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EAST MIDLANDS February 2008 Issue No 105
The sunniest February on record. Dry with above average 
temperatures. yet very cold mid-month
FEBRUARY Total   Max     Total number of days of: Total    Extremes in degrees C: Grass Month's Diff Total
2008 Rain % of 24hr  Snow: Thu- Sun % of Day Maximum Night Minimum Min Mean Mean Mean from Frosts:
  (mm) avg (mm) Rain Fllg Lyg nder Fog Hail (hrs) avg Highest Lowest Highest Lowest Lowest Max Min Temp avg Air Grd
                                             
STATION  
DERBYS:  
Derby 26.9 53 6.0 7 1 1 0 2 1 * * 13.9 -0.5 9.9 -5.5 * 9.5 1.8 5.7 1.4 10 *
Mickleover 24.9 55 5.6 7 1 1 0 2 0 125.2 222 15.8 -0.1 9.8 -5.4 -9.4 9.9 1.7 5.8 1.3 10 18
Middleton 48.5 57 14.5 8 3 2 1 5 1 114.0 180 15.1 2.7 6.3 -5.8 -11.0 7.7 1.4 4.5 2.1 9 19
Wirksworth 41.6 54 12.5 7 1 1 1 2 1 * * 15.0 1.3 6.8 -7.7 -12.1 9.0 -0.1 4.4 0.7 14 22
Rosliston 21.8 42 7.3 6 0 0 0 0 0 111.0 171 14.4 1.0 8.9 -8.2 -11.0 9.5 -0.2 4.6 0.4 16 23
NOTTS:  
Lowdham 22.8 52 5.5 7 2 0 0 6 0 * * 14.0 -1.1 8.3 -6.2 -9.5 9.6 0.6 5.1 0.9 13 17
Eastwood 15.0 33 7.0 6 1 1 0 7 0 * * 13.3 2.6 9.6 -7.8 * 8.5 -0.3 4.1 -0.3 14 *
LINCS:  
Louth 33.4 70 7.6 8 1 0 0 * 0 * * 14.7 2.4 6.5 -6.6 -9.1 9.6 1.1 5.3 1.7 12 14
LEICS:  
Desford 40.2 63 10.5 7 2 0 1 2 1 * * 13.8 0.7 6.7 -7.4 * 9.0 -0.9 4.4 0.0 16 *
Mountsorrel 34.8 73 15.4 6 2 0 0 3 0 143.0 218 14.0 0.1 10.0 -7.0 * 9.3 0.7 5.0 0.6 13 *
Loughborough 38.1 70 11.0 7 3 1 0 2 0 * * 14.5 -1.0 9.5 -7.5 * 9.2 1.4 5.3 1.1 11 *
Cosby 36.9 81 11.4 10 3 1 0 1 0 136.9 217 14.1 -0.5 6.2 -7.8 -11.1 9.3 0.0 4.6 0.8 13 21
NORTHANTS:  
Pitsford Hall 18.0 48 7.2 7 1 0 0 2 0 109.2 178 13.4 0.9 8.1 -4.9 * 9.5 1.3 5.4 0.7 7 *
WARWICKS:  
Bablake 26.7 60 7.1 7 1 0 0 1 2 137.0 201 14.3 1.3 8.6 -6.3 -11.7 9.7 1.1 5.4 1.3 10 20
CAMBS:  
Ely 18.7 54 4.4 9 1 0 1 6 0 * * 14.3 1.8 6.8 -5.2 -9.1 9.6 0.8 5.2 1.1 12 19
   
MEAN DATA 29.9 58 8.9 7 2 1 0 3 0 125.2 199 14.3 0.8 8.1 -6.6 -10.4 9.3 0.7 5.0 0.9 12 19
E Mids   
1971-2000 Dec 48.6 64.9 4.0  
   
      Notes: 1.   * = data not available   2.  'Average' refers to each station's 1971-2000 means
OBSERVERS' NOTES
Ely and Lowdham: Pressure of 1045mb on 16th highest in any month since Dec 1992
Bablake, Cosby, Mountsorrel:  The sunniest February since at least the 1890s
Rosliston: A deceptive month! Mid-month especially cold (mean min 11th-20th -3.9C)
Mickleover: 4.4 octas mean cloud amount at 0900 lowest on record for February
Loughborough: 19th was an "ice-day" - persistent freezing fog
Lowdham: -9.5C on 17th was lowest grass minimum since 1991
Derby: No measurable rain 6th-23rd incl - driest Feb since 2003
Pitsford Hall: Windy at either end of the month, but mainly anticyclonic