MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for JUL. 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 17.1 21.6 16:00 11.6 6:00 0.7 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 2 18.4 24.5 17:00 14.6 4:00 0.1 2.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 3 16.4 20.0 15:00 12.8 7:00 0.4 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 4 13.3 14.9 19:00 11.8 12:00 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 5 13.8 15.9 14:00 11.1 7:00 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 6 12.6 14.0 1:00 11.5 11:00 2.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 7 14.7 18.6 19:00 12.3 6:00 1.4 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 8 9 10 11 12 13 21.4 26.9 18:00 17.1 7:00 0.0 4.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 14 18.5 21.8 17:00 15.4 6:00 0.0 3.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 15 17.3 19.6 16:00 15.1 7:00 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 16 17.9 23.2 19:00 13.7 6:00 0.4 2.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 17 21.4 26.2 18:00 15.8 6:00 0.0 5.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 18 17.9 21.6 1:00 13.8 00:00 0.1 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 19 14.7 17.6 13:00 12.1 4:00 1.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 20 15.7 20.3 17:00 12.3 6:00 1.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 21 16.4 20.6 16:00 12.9 5:00 0.7 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 22 15.5 18.0 17:00 13.3 00:00 0.6 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 23 14.7 17.8 18:00 12.5 6:00 1.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 24 14.7 16.3 14:00 12.8 00:00 1.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 25 13.3 14.9 15:00 12.3 7:00 2.2 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 26 14.8 18.3 16:00 11.9 6:00 1.4 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 27 16.3 21.9 16:00 12.5 6:00 0.9 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 28 13.0 13.9 13:00 12.1 20:00 2.5 0.0 15.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 29 14.8 16.9 15:00 12.4 1:00 0.9 0.2 6.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 30 13.2 14.6 5:00 10.8 00:00 2.3 0.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 31 12.6 16.9 18:00 9.6 7:00 3.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15.8 26.9 13 9.6 31 28.6 34.6 28.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- (+0.5) (63%) Max >= 32.0: 0 Max <= 0.0: 0 Min <= 0.0: 0 Min <= -18.0: 0 Max Rain: 15.01 ON 28/07/05 Days of Rain: 5 (> .2 mm) 3 (> 2 mm) 0 (> 20 mm) Heat Base: 15.5 Cool Base: 15.5 Method: Integration Overall slightly warmer than average. Slightly wetter than average in the south, dry in the north. Cool and cloudy beginning and end, with hot, sunny spells midmonth. Parts of Scotland have their hottest day for 15 years on the 11th and 12th; 30.3C at Aberfeldy was the highest since 1976. It reached 30.9C at Heathrow on the 14th. The north and east were particularly cool at the end of the month, with a maximum of only 10.9C near Durham on the 28th. A tornado devastates parts of Birmingham on the 28th, causing severe damage in the Kings Heath, Small Heath, Moseley, and Balsall Heath regions, reaching T% intensity and cutting a swath of damage 500 m wide. Several tornadoes affected the Midlands on that day.