MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for JAN. 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 2.3 4.6 14:00 0.2 2:00 13.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 2 2.6 3.6 1:00 1.2 23:00 12.3 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 3 2.1 6.4 23:00 -0.2 6:00 12.9 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 4 5.2 6.4 1:00 3.9 8:00 10.3 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 5 6.0 8.2 19:00 3.5 5:00 9.1 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 6 7.1 8.8 5:00 5.2 24:00 8.4 0.0 4.4 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 7 6.4 8.5 15:00 4.5 5:00 9.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 8 7.4 8.7 9:00 6.0 16:00 7.7 0.0 3.6 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 9 5.3 6.6 15:00 4.3 24:00 10.2 0.0 2.2 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 10 7.1 10.4 19:00 4.3 1:00 8.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 11 5.9 8.9 6:00 3.5 21:00 9.6 0.0 3.4 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 12 5.0 6.9 14:00 3.5 24:00 10.5 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 13 4.5 5.4 13:00 3.6 24:00 11.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 14 3.3 4.4 16:00 2.2 9:00 12.2 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 15 3.0 4.4 13:00 0.6 17:00 12.5 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 16 3.2 4.1 17:00 2.4 23:00 12.3 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 17 2.5 3.8 15:00 1.8 7:00 13.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 18 3.3 7.2 24:00 -0.1 9:00 12.2 0.0 3.6 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 19 9.8 11.6 16:00 7.2 1:00 5.7 0.0 3.2 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 20 9.2 10.1 2:00 8.6 13:00 6.3 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 21 7.8 8.7 1:00 6.4 24:00 7.7 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 22 7.2 8.5 15:00 5.9 4:00 8.3 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 23 6.9 8.4 13:00 4.3 3:00 8.6 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 24 5.1 6.8 14:00 3.7 21:00 10.4 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 25 3.7 6.5 14:00 1.2 23:00 11.8 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 26 2.0 3.5 14:00 0.7 9:00 13.5 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 27 0.4 1.8 1:00 -1.1 24:00 15.1 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 28 -1.0 1.8 11:00 -2.4 15:00 16.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 29 1.3 2.9 24:00 -1.4 1:00 14.2 0.0 3.2 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 30 4.4 7.7 24:00 2.8 3:00 11.1 0.0 7.8 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 31 5.7 8.0 3:00 3.8 20:00 9.8 0.0 16.4 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.7 11.6 19 -2.4 28 333.4 0.0 66.8 0.0 0.0 1 --- (+1.3) (119%) Max >= 32.0: 0 Max <= 0.0: 0 Min <= 0.0: 5 Min <= -18.0: 0 Max Rain: 16.40 ON 31/01/04 Days of Rain: 27 (> .2 mm) 12 (> 2 mm) 0 (> 20 mm) Heat Base: 15.5 Cool Base: 15.5 Method: Integration Milder than average, and slightly wetter - the wettest for five years. Often dull, wet, and windy. Cold at the beginning and end, with an Arctic plunge in the final week giving disruptive snow and even thunder with the snow as the cold and mild air collided on the 28th. The heavy snow caused widespread travel disruption in the MIdlands on the 28th. The warmest day were oddly and unusually both on the 31st (13.9C at Madley, Herefordshire, and -10.2C at Altnaharra. 56 mm of rain fell at Capel Curig on the 15th. There was also some snow in the Midlands, Wales, and NE on the 14-15th. A good-sized waterspout was photographed in the Bristol Channel lunchtime on the 11th.