MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for JAN. 2003 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 3.3 4.7 23:00 1.3 6:30 12.2 0.0 7.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 2 4.0 5.4 8:00 2.1 23:30 11.4 0.0 16.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 3 0.9 2.3 0:15 -0.1 00:00 14.6 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 4 0.3 0.9 4:45 -0.5 9:30 15.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 5 0.4 1.7 13:15 -0.8 7:30 15.1 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 6 0.7 1.3 14:45 0.1 1:00 14.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 7 -0.1 1.0 14:15 -0.8 23:30 15.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 8 1.4 2.6 14:00 -0.9 0:45 14.1 0.0 3.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 9 2.8 3.6 13:45 1.9 2:30 12.7 0.0 7.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 10 2.3 3.5 15:30 1.2 5:15 13.2 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 11 1.7 3.8 14:30 0.3 9:15 13.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 12 3.6 8.0 23:45 0.2 2:30 11.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 13 9.7 10.5 14:00 7.9 0:15 5.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 14 9.1 9.9 4:00 8.2 00:00 6.4 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 15 7.2 8.7 5:45 5.7 18:00 8.3 0.0 2.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 16 7.4 8.7 15:30 5.9 1:00 8.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 17 6.9 9.2 4:15 4.0 22:45 8.6 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 18 5.2 7.7 13:30 3.6 1:15 10.3 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 19 4.9 6.6 15:30 2.8 23:45 10.6 0.0 3.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 20 5.1 8.0 14:00 2.3 3:15 10.4 0.0 3.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- 21 5.6 6.4 17:45 3.6 1:00 9.9 0.0 3.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- 22 5.1 5.9 0:30 3.7 00:00 10.5 0.0 4.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 23 3.1 5.7 15:15 1.4 22:00 12.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 24 7.1 10.0 14:30 1.9 1:30 8.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 25 7.8 9.7 7:00 6.2 21:30 7.7 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 26 10.1 13.2 14:00 6.4 4:00 5.4 0.0 2.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 27 9.1 11.1 12:30 5.1 23:00 6.4 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- 28 4.8 5.6 15:00 3.4 9:00 10.7 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 29 3.7 4.6 13:15 1.2 00:00 11.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 30 -1.0 1.6 3:30 -2.3 23:30 16.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 31 -0.8 2.0 23:30 -2.6 8:45 16.4 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.2 13.2 26 -2.6 31 349.0 0.0 62.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- (+0.8) (110%) Max >= 32.0: 0 Max <= 0.0: 0 Min <= 0.0: 7 Min <= -18.0: 0 Max Rain: 16.21 ON 02/01/03 Days of Rain: 22 (> .2 mm) 11 (> 2 mm) 0 (> 20 mm) Heat Base: 15.5 Cool Base: 15.5 Method: Integration Slightly warmer than average, but with some amazing contrasts. It was a very sunny month: in the south of England it was the sunniest January on record, with nearly 123 hours in Weymouth. The month had a cold beginning and end, but it was very mild in between (13-28th). The month started with some heavy rain, leading to widespread and severe flooding, particularly in the south. It then suddenly turned much colder, with frost and snow, and freezing of the floodwaters. It was -10.2C at Altnaharra on the morning of the 3rd. London had its first significant snowfall for years, and 20 cm fell in Northumberland, Durham, and NE Wales. The temperature fell to -18.3C at Aviemore on the morning of the 7th, with a maximum of just -8.8C the next day. It turned milder on the 10th as mobile westerlies returned. There was an incredible contrast at the end of the month. It was exceptionally mild, with a maximum of 18.3C was recorded at Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, on Sunday 26th. This is the new highest January maximum for Scotland, and equalled the British record set in Aber in 1958 and 1971. On the 27th East Malling (Kent) recorded 17.4C - a new January record for England. Four days later there was an Arctic plunge, and on Thursday 30th snow and blizzards affected many parts of the country,accompanied by biting winds. There was more snow on the 31st. Transport was severely affected by the snow, particularly in NE Scotland, the S and SE of England, and the E coast. The M11 became blocked for many hours. Snow also caused delays on the London underground ... Amazing what 3 inches can do. The Thames barrier was closed 14 times, a new record.