MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for SEP. 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 16.9 20.1 17:00 12.4 00:00 0.3 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 2 15.3 22.0 17:00 10.0 7:00 1.6 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 3 15.4 20.1 16:00 11.1 5:00 1.3 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 4 17.9 24.0 16:00 14.6 9:00 0.1 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 5 19.2 25.2 16:00 15.1 3:00 0.0 3.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 6 19.0 24.3 17:00 14.7 7:00 0.0 3.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 7 16.8 18.8 19:00 14.6 4:00 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 8 18.1 21.6 14:00 16.2 1:00 0.0 2.6 1.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 9 13.8 16.2 1:00 12.3 11:00 1.5 0.0 16.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 10 13.4 14.3 1:00 12.6 00:00 2.0 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 11 14.1 18.3 16:00 11.4 2:00 1.7 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 12 15.7 22.8 16:00 10.9 8:00 1.4 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 13 16.3 19.3 14:00 12.7 5:00 0.5 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 14 16.3 18.8 16:00 13.6 00:00 0.3 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 15 11.9 13.8 1:00 8.8 00:00 3.4 0.0 12.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 16 9.4 12.6 17:00 7.3 7:00 5.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 17 10.6 13.5 15:00 7.1 6:00 4.8 0.0 2.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 18 14.4 18.7 14:00 10.6 8:00 1.6 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 19 13.8 17.4 13:00 9.9 7:00 1.9 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 20 14.4 18.2 17:00 11.1 00:00 1.5 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 21 13.7 18.3 17:00 9.6 5:00 2.3 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 22 16.1 21.6 17:00 12.7 8:00 0.8 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 23 12.9 17.6 17:00 8.4 00:00 2.8 0.1 2.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 24 9.8 15.1 17:00 4.8 8:00 5.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 25 12.4 17.7 16:00 8.1 1:00 3.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 26 12.6 16.5 17:00 8.4 8:00 3.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 27 13.1 16.2 15:00 10.3 00:00 2.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 28 10.1 13.3 14:00 7.5 6:00 5.4 0.0 3.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 29 10.9 14.9 16:00 8.4 1:00 4.6 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 30 13.5 18.9 13:00 9.2 2:00 2.7 0.7 1.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14.3 25.2 5 4.8 24 62.4 26.2 42.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- (+1.6) (74%) Max >= 32.0: 0 Max <= 0.0: 0 Min <= 0.0: 0 Min <= -18.0: 0 Max Rain: 16.61 ON 09/09/05 Days of Rain: 11 (> .2 mm) 5 (> 2 mm) 0 (> 20 mm) Heat Base: 15.5 Cool Base: 15.5 Method: Integration Across the country it was warmer, drier and sunnier than average: indeed it was the fifth hottest of the last century (beaten only by 1929, 1949, 1961, and 1999). There was a notable short-lived hot spell at the start of the month. The night of the 3-4th was warm and humid, with a minimum of 20.4C on Guernsey. Then 29.7C was recorded at Northolt (NW London) on the 4th. Also on the 4th, Charterhall (Berwickshire) recorded 27.4C, the hottest September day in Scotland since 1991. The first half was particularly warm and largely settled (beaten only by 1949), the second half more disturbed. There were some early ground and even air frosts in the second half of the month. Shap saw -1.7C on the 16-17th (the lowest in mid-September since 1986). Most of the rain fell in the final week.