MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for FEB. 2005 NAME: Ferryhill CITY: Ferryhill STATE: Co. Durham ELEV: 394 ft LAT: 54° 41' 00" N LONG: 1° 33' 00" 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 7.3 10.2 15:00 4.6 00:00 8.2 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 2 6.8 8.7 00:00 3.6 2:00 8.7 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 3 7.9 11.3 15:00 5.4 8:00 7.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 4 6.8 8.1 15:00 5.9 23:00 8.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 5 5.7 6.3 1:00 5.2 22:00 9.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 6 5.3 6.3 15:00 4.2 00:00 10.2 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- 7 3.8 4.9 15:00 2.0 23:00 11.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 8 4.7 8.5 16:00 1.5 2:00 10.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 9 8.0 9.9 13:00 5.9 1:00 7.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 10 6.5 9.5 1:00 4.4 21:00 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 11 4.7 6.8 14:00 3.1 8:00 10.8 0.0 4.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 12 6.4 9.8 5:00 3.8 00:00 9.1 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 13 3.1 6.3 14:00 1.7 8:00 12.4 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 14 3.4 5.6 14:00 1.9 1:00 12.1 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 15 2.9 4.8 14:00 1.7 2:00 12.6 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 16 2.4 5.1 15:00 -1.3 9:00 13.1 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 17 5.6 7.6 16:00 4.2 20:00 9.9 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 18 5.9 9.2 14:00 2.8 00:00 9.6 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 19 1.7 3.3 15:00 0.1 00:00 13.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 20 0.4 2.3 15:00 -1.3 9:00 15.1 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 21 0.8 1.9 15:00 -0.1 10:00 14.7 0.0 3.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 22 1.1 2.3 12:00 0.2 23:00 14.4 0.0 5.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 23 0.4 1.4 14:00 -0.7 5:00 15.1 0.0 3.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- 24 1.1 1.9 22:00 0.4 1:00 14.4 0.0 8.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 25 2.2 2.9 20:00 1.3 4:00 13.3 0.0 5.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 26 2.7 4.1 12:00 1.6 7:00 12.8 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 27 1.9 3.1 17:00 0.9 7:00 13.6 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 28 2.3 4.3 14:00 1.1 1:00 13.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.0 11.3 3 -1.3 16 322.0 0.0 43.5 0.0 0.0 --- --- (+0.2) (112%) Max >= 32.0: 0 Max <= 0.0: 0 Min <= 0.0: 4 Min <= -18.0: 0 Max Rain: 8.20 ON 24/02/05 Days of Rain: 23 (> .2 mm) 7 (> 2 mm) 0 (> 20 mm) Heat Base: 15.5 Cool Base: 15.5 Method: Integration Another month of two halves, but overall just about average temperatures. The first half was very mild. The second half of the month however saw the most prolonged wintry spell for some time, and we have to go back to the legendary 1986 for a comparable cold second half of February. The warmest day was 14.1C in central London on the 12th, and the coldest night -11.4C at Kinbrace (Sutherland) early on the 25th. The temperature fell to -9.5C at Redhill on the 27-28th, the coldest February reading since 1991. It was a dry month, particularly in the south; Portsmouth had just 8 mm of precipitation. Parts of the east had more rain, particularly as snow. There were some notable snow events across the country. There were substantial falls in southern Scotland on the 24th, and in the SE on the 25th and 27th. Kent was particularly badly affected in the south.