MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for JAN. 2000 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 5.0 8.3 0:30 1.4 8:00 13.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 2 7.0 8.5 12:30 5.9 1:00 11.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 3 6.7 10.4 3:30 2.6 23:00 11.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 4 2.8 3.9 13:30 1.6 3:00 15.4 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 5 5.3 9.1 23:00 1.6 5:30 13.0 0.0 2.8 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 6 5.8 8.9 0:30 1.1 21:00 12.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 7 7.4 9.1 19:00 3.2 0:30 10.8 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 8 4.7 6.7 0:30 2.2 24:00 13.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 9 2.3 4.9 14:00 -0.8 24:00 15.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 10 3.2 7.2 23:00 -1.1 1:00 15.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 11 6.9 9.4 22:30 3.2 9:30 11.4 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 12 6.1 9.4 2:00 1.5 23:30 12.2 0.0 11.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 13 2.0 3.3 24:00 0.7 8:30 16.3 0.0 2.4 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 14 3.5 4.8 12:00 2.7 8:30 14.8 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 15 2.9 4.2 14:30 1.7 8:30 15.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 16 3.4 7.9 24:00 0.4 8:30 14.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 17 5.7 9.1 14:30 2.4 9:00 12.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 18 7.3 8.4 1:00 6.5 23:30 11.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 19 4.9 6.5 0:30 3.4 20:00 13.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 20 5.3 6.5 14:30 3.8 0:30 13.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 21 4.7 7.3 14:30 3.2 8:30 13.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 22 4.3 6.4 3:00 2.7 9:00 14.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 23 3.0 4.2 12:30 1.8 20:00 15.3 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 24 3.6 5.7 14:30 1.8 4:00 14.7 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 25 4.4 5.3 12:30 3.1 0:30 13.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 26 2.9 5.9 14:30 -0.2 8:00 15.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 27 4.4 6.5 14:30 2.4 6:30 13.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 28 6.7 9.2 23:30 4.7 0:30 11.6 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 29 7.7 10.2 8:00 5.3 24:00 10.6 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 30 7.4 10.9 14:30 4.0 5:30 10.9 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 31 8.6 9.7 1:30 7.3 8:30 9.7 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.0 10.9 30 -1.1 10 410.7 0.0 27.6 0.0 0.0 1 --- (+2.0) (47%) Max >= 32.0: 0 Max <= 0.0: 0 Min <= 0.0: 3 Min <= -18.0: 0 Max Rain: 11.00 ON 12/01/00 Days of Rain: 12 (> .2 mm) 4 (> 2 mm) 0 (> 20 mm) Heat Base: 18.3 Cool Base: 18.3 Method: Integration Mild (CET 4.4), sunny, and quite dry. Some very mild days at the beginning and end of the month; 15C recorded at Worcester, and 16C in NE Wales, on the 31st. The lowest temperature of the month was -9C at Redhill on the 27th. Average rainfall was 47% of the expected amount, but the south and east were particularly dry. The far west and north were quite wet. Flooding in North Wales on the 12th after 155mm of rain (at the wetspot Capel Curig in Snowdonia 10-12th). Gales in Scotland and Northern Ireland 2-3rd. There were 99 hours of sun at Bognor, and 97 hours at Leuchars (Fife) - just failing to beat the record of 101 years set in 1959. It was a westerly first half of the month and anticyclonic second half. There were mild SWs at the end of the month. A severe gale affected the Scottish islands on the 29-30th.