MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for NOV. 2004 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 9.0 10.4 15:00 6.8 9:00 4.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 2 9.6 10.4 15:00 7.8 1:00 5.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 3 9.7 10.8 14:00 8.8 9:00 5.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 4 9.1 11.1 14:00 7.1 8:00 6.4 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 5 8.5 10.6 14:00 5.9 7:00 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 6 11.1 12.4 16:00 9.6 6:00 4.4 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 7 11.6 12.8 14:00 10.4 22:00 4.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 8 10.2 11.0 1:00 8.9 23:00 5.3 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 9 8.2 10.0 13:00 5.7 23:00 7.3 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- 10 6.8 8.3 13:00 4.6 00:00 8.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 11 7.9 12.7 14:00 3.3 3:00 7.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 12 8.5 12.4 10:00 2.7 00:00 6.7 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 13 4.0 6.8 14:00 2.3 3:00 11.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 14 6.7 10.2 13:00 2.7 4:00 8.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 15 9.5 11.0 16:00 7.9 1:00 6.0 0.0 2.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 16 10.1 12.0 16:00 7.6 8:00 5.4 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 17 10.6 12.4 11:00 7.5 00:00 5.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 18 5.3 7.6 1:00 1.4 00:00 9.4 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 19 1.3 3.2 15:00 -0.1 23:00 13.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 20 0.5 3.0 15:00 -1.2 00:00 13.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 21 1.3 10.3 00:00 -2.7 5:00 13.7 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- 22 10.4 11.9 14:00 9.2 6:00 5.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 23 8.8 9.7 1:00 8.1 00:00 6.7 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 24 8.4 9.6 15:00 7.3 8:00 6.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 25 8.5 9.3 14:00 7.5 9:00 7.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 26 8.6 10.2 14:00 5.4 00:00 6.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 27 6.4 7.8 16:00 5.1 7:00 9.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 28 5.3 6.7 1:00 3.4 00:00 10.2 0.0 3.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- 29 3.0 5.6 15:00 1.1 00:00 12.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 30 2.3 4.5 18:00 -0.1 6:00 13.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.4 12.8 7 -2.7 21 237.3 0.0 17.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- (+1.3) (28%) Max >= 32.0: 0 Max <= 0.0: 0 Min <= 0.0: 4 Min <= -18.0: 0 Max Rain: 3.81 ON 28/11/04 Days of Rain: 17 (> .2 mm) 3 (> 2 mm) 0 (> 20 mm) Heat Base: 15.5 Cool Base: 15.5 Method: Integration Mostly anticyclonic, dry, and dull. Only 2001 had a higher average pressure in the last 50 years. It was the dullest November since 1997 and the driest since 1988 (England and Wales average of 52 mm, 53% average). It was particularly dry in SE Scotland and NE England, with just 25 mm rain. A short cold midmonth, with northerly winds bringing cold air. Heavy rain fell in the Midlands and south on Thursday 18th; 36 mm fell at Whipsnade. The rain turned to snow, accompanied by a dramatic fall in temperature (from 10C to 2C in a few minutes), as the cold air followed from the north. An inch or two or snow fell across the east midlands and parts of the north. Friday 19th was sunny and colder: the coldest November day since 1996. -8C was recorded at Tulloch Bridge and Loch Glascarnoch. The temperature fell to -13.2C at Kinbrace (Sutherland) on the night of the 20th-21st; the maximum at Loch Glascarnoch (Sutherland) the preceding day was only -3.8C - these are the lowest November temperatures since 1993. It became much milder everywhere on Sunday 21st, although there was more snow in the north and a notable outbreak of freezing rain affecting the north as much milder, windier weather came in from the west.