MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for NOV. 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 9.4 12.0 14:00 7.0 00:00 6.3 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- 2 11.1 14.5 17:30 7.0 1:00 3.6 0.0 6.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 3 13.3 14.8 14:00 12.2 00:00 1.6 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 4 10.7 12.9 1:30 9.2 9:30 3.9 0.0 13.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 5 10.5 11.5 17:30 9.3 22:30 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 6 11.6 13.9 9:00 7.7 00:00 3.8 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 7 9.3 11.8 14:00 7.1 7:00 6.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 8 9.6 12.4 14:00 7.3 22:30 5.6 0.0 10.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 9 7.0 9.4 14:00 5.1 20:00 8.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 10 11.0 13.9 8:00 6.8 0:30 4.5 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 11 11.0 14.1 6:30 5.9 00:00 4.4 0.0 3.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 12 7.5 10.3 14:00 5.2 7:00 8.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 13 5.6 7.6 15:00 2.8 00:00 9.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 14 8.7 11.6 00:00 2.7 0:30 6.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 15 8.6 12.6 2:00 4.9 00:00 6.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 16 4.0 5.7 15:00 2.4 7:30 11.5 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 17 2.9 5.1 14:00 1.6 6:30 12.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 18 2.9 5.2 15:00 1.7 6:00 12.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 19 2.6 5.7 15:00 0.1 8:00 12.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 20 5.2 8.0 14:00 2.2 8:00 10.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 21 5.1 7.1 14:30 1.9 00:00 10.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 22 2.0 3.4 12:30 -0.3 8:30 13.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 23 0.9 7.5 00:00 -3.4 8:30 14.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 24 5.2 9.2 5:00 -0.1 00:00 10.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 25 1.9 4.2 22:30 -0.5 3:30 13.5 0.0 3.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 26 4.2 5.4 14:00 3.0 10:00 10.9 0.0 10.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 27 3.1 3.8 2:30 2.2 11:00 12.5 0.0 6.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 28 1.8 2.7 0:30 1.1 10:30 13.7 0.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 29 1.6 3.2 13:30 0.1 23:00 14.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 30 1.3 4.1 00:00 -1.1 4:30 14.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.3 14.8 3 -3.4 23 268.0 0.0 65.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- (+0.2) (107%) Max >= 32.0: 0 Max <= 0.0: 0 Min <= 0.0: 5 Min <= -18.0: 0 Max Rain: 13.59 ON 04/11/05 Days of Rain: 17 (> .2 mm) 9 (> 2 mm) 0 (> 20 mm) Heat Base: 15.5 Cool Base: 15.5 Method: Integration A month of two halves again: the first half was the warmest since 1994, the second half the coldest since 1993. Overall therefore the month was very slightly cooler than average. It was dry in the east. It was also an extremely sunny month - the sunniest November on record, with an average of 96 hours, easily beating 1988 (the average is 64 hours). Copley in Durham saw 124 hours. After an unsettled start it became dry, anticyclonic, and cold, with some sharp frosts at night. On the 2nd the temperature reached 18.8C at Prestatyn, and on the night of the 2-3rd the minimum at Herne Bay in Kent was 15.8C - a new record. Later it was -9.2C at Tulloch Bridge on the morning of the 18th and at Braemar on the 19th; the maximum at Pershore on the 20th, in freezing fog, was only -0.6C. On the 24th the winds turned to the north, introducing arctic air, with snow and biting winds. More snow on the 25th causes traffic havoc in school closures in Scotland, Wales, and the south west, particularly in Cornwall.