MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for JAN. 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 6.9 9.3 16:00 2.8 00:00 8.5 0.0 2.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 2 3.8 6.2 00:00 1.8 6:00 11.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 3 8.1 9.4 00:00 6.1 1:00 7.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 4 7.6 10.0 10:00 4.3 20:00 7.2 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 5 6.1 8.1 17:00 4.8 2:00 9.4 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 6 7.6 10.8 16:00 3.8 6:00 7.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 7 11.2 12.1 5:00 10.1 00:00 4.3 0.0 3.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 8 5.9 10.1 1:00 2.8 13:00 9.6 0.0 6.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- 9 8.2 12.6 00:00 5.8 1:00 7.3 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 10 9.7 12.7 1:00 6.8 21:00 5.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 11 7.4 9.6 16:00 5.2 23:00 8.1 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 12 4.7 6.2 14:00 3.3 21:00 10.8 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 13 3.8 6.3 15:00 0.8 00:00 11.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 14 1.7 3.4 16:00 -0.6 3:00 13.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 15 6.0 8.7 21:00 3.2 1:00 9.5 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 16 7.0 9.3 15:00 4.2 9:00 7.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 17 6.6 9.8 7:00 1.4 00:00 7.8 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 18 2.5 4.6 17:00 0.2 7:00 11.4 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 19 5.7 10.6 20:00 2.6 6:00 9.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 20 7.6 9.5 1:00 4.0 00:00 7.9 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 21 3.6 5.1 13:00 1.8 00:00 12.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 22 1.8 3.7 15:00 0.8 7:00 13.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 23 2.1 3.7 14:00 -0.2 7:00 13.4 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 24 1.9 2.7 14:00 1.3 5:00 13.6 0.0 3.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 25 3.4 4.7 16:00 1.7 1:00 12.1 0.0 3.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- 26 4.2 5.7 23:00 2.6 5:00 11.3 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 27 5.7 6.2 4:00 5.1 23:00 10.3 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 28 5.4 6.0 14:00 5.0 22:00 10.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 29 5.8 8.4 15:00 4.3 00:00 9.6 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 30 5.7 8.0 15:00 2.4 6:00 9.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 31 8.8 11.0 13:00 6.8 00:00 6.7 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.7 12.7 10 -0.6 14 301.1 0.0 32.1 0.0 0.0 --- --- (+2.3) (57%) Max >= 32.0: 0 Max <= 0.0: 0 Min <= 0.0: 2 Min <= -18.0: 0 Max Rain: 6.81 ON 08/01/05 Days of Rain: 21 (> .2 mm) 6 (> 2 mm) 0 (> 20 mm) Heat Base: 15.5 Cool Base: 15.5 Method: Integration A month of two halves, as they say. The first half was quite stormy, particularly in the north and west; the second half, quiet and dry. With westerly winds, it was mild everywhere, but the position of the anticyclone meant that while it was wet in the north, it was dry in the south and east. A very disturbed first week with some ferocious gales and severe flooding, particularly across the north and west. In the 48 hours up to 6 pm on the 8th, Capel Curig (North Wales) had 184.4 mm of rain; Keswick had 118.0 mm. There was severe flooding in Carlisle and the Eden Valley. It reached 14.7C at Church Fenton, near York, on the 9th. At Weybourne (north Norfolk coast), the minimum the following night was 12.7C - the warmest January night for 47 years. A particularly severe storm on the 11-12th caused loss of life and havoc, particularly in the NW and W, combined with a very high tide. The pressure fell to 944 mbars off the W coast of Scotland. There were gusts of 90 knots across the NW; Cairngorm recorded 117 knots. The lowest temperature of the month was -9.2C at Dalwhinnie on the 23rd. Overall with a CET of 6.1C it was the warmest January since 1990. Many places along the south and west coasts had a frost-free month. England and Wales rainfall averaged 56 mm (40% beneath average); Scotland had 45% above average rainfall, while the western Highlands and Lake District had twice the average.