MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for JUL. 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 13.0 14.6 15:00 11.4 4:00 2.5 0.0 5.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 2 13.3 15.5 17:00 11.9 4:00 2.2 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 3 13.7 16.7 18:00 12.2 2:00 1.9 0.1 3.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 4 16.2 20.4 15:00 13.3 6:00 0.7 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 5 14.2 15.3 19:00 13.0 00:00 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 6 15.1 18.6 16:00 12.1 2:00 1.2 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 7 15.8 20.7 15:00 11.3 4:00 1.1 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 8 17.7 20.7 19:00 14.6 2:00 0.1 2.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 9 19.6 25.1 17:00 15.3 7:00 0.0 4.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 10 18.7 22.8 13:00 15.0 00:00 0.0 3.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 11 15.5 18.7 18:00 13.6 7:00 0.5 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 12 17.3 22.6 16:00 13.2 6:00 0.6 2.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 13 19.8 28.3 17:00 12.4 6:00 0.7 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 14 18.8 25.5 15:00 13.5 6:00 0.3 3.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 15 19.5 24.3 15:00 14.8 6:00 0.0 4.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 16 19.8 23.6 16:00 16.9 7:00 0.0 4.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 17 18.1 19.7 16:00 17.2 00:00 0.0 2.6 16.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 18 17.3 21.2 17:00 14.9 11:00 0.1 1.9 2.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 19 18.9 23.8 14:00 13.9 6:00 0.3 3.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 20 17.8 22.5 14:00 13.6 6:00 0.3 2.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 21 17.2 21.3 18:00 14.4 7:00 0.2 1.9 0.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- 22 17.2 20.7 16:00 14.2 00:00 0.2 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 23 16.6 19.5 15:00 13.7 6:00 0.5 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 24 16.2 18.9 19:00 13.8 4:00 0.3 1.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 25 15.1 16.8 13:00 13.8 00:00 0.6 0.2 13.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 26 16.2 20.4 15:00 12.4 6:00 0.8 1.5 0.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 27 16.3 20.7 17:00 13.3 8:00 0.7 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 28 15.5 19.6 17:00 11.5 7:00 1.1 1.1 1.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 29 16.6 20.4 15:00 15.2 5:00 0.0 1.1 3.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- 30 16.6 19.4 14:00 15.4 4:00 0.0 1.1 1.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 31 16.2 18.8 14:00 14.1 5:00 0.2 1.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16.8 28.3 13 11.3 7 18.6 58.0 50.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- (+1.5) (114%) Max >= 32.0: 0 Max <= 0.0: 0 Min <= 0.0: 0 Min <= -18.0: 0 Max Rain: 16.61 ON 17/07/03 Days of Rain: 14 (> .2 mm) 6 (> 2 mm) 0 (> 20 mm) Heat Base: 15.5 Cool Base: 15.5 Method: Integration Very warm. The month had a cool start and unsettled second half, but after the first 5 days it was always warm. There was a heatwave mid month. 33.6C at Wisley (Surrey) on the 15th, the country's highest July maximum since 1989, and it even made 30C at Prestwick in Scotland on the 16th. There were four consecutive days above 30C. Although it turned unsettled and cooler it was still quite warm. The heatwave was followed by somee thunderstorms, particularly in the west, with flooding. Heavy rain fell in the SW and Wales, with around 50 mm, on the 24-25th; and 42 mm fell at Aspatria (Cumbria) on the 29th. The month was slightly wetter than average in the south and west, but drier in the east and north. Sunshine was above average.