| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||