MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for MAR. 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 2.2 4.1 13:00 0.8 2:00 13.3 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 2 0.8 2.4 14:00 -0.2 22:00 14.7 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 3 1.2 3.4 16:00 -0.2 10:00 14.3 0.0 2.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 4 3.4 5.1 14:00 1.7 20:00 12.1 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 5 2.3 4.3 16:00 0.5 00:00 13.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 6 2.4 5.6 16:00 -0.1 8:00 13.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 7 4.9 7.1 14:00 2.1 2:00 10.5 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 8 5.1 6.3 15:00 3.1 23:00 10.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 9 5.3 7.1 15:00 3.2 1:00 10.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 10 5.8 8.2 15:00 2.5 6:00 9.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 11 5.9 8.4 12:00 2.4 00:00 9.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 12 4.1 7.6 16:00 1.4 4:00 11.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 13 2.7 5.6 16:00 -0.8 7:00 12.8 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 14 4.7 7.8 15:00 1.2 1:00 10.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 15 9.2 10.9 23:00 4.9 1:00 6.3 0.0 6.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 16 11.7 13.4 11:00 10.3 23:00 3.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 17 11.5 14.1 12:00 9.2 00:00 4.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 18 10.9 12.9 13:00 9.2 1:00 4.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 19 10.9 14.9 16:00 7.5 7:00 4.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 20 10.3 11.9 14:00 8.0 00:00 5.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 21 9.1 15.1 15:00 6.1 4:00 6.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 22 10.6 13.2 16:00 8.3 4:00 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 23 11.1 14.6 14:00 7.7 6:00 4.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 24 10.6 13.2 17:00 8.5 7:00 4.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 25 11.0 14.9 17:00 6.6 4:00 4.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 26 8.2 10.5 1:00 6.6 20:00 7.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 27 6.6 7.3 13:00 6.0 00:00 8.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 28 6.5 7.3 15:00 6.0 1:00 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 29 6.7 7.8 14:00 5.8 00:00 8.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 30 6.2 6.7 13:00 5.6 1:00 9.3 0.0 23.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 31 7.6 10.6 17:00 5.5 7:00 8.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.8 15.1 21 -0.8 13 271.3 0.0 34.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- (+1.2) (68%) Max >= 32.0: 0 Max <= 0.0: 0 Min <= 0.0: 4 Min <= -18.0: 0 Max Rain: 23.01 ON 30/03/05 Days of Rain: 13 (> .2 mm) 3 (> 2 mm) 1 (> 20 mm) Heat Base: 15.5 Cool Base: 15.5 Method: Integration Fairly average in the south, and quite dry; wetter and cooler in the north. "Average" meant the coolest May for nine years. The night of 30 April - 1 May was the warmest so early in the year since 1945, with some minima in the south of 14C. In contrast, there were some air frosts across the country in the second and third weeks. This was the first time the south has seen a May frost since 1996. On the morning of the 18th it was -6.3C at Tulloch Bridge - the lowest May temperature since 1982. It was the lowest May temperature in the second half of the month since 1956. There were also some light snow showers in the north. The weather changed dramatically on the 19th as Atlantic fronts returned. There was a short-lived heatwave at the end of the month: it was 31.4C in Herne Bay on the 27th (and an unofficial 31.9C in London), the hottest May day since 1953. Meanwhile in the north we shivered, with much of Scotland under 10C - the extreme heat was confined to the southeast and east. Hence London was 21C warmer than Edinburgh - an amazing contrast.