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EAST MIDLANDS

 

 

February 2010 Issue no. 113

Frequently overcast producing total rainfall way above average.
The coldest with the most snow since 1996

FEBRUARY

Total   Max Total number of days of: Total   Extremes in degrees C: Grass Month's Diff Total

2010

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 51.7 102 10.0 21 9 3 0 5 1 * * 9.0 2.5 5.4 -3.1 * 5.3 0.4 2.8 -1.5 10 *
Mickleover 48.3 106 10.1 18 7 4 0 4 1 * * 9.0 2.2 5.2 -2.6 -7.9 5.4 0.5 2.9 -1.6 10 22
Middleton 74.3 88 12.4 26 20 17 0 17 7 34.9 55 5.9 -0.2 2.2 -3.2 -7.6 2.9 -0.9 1.0 -1.4 20 23
Wirksworth 64.4 84 12.9 21 12 9 0 4 2 * * 7.6 1.5 3.6 -4.6 -9.5 4.4 -0.7 1.8 -1.9 14 26
Rosliston 48.4 93 7.2 20 6 5 0 0 0 57.1 88 10.1 2.4 5.4 -4.0 -9.9 5.7 -0.4 2.6 -1.6 15 22
NOTTS:  
Lowdham 49.2 112 9.9 22 10 5 0 7 4 * * 8.7 1.9 3.8 -3.3 -5.8 5.2 -0.1 2.5 -1.7 12 21
Eastwood 20.0 45 8.0 18 7 9 0 2 0 * * 8.1 1.4 4.3 -5.3 * 5.1 -0.4 2.3 -2.1 13 *
LINCS:  
Louth 88.6 187 18.6 26 10 5 0 * 1 * * 8.0 2.0 3.2 -2.8 -5.0 5.3 0.1 2.7 -1.2 12 23
LEICS:  
Desford 73.0 114 20.0 17 10 3 0 2 1 * * 8.6 1.0 3.5 -4.0 * 4.6 -0.8 1.9 -2.5 20 *
Mountsorrel 54.8 116 6.0 15 12 3 0 0 0 41.6 63 9.4 2.9 5.1 -3.5 * 5.4 0.4 2.9 -1.5 11 *
Loughborough 67.6 124 12.0 20 7 3 0 1 2 * * 9.5 3.0 5.8 -3.0 * 5.6 0.6 3.1 -1.1 10 *
Cosby 64.1 141 14.2 25 10 5 0 3 0 43.8 54 10.0 2.2 4.6 -4.6 -7.2 5.3 -0.5 2.4 -1.4 17 24
NORTHANTS:  
Pitsford Hall 69.1 187 10.3 23 9 8 0 2 1 36.5 48 9.4 0.8 4.6 -2.4 * 5.5 0.4 3.0 -1.1 13 *
WARWICKS:  
Bablake 59.7 135 18.3 18 10 7 0 1 3 68.4 100 10.9 1.5 5.2 -4.2 -7.6 5.8 0.2 3.0 -1.1 15 22
CAMBS:  
Ely 83.8 242 17.8 25 11 6 0 4 2 * * 10.1 1.8 4.7 -2.9 -6.3 5.7 0.2 2.9 -1.2 16 19
   
MEAN DATA 61.1 125 12.5 21 10 6 0 4 2 47.1 68 9.0 1.8 4.4 -3.6 -7.4 5.1 -0.1 2.5 -1.5 14 22
EAST MIDS  
1971-2000 Feb 48.6 64.9 4.0  
   
      Notes: 1. * = data not available 2. 'Average' refers to each station's 1971-2000 means    
OBSERVERS' NOTES
Most stations: Coldest February since 1996
Bablake: Dullest Feb since 1994 Louth: Snowiest Feb since 1997
Mickleover: Most Feb ground frosts since 1994, and lowest mean msl pressure since 1990
Lowdham: Lowest extreme maximum temperature since 1986
Ely: Most Feb rainfall in Ely area since 1916 (that was the only wetter Feb since 1848)
Highest snow depth was on 21s t - Derby = 7cm, Loughborough = 10cm
Middleton: In addition to snow records it was the dullest Feb since 1982