MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for JUL. 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 20.4 27.6 16:30 14.7 6:30 0.1 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 2 20.7 28.5 16:30 15.5 5:00 0.0 4.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 3 18.7 23.8 16:00 15.2 00:00 0.0 3.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 4 16.8 21.3 16:00 13.7 5:30 0.5 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 5 18.3 26.2 17:00 13.0 7:00 0.6 2.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 6 21.7 27.4 16:00 18.1 6:00 0.0 6.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 7 17.9 20.2 15:00 14.1 00:00 0.0 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 8 15.0 17.6 14:30 13.3 6:00 0.8 0.3 0.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- 9 15.7 19.2 18:00 13.2 1:30 0.8 0.9 2.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 10 16.6 22.1 17:00 10.7 5:30 1.2 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 11 16.0 20.0 16:30 12.2 6:00 0.7 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 12 15.9 20.4 16:00 11.2 4:30 1.1 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 13 15.4 20.6 17:30 11.1 6:00 1.2 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 14 15.5 22.4 16:00 9.9 6:00 1.7 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 15 16.3 23.2 15:00 9.6 6:00 1.7 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 16 19.1 28.4 17:00 11.7 6:00 1.2 4.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 17 22.1 29.9 17:00 14.1 6:00 0.1 6.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 18 23.2 29.6 15:00 17.1 6:00 0.0 7.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 19 20.7 26.3 18:00 15.4 5:30 0.0 5.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 20 19.4 25.9 17:30 15.9 3:30 0.0 3.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 21 21.3 26.8 16:30 16.5 5:00 0.0 5.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 22 20.8 25.4 16:00 17.7 5:30 0.0 5.1 4.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 23 20.0 25.4 15:30 15.6 6:30 0.0 4.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 24 20.2 28.0 16:00 13.7 5:30 0.3 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 25 21.7 28.1 18:30 14.9 6:00 0.0 6.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 26 22.1 27.7 16:00 18.1 5:30 0.0 6.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 27 21.2 27.1 17:00 15.9 7:00 0.0 5.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 28 20.7 26.1 18:30 15.1 6:30 0.0 5.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 29 21.2 27.1 14:00 16.3 6:00 0.0 5.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 30 19.2 23.4 17:00 15.0 6:30 0.0 3.7 2.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- 31 16.8 20.1 13:30 14.3 6:00 0.1 1.4 3.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19.0 29.9 17 9.6 15 12.2 120.3 14.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- (+3.7) (32%) Max >= 32.0: 0 Max <= 0.0: 0 Min <= 0.0: 0 Min <= -18.0: 0 Max Rain: 4.19 ON 22/07/06 Days of Rain: 7 (> .2 mm) 4 (> 2 mm) 0 (> 20 mm) Heat Base: 15.5 Cool Base: 15.5 Method: Integration The hottest and sunniest month on record (19.7C CET). It was particularly warm across the east and noth (in fact July 1983 was hotter along the south coast and in the west country). Scotland also had its hottest month on record. Shanklin and Eastbourne saw 343 hours of sunshine. On average there as more than 50% sunshine than average (263 hours in England and Wales). There was a heatwave at the start; some violent thunderstorms, particularly in the NW, on the 2nd, as it reaches 32C in London (Heathrow). There was severe flooding in west Yorkshire following the storms. 82 mm of rain fell in a storm at Yare (Glocs.) on the 5-6th. After a cooler spell, the sunshine and heat returned, with a new high temperature of the year, 32.7C, at London Heathrow on the 17th. This didn't last long: on the 19th a new July record maximum is set, beating the previous record of 1911, with 36.5 at Wisley (Surrey) and 36.3C near Gatwick Airport in Sussex. It even reaches 30.5C at Prestiwck in Scotland, and 34.2 (Penhow, Newport) was a new Welsh July record. 30C was reached somewhere in the country on every day from the 16th to the 27th apart from the 23rd. After cooling down slightly, the heat returned, with 34C being recorded at Charlwood (Surrey) on the 25th. There were thunderstorms after the 19th. There were some humid and thundery spells throughout the month.