MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for JAN. 2006 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 4.9 6.1 14:00 3.7 4:00 11.0 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 2 4.7 6.4 15:00 3.0 8:00 11.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 3 5.7 8.0 14:00 3.3 00:00 9.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 4 4.3 5.5 21:00 2.6 9:00 11.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 5 3.4 5.0 1:00 2.8 9:00 12.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 6 3.2 3.4 15:00 3.0 2:00 12.3 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 7 3.4 4.1 14:00 2.8 8:00 11.1 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 8 2.5 2.8 11:30 2.1 13:00 7.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 9 3.3 5.1 23:30 2.0 5:00 12.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 10 7.9 10.9 21:30 5.0 0:30 7.6 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 11 6.8 10.8 1:00 3.6 23:30 8.7 0.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 12 4.5 7.0 15:00 2.6 9:00 10.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 13 5.5 6.9 00:00 3.9 0:30 9.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 14 6.1 8.3 14:30 1.7 00:00 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 15 4.2 6.2 20:30 1.3 2:30 10.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 16 5.8 7.3 14:30 4.9 23:30 9.7 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 17 5.5 7.1 14:00 4.7 7:30 10.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 18 8.0 9.8 23:30 5.7 0:30 5.9 0.0 5.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 19 10.0 11.1 8:30 9.3 22:30 3.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 20 7.0 10.3 4:30 4.6 9:00 8.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 21 6.0 8.7 14:00 2.5 00:00 9.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 22 2.6 3.6 19:00 1.1 7:00 12.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 23 1.8 2.7 0:30 0.5 23:30 13.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 24 2.2 5.3 00:00 -0.3 8:00 13.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 25 4.8 5.7 12:30 3.8 00:00 10.7 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 26 3.8 5.3 14:30 2.7 9:30 11.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 27 4.3 5.0 12:30 3.4 1:30 11.2 0.0 3.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 28 4.3 5.4 15:30 3.4 21:00 11.2 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 29 2.7 4.8 15:30 -0.2 23:00 12.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 30 -0.1 1.9 15:00 -1.7 6:00 15.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 31 -0.2 2.5 15:00 -1.7 0:30 15.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.5 11.1 19 -1.7 30 330.1 0.0 20.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- (+1.1) (37%) Max >= 32.0: 0 Max <= 0.0: 0 Min <= 0.0: 4 Min <= -18.0: 0 Max Rain: 5.59 ON 18/01/06 Days of Rain: 12 (> .2 mm) 3 (> 2 mm) 0 (> 20 mm) Heat Base: 15.5 Cool Base: 15.5 Method: Integration High pressure ruled the month, and it was very dry, particularly in the south. The England and Wales average total was just 30.5 mm, 33% of the long-term average. Only 1964, 1987 and 1997 have been drier in the last hundred years. Average temperatures overall, meaning after a mild run it was the coldest for five years: there were cold spells early and late in the month, but a mild spell midmonth cancelled these out. The first half was extremely dull, the second half very sunny, but with persistent freezing fog in places. Most of the rain that there was fell in the second week. There were some mild nights in Scotland in the second week, and cold ones in the final week, with -11.7C at Aviemore on the morning of the 30th.