MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for SEP. 2000 NAME: Ferryhill CITY: Ferryhill STATE: Co. Durham ELEV: 394 feet LAT: 54deg 41min N LONG: 1deg 33min 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 13.4 15.9 12:30 10.8 6:30 4.9 0.0 2.4 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 2 12.9 15.6 15:00 9.4 24:00 5.4 0.0 5.4 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 3 11.1 14.3 15:30 8.3 6:00 7.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 4 12.7 19.4 17:00 7.4 7:00 5.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 5 14.9 20.0 17:30 12.6 0:30 3.6 0.1 1.4 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 6 13.7 16.7 16:00 11.0 24:00 4.6 0.0 4.2 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 7 13.5 19.9 17:00 8.6 5:30 5.0 0.2 1.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 8 13.6 16.8 16:30 10.6 5:00 4.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 9 14.3 18.1 17:00 11.0 7:30 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 10 12.8 14.0 14:00 11.8 8:30 5.5 0.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 11 15.4 20.3 16:30 12.8 0:30 3.1 0.2 10.4 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 12 15.1 17.9 15:00 13.5 21:30 3.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 13 14.5 16.9 14:30 13.1 8:00 3.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 14 14.5 18.1 15:00 11.4 4:30 3.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 15 12.4 13.4 0:30 11.1 22:00 5.8 0.0 4.8 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 16 13.9 17.7 16:00 11.4 0:30 4.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 17 13.9 17.8 13:30 10.9 6:30 4.4 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 18 12.3 16.6 16:00 7.8 24:00 6.0 0.0 4.2 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 19 10.2 13.5 13:00 6.8 6:00 8.1 0.0 11.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 20 12.7 15.8 15:30 8.4 24:00 5.5 0.0 5.6 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 21 11.4 16.4 15:00 6.8 7:30 6.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 22 14.7 17.9 14:30 12.5 24:00 3.5 0.0 2.6 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 23 15.8 22.7 16:00 11.6 3:30 3.1 0.6 0.6 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 24 14.6 16.0 15:00 12.5 24:00 3.7 0.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 25 13.4 17.6 15:30 11.2 3:30 4.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 26 12.7 14.5 22:30 10.9 2:30 5.6 0.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 27 13.0 15.1 13:00 11.7 23:30 5.3 0.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 28 11.4 15.7 16:30 7.9 7:30 6.9 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 29 11.1 14.9 16:30 7.2 8:30 7.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 30 13.0 16.1 16:30 10.7 6:00 5.3 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13.3 22.7 23 6.8 19 150.8 1.2 78.6 0.0 0.0 1 --- (+0.5) (141%) Max >= 32.0: 0 Max <= 0.0: 0 Min <= 0.0: 0 Min <= -18.0: 0 Max Rain: 11.00 ON 19/09/00 Days of Rain: 19 (> .2 mm) 13 (> 2 mm) 0 (> 20 mm) Heat Base: 18.3 Cool Base: 18.3 Method: Integration The wettest September for 19 years. It was particularly wet in the second half. Flooding in Portsmouth on the 16-17th. Rainfall was about 125 mm (54% above England and Wales average). Some areas (e.g. Yorkshire, the Midlands, Sussex, Fife) had 250% of rain. On the other hand, northern Scotland was relatively dry. It was quite a dull month, as well, except in the Western Isles. It was also quite a warm month, with 29C recorded at Hawarden (near Chester) on the 11th. Walderton (W Sussex) received 84 mm of rain on the 15th. There was a severe gale across Scotland and northern England on the 7-8th.