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EAST MIDLANDS

January 2008 Issue No 105

A mild month with little air frost or snow, but very wet with some flooding mid-month
JANUARY   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 112.4 179 21.4 21 2 0 0 1 1 * * 13.3 1.6 10.3 -0.8 * 9.0 4.3 6.6 2.5 2 *
Mickleover 108.3 178 19.5 19 1 0 0 1 0 66.4 141 12.9 3.5 10.0 -0.9 -3.2 9.3 3.9 6.6 2.6 5 11
Middleton 200.2 173 20.6 24 10 1 1 17 3 41.2 74 11.6 1.5 8.5 -2.4 -3.8 7.3 2.3 4.8 2.3 4 13
Wirksworth 169.8 168 19.1 23 3 0 1 2 2 * * 12.7 2.8 9.5 -1.7 -7.4 8.5 2.7 5.6 2.2 7 16
Rosliston 101.7 177 27.4 21 0 0 0 0 0 46.2 84 13.4 3.0 10.5 -1.8 -5.7 9.4 3.3 6.3 2.6 4 17
NOTTS:  
Lowdham 98.4 170 18.9 21 0 0 0 2 2 * * 12.9 3.1 9.9 -1.3 -4.3 9.2 3.1 6.2 2.3 5 5
Eastwood 140.0 244 32.0 20 0 0 0 0 0 * * 13.1 1.9 9.8 -1.6 * 9.3 3.7 6.5 2.9 6 *
LINCS:  
Louth 142.0 213 29.4 21 1 1 0 * 1 * * 13.5 3.7 8.7 -0.2 -1.8 9.2 3.7 6.4 2.9 1 12
LEICS:  
Desford 124.4 183 26.0 20 1 0 0 3 2 * * 13.0 2.4 9.7 -2.5 * 8.5 2.8 5.6 2.0 6 *
Mountsorrel 92.4 163 20.0 18 1 0 1 0 0 60.6 114 13.9 1.9 11.4 -1.0 * 9.3 4.0 6.6 3.0 1 *
Loughborough 113.5 165 22.5 19 1 0 0 1 0 * * 14.0 2.0 10.0 -1.0 * 9.7 4.4 7.0 3.1 1 *
Cosby 84.6 142 24.9 21 0 0 0 3 1 61.0 119 12.9 1.2 10.2 -1.4 -4.4 8.8 3.2 6.0 2.4 3 13
NORTHANTS:  
Pitsford Hall 75.2 144 22.5 17 0 0 0 3 2 48.0 108 14.0 3.0 10.1 -0.5 * 9.7 3.3 6.5 2.1 2 *
WARWICKS:  
Bablake 94.2 154 24.7 24 2 0 0 2 2 71.3 129 13.7 2.9 10.1 -1.3 -7.4 9.5 3.4 6.5 2.3 4 13
CAMBS:  
Ely 75.6 164 21.8 18 1 0 0 3 1 * * 14.0 4.0 11.0 0.4 -2.7 9.6 3.7 6.7 2.9 0 11
   
MEAN DATA 115.5 174 23.4 20 2 0 0 3 1 56.4 110 13.3 2.6 10.0 -1.2 -4.5 9.1 3.5 6.3 2.5 3 12
E Mids   
1971-2000 Dec 63.6 53.6 3.7  
      Notes: 1.   * = data not available   2.  'Average' refers to each station's 1971-2000 means    
OBSERVERS' NOTES
Desford:  31st strong winds all day
Bablake: This has been the wettest January since 1988
Ely: First Jan since 1990 with no air frosts
Derby: Wettest January since 1960
Cosby: 31st a very windy day with many gale force gusts
Mountsorrel: Severe flooding in Soar valley in weeks 2 and 3
Middleton: It's now 13 years since a significant snowfall in January
Lowdham: River Trent burst its banks during morning of 17th at Gunthorpe & Kelham
Louth: The wettest start to a year since my records began here in 1981