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EAST MIDLANDS

ANNUAL 2002

YEAR 2002

Warmer, but wetter and more cloudy than 30-year average 1971-2000.

YEAR 2002 Total Max Total number of days of: Total Extremes in degrees C: Grass Month's: Diff Total:
Rain % of 24hr Rain Snow: Thunder Fog Hail Sun % of Day Maximum Night Minimum Min Mean Mean Mean from Air Grd
(mm) avg (mm) Fllg Lyg (hrs) avg Highest Lowest Highest Lowest Lowest Max Min Temp avg frsts frsts
STATION
DERBYS:
Derby 862.6 125 69 185 1 5 5 12 4 * * 30.0 -0.5 18.9 -7.8 -11.6 14.3 7.2 10.8 1.0 18 59
Mickleover 856.2 126 85 184 3 4 7 20 4 1131.1 85 29.4 1.0 18.9 -6.8 -9.1 14.5 7.3 10.9 1.0 12 53
Middleton 1341.5 127 38 205 23 8 15 121 19 1183.1 83 25.8 -1.3 17.2 -5.2 -10.6 11.8 6.0 8.9 0.6 27 69
Wirksworth 1156.1 127 47 203 6 5 10 31 10 * * 28.0 -0.8 18.9 -8.7 -12.9 13.4 6.3 9.8 0.6 30 96
Rosliston 769.2 113 51 185 3 4 4 3 2 * * 29.8 -1.9 17.7 -11.0 -14.6 14.3 6.5 10.4 0.8 36 74
NOTTS:
Lowdham 793.4 126 41.9 175 4 3 7 42 11 * * 29.7 0.6 17.9 -7.8 -10.1 14.6 6.7 10.7 0.8 20 75
Eastwood 934.0 141 66.0 157 1 5 5 23 4 * * 30.9 -3.4 17.4 -12.2 * 15.4 7.0 11.2 1.5 27 *
LINCS:
Laughton 770.8 129 35 190 1 2 4 20 2 * * 30.1 0.8 17.9 -6.7 -10.1 14.5 6.8 10.7 1.2 20 59
Louth 754.3 113 32 185 2 2 9 * 7 * * 30.5 1.5 17.1 -5.9 -8.5 14.5 7.0 10.7 1.4 21 62
LEICS:
Desford 1096.4 164 89 204 2 4 7 19 8 * * 29.1 -1.1 17.0 -8.4 -10.2 13.8 6.1 10.0 0.4 24 43
NORTHANTS:
Pitsford Hall 720.5 116 50 182 4 4 7 33 6 1385.9 94 30.8 1.4 17.6 -7.0 -9.9 14.7 6.7 10.7 0.6 21 66
WARWICKS:
Bablake 742.1 111 36.0 184 5 4 4 9 7 1479.0 100 28.9 0.4 18.2 -6.5 -11.7 14.5 7.2 10.9 0.9 18 57
CAMBS:
Ely 671.9 119 47 178 3 4 16 43 5 * * 31.4 1.4 17.5 -7.3 -9.4 15.3 6.7 11.0 1.4 26 57
MEAN DATA 882.2 126 52.7 178 5 4 8 31 7 1294.8 91 29.6 -0.1 17.9 -7.8 -10.7 14.3 6.7 10.5 0.9 23 64
E Mids Mean 1971-2000 688.5 1419.1 9.5
Notes:
1. * = data not available 2. 'Average' refers to each station's 1971-2000 means

OBSERVERS' COMMENTS

Highest daytime temperature = Buckingham 32.2C in July
Lowest daytime temperature = Rosliston -1.9C in January
The year's best weather:
The three sunny weeks in April?
or maybe the three sunny weeks in September?
The year's worst weather:
The bitterly cold first week of January?
or maybe the persistent rainfall leading up to Christmas week?
Fig 85.3 Scatter diagram showing each station's difference from 1971-2000 average.