.2 16:00 4.9 2:00 9.9 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 16 6.0 7.6 13:00 4.7 8:00 9.5 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 17 5.4 7.1 13:00 3.9 22:00 10.1 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 18 4.7 6.7 14:00 2.3 8:00 10.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 19 5.2 7.0 15:00 3.9 8:00 10.3 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 20 3.6 5.6 14:00 2.2 6:00 11.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 21 3.8 5.3 14:00 2.7 1:00 11.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 22 1.7 3.3 1:00 0.2 24:00 13.8 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 23 1.8 4.8 16:00 -0.4 8:00 13.7 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 24 3.1 6.0 9:00 -0.8 24:00 12.4 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 25 -0.2 2.2 15:00 -2.1 8:00 15.7 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 26 -0.0 2.1 16:00 -1.7 7:00 15.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 27 0.2 1.8 15:00 -1.6 7:00 15.3 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 28 -0.2 1.9 16:00 -2.1 9:00 15.7 0.0 3.6 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 29 0.6 3.6 15:00 -1.8 7:00 14.9 0.0 3.6 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.0 13.9 3 -2.1 25 302.9 0.0 29.6 0.0 0.0 1 --- (+1.2) (76%) Max >= 32.0: 0 Max <= 0.0: 0 Min <= 0.0: 8 Min <= -18.0: 0 Max Rain: 3.80 ON 1/02/04 Days of Rain: 15 (> .2 mm) 5 (> 2 mm) 0 (> 20 mm) Heat Base: 15.5 Cool Base: 15.5 Method: Integration Overall slightly warmer than average, and quite dry. After a cold beginning, the first half was very mild, and the second very northerly. The first half was the warmest since 1869 and the second half the coldest since 1986. There was a snowy start in the north, then very mild, as the winds turned from the N to the SW. The maximum of 17.9C at Gravesend on the 4th is the highest ever for the first week of February; it even reached 16.7C at Lossiemouth on the 3rd. The overnight minimum of 13.2C at Chivenor (north Devon) on the 2-3rd was also a new February record high minimum for England. The start of the month was also very wet. At Capel Curig (Snowdonia), 165 mm of rain fell in 24 hours on the 2-3rd; 274 mm fell in three days (2-5th); and the weekly total was 418 mm. (Note that this weekly total was more than the average yearly total of some parts of the southeast!) It became much colder at the start of the second week, with another Arctic plunge. After a milder interlude the last ten days were cold and dry, with some snow showers, particularly affecting the NE of England on the 27-28th. Snow fell most days from the 21st on. Sunny except in the far N - the sunniest on record in Belfast.