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Halesowen Annual Summary for 2022
An exceptionally mild year, with average rainfall.
2022 had the 2nd highest mean
temperature in 67 years, only beaten in 2006.
The mean temperature was +1.1 degrees above the 30 year normal.
It was warmer than usual in Feb, May, Jul, Aug, Oct and Nov.
It was cooler than usual only in Dec.
Rainfall for the year ranked 35th highest in 67 years, 94.6% of
normal.
Very wet months were Feb, Sep, Oct, Nov, while it was driest than usual in
Jan, Jul and Aug.
Raindays ranked 9th highest and very wet days 18th
highest.
MONTHLY
RAIN AND MEAN TEMPS
month
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JAN
|
FEB
|
MAR
|
APR
|
MAY
|
JUN
|
JUL
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AUG
|
SEP
|
OCT
|
NOV
|
DEC
|
rain
mm
|
29.8
|
104.2
|
55.8
|
36.6
|
52.8
|
55.6
|
36.8
|
21.8
|
88.2
|
102.6
|
137.0
|
51.6
|
30yr
rain avg
|
72.1
|
55.0
|
54.4
|
60.0
|
60.4
|
72.1
|
63.4
|
70.0
|
65.2
|
84.1
|
82.0
|
78.2
|
rain
%
|
41%
|
189%
|
103%
|
61%
|
87%
|
77%
|
58%
|
31%
|
135%
|
122%
|
167%
|
66%
|
Rain
rank
|
2nd lowest
|
highest
|
|
|
|
|
3rd lowest
|
lowest
|
3rd highest
|
4th highest
|
2nd highest
|
|
temp C
|
4.3
|
6.6
|
8.2
|
9.6
|
13.9
|
15.8
|
19.0
|
19.4
|
14.5
|
12.7
|
8.7
|
3.2
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30yr
temp avg
|
4.3
|
4.7
|
6.8
|
9.3
|
12.4
|
15.3
|
17.2
|
16.8
|
14.2
|
10.6
|
7.0
|
4.6
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anomaly
|
0.0
|
+1.9
|
+1.4
|
+0.3
|
+1.5
|
+0.5
|
+1.8
|
+2.6
|
+0.3
|
+2.1
|
+1.7
|
-1.4
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65yr
temp avg
|
3.8
|
4.0
|
6.1
|
8.5
|
11.7
|
14.7
|
16.6
|
16.2
|
13.8
|
10.4
|
6.5
|
4.4
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TEMPERATURES
15.7
mean max (C) , +1.5 diff from av (C)
ranks 2nd highest in 67 years
7.1 mean min (C) ,
+0.8 diff from av (C)
ranks 5th highest
11.4 mean (C),
+1.1 diff from av (C)
ranks 2nd highest
HiMax
38.2 C on 18/7/22
LoMax -0.5C on 12/12/22
HiMin
22.5C on 19/7/22
LoMin -7.8C on 15/12/22
Highest Mean 30.3C on 19/7/22
Lowest Mean -3.1C on
15/12/22
RAINFALL
772.8
rain total (mm), 95% of av
ranks 35th highest in 67 years
205 raindays (with 0.2mm or more)
ranks 9th highest
129 wetdays (with 1mm or more)
ranks 42nd highest
59 verywetdays (with
5mm or more)
ranks 18th highest
26.8
most rainfall in a day (mm) on 22/10/22
Rainfall
duration 621.0 hours
SNOWFALL
2
days with snow falling, totalling 0.8cm
Most snowfall in a day 0.5cm on 6/1/22
1 day with lying snow on 5/1/22
PRESSURE
1016.4
mean pressure (mb) , +1.5 pressure anomaly (mb)
1043.1 max pressure at any time of day, on 18/3/22
983.0 min pressure at
any time of day, on 7/4/22
FOG
7
days with fog
FROSTS
30 air frosts, the last
was 10/4/22 , first was 6/12/22
84 ground frosts, the last was 30/4/22 , first was 11/10/22
so 164 days with no air or ground frost.
Frost duration 329 hours.
THUNDER
3 days
with thunder heard,
HAIL
No days with hail
HUMIDITY
85% at 0900
CLOUD COVER 62% at 0900 |
January
2022 |
February
2022 |
March
2022 |
 
Statistically
January's mean temperature was normal, although an unseasonably warm
beginning and ending on 1st – 4th, and 27th
– 31st, but turning cold from 5th – 7th,
and 20th – 26th.
Most rain fell before the 8th , very little after
that, making January the 10th driest in the last 68 years
here. There was a light
dusting of snow about 0.3cm from 2000 on 4th, with 0.2cm
still lying the following morning. On the 6th about 0.5cm
snow fell from 1100 although melted by early afternoon.
Quite
a breezy month too, especially 1st – 9th , and
very windy from 29th - 31st.
Dullest days were 23rd – 25th, and
sunniest 11th – 14th, 17th – 21st,
and 26th –31st .
Just 1 fog day on 14th.
7.3
mean max (C)
1.3 mean min (C)
4.3 mean (C)
0.0 deg avg (C) , the 29th = highest in 68 years
13.0 high max (C) on 1, 9th = highest
2.9 low max (C)
on 24
10.9 high min (C) on 1, a
new record highest
-3.7 low min (C)
on 6
29.8 rain total (mm) 41% of
av, 10th driest
Most rain was 6.6mm on 1st
20 raindays (days with
>=0.2mm)
8 wetdays (days with >=1mm),
4th = fewest
1
very wet day (days with >=5mm),
3rd = fewest
25 days with ground frosts , 9th
greatest number
9 days with airfrosts
1 day with fog
No thunder
57% cloud cover percent
92% mean RH
Mean pressure was 1025.3mb
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February
has been mild, enjoying the 5th = highest mean temperature in
57 years, and the 4th = highest mean max and mean min.
Only 1961 and 2014 have had zero air frosts, and now 2022.
Although 14 ground frosts were recorded, the lowest min
temperature never got to freezing point.
Rainflall was the 5th highest monthly total, most falling on
4th, 6th, 13th to 20th , and
28th.
Windiest days were 20th-21st (storm Franklyn), 16th
(storm Dudley) and 18th (storm Eunice), an unusual string of
storms in succession passing nearby. It was quite sunny from 22nd
to 27th, but dull around 8th-9th, 13th-15th,
20th -21st .
9.8
mmax (C)
3.5 mmin (C)
6.6 mean(C) +1.9
diff from av (C).
14.0 high max (C) on 16th
5.7 low max (C) on 24th
8.8 high min (C) on 2nd
0.7 low min (C) on
11th
104.2 rain total (mm)
189.5% of av
19 raindays (days with >=0.2mm) (5th highest in 67 years)
14 wetdays (days with >=1mm)
10 very wet days (days with >=5mm) (2nd highest in 67
years)
14 days ground frost
0 days air frost (only
ever happened here in 1961 and 2014 before)
67% cloud cover percent
88% mean RH ------------------------------------------------
SEASONAL
REPORT FOR WINTER (Dec2021,
Jan2022, Feb2022)
this year
normal anomaly
MeanMax 8.4 6.8
+1.6
MEAN
5.7 4.1
+1.6
MeanMin
2.9 1.3
+1.6
RAINFALL
233.0
198.2 117.6%
Raindays
62 50.3
+11.7
Wet Days
37
35.8
+1.2
V Wet Days 17
14.4
+2.6
Cloud oktas 5.5
5.7
-0.2
Mean
temperature ranks 6th= highest in 57 years, so a mild winter
overall.
Rainfall is 18th highest, raindays are 9th
highest, so wetter than average too.
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After
a cooler start to the month, March grew steadily warmer until a downturn
on 29th. It was very pleasant from 22nd to 28th.
Mean temperature for March was the 6th highest on record here
(in 67 years). Mean Max was 2nd highest (beating 2012 and
2017) but Mean Min was only 14th mildest. There were only 2
airfrosts, the 7th fewest on record, on 8th and 31st.
In recent years, 2012 and 2019 had no air frosts, and 2017 had just 1.
Rainfall was close to normal, wettest from 2nd to 4th
and 11th to 16th, otherwise good long dry periods.
March had the 12th fewest raindays. There were brief
snow flurries on 31st, but this did not settle.
Dullest days were 2-3, 11 and 16, and brightest were from 17th
to 31st, with the exception of 21st and 30th.
Windiest days were between 8th and 13th, calmest
20th to 30th. Just one day had fog, on 2nd,
although several days remained misty.
12.9 mmax (C)
3.5
mmin (C)
8.2 mean(C) +1.4 diff from av (C), the 6th
mildest in 67 years.
20.8 high max (C) on 24th
6.8
low max (C) on 2nd
7.9
high min (C) on 10th
-1.1
low min (C) on 8th and
31st
55.8
rain total (mm)
102.6% of av rainfall
11 raindays (days with >=0.2mm)
8
wetdays (days with >=1mm)
4
very wet days (days with >=5mm
14 days ground frost
2
days air frost
1
day with snow flurries on 31st
1
day with fog
52% cloud cover percent
86% mean RH
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April
2022 |
May
2022 |
June
2022 |

April
was fairly mild (13th mildest) and fairly dry (21st
driest).
After a cool start to the month it was mostly quite pleasant from 15th
onwards apart from a dull 28th.
Wettest days were 6th, 12th to 13th
and 19th, then it was dry from 20th. Windiest days
were 4th to 7th, 22nd to 23rd.
Good growing conditions for soft fruit and vegetables
14.8
mean max (C)
4.5 mean min (C)
9.6 mean (C)
+ 0.3 diff from av (C), the 13th mildest in 67 years
22.7 high max (C) on 15
8.9 low max (C)
on 1
8.9 high min (C) on
16
-2.7low min (C) on 3
36.6 rain total (mm) 21st
driest April
Most rain was 7.8mm on 30th
11 raindays (days with
>=0.2mm)
3 wetdays (days
with >=1mm)
2 very wet
days (days with >=5mm)
Ground frost on 9 days
Air frost on 5 days
No days with hail
No days with snow or sleet
No days with fog
No days with thunder
61% cloud cover percent
84% mean RH
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May
enjoyed the 3rd highest mean temperature in
67 years here, beaten only in 2017 and 2018. The mean min was the
2nd highest, and mean max 9th highest (in fact
2016, 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2022 are all in the top 9).
Much of the month had mean temperatures above average, except for the
final few days. There were no ground frosts or air frosts, one of 10
years having neither during May.
Rainfall was 87% of normal, but was spread throughout the month, so 23
raindays, which ranks 3rd greatest number for May, but only
14 wetdays and 5 very wet days.
Half the month experienced at least 4 hours of "bright
sunshine", with the longest daily sunshine over 11 hours recorded
on the 13th, 14th and 27th. Windiest
days were 10th to
11th, 13th, 17th, and 25th
to 27th.
18.7
mean max (C)
9.1 mean min (C)
13.9 mean (C) +1.5 diff from av (C)
24.3 high max (C) on 14
13.2 low max (C) on 1
12.6 high min (C) on 16
6.2 low min (C) on 31
52.8 rain total (mm)
87.4% of av
23 raindays (days with >=0.2mm)
14 wetdays (days with >=1mm)
5 very wet days (days with
>=5mm)
No Ground frost and No
Air frost
Mean pressure 1018.2 mb
71% cloud cover percent
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SEASONAL
REPORT FOR SPRING
(Mar, Apr, May 2022)
this year normal
anomaly
MeanMax
15.5
13.2
+2.3
MEAN
10.6 8.8
+1.8
MeanMin 5.7
4.4
+1.3
RAINFALL 145.2
172.1
84.3%
Raindays
47
43.0
+ 4.0
Wet Days
29
32.3
- 3.3
V Wet Days
13
11.6 + 1.4
0.5
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Statistically
0.5 deg milder than usual for June. The Mean temp 15th
highest in 67 years here. It was warmest 14th – 17th,
and 20th – 23rd, and coolest 1st –
2nd and 19th – 20th.
Rainfall was only 77% of normal, and nearly half of this (26mm) fell on 4th
and 10mm on 18th. It
remained dry 2nd – 4th, 10th –17th
and 20th – 23rd.
Sunniest days were 7th, 11th -12th, 14th,
20th – 22nd, 26th – 27th
and 30th, and it was dull on 5th and 18th.
The cloud cover was the 4th smallest at obs hour. It was
windiest from 25th to 28th.
21.3
mean max (C)
10.3 mean min (C)
15.8 mean (C) +0.5 diff
from av (C
30.5 high max (C) on 17
10.6 low max (C) on 5
16.0 high min (C) on 17
5.9 low min (C) on
2
55.6 rain total (mm)
77% of av
13 raindays (days with
>=0.2mm)
8 wetdays
(days with >=1mm)
3 very wet
days (days with >=5mm)
No ground frost or air frost
No days with fog
No days with thunder
48% cloud cover percent
77% mean RH
Mean pressure was 1015.8 mb
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July
2022 |
August
2022 |
September
2022 |
A
very warm month overall, the mean temperature ranking 5th
highest, but the Hi
Max on 18th achieved a record breaking 38.2C (previous record
was 35.6C in 2020). Likewise the Hi Min on 19th was 22.5C (
beating previous record 21.5C in 2009).
The middle two weeks 8th – 21st were the
warmest.
Rainfall
totalled 36.8mm, ranking 18th lowest for July in 67 years
here. There were 18 consecutive dry days from 4th to 21st,
the only appreciable rainfall was 1st - 2nd, 21st – 27th, and 30th
– 31st, with 9.0mm rain falling on 21st , 8.0mm
on 30th and 6.6mm on 1st, these 3 days alone
accounting for almost 2/3 of the total
month's rainfall.
Sunniest
days were between 5th and 19th,
also 29th and 31st.
Dullest days were 20-21st, 28th and 30th.
Windiest days were 23-25th and 6-9th
So
statistically a very warm and fairly dry month, good for growing fruit
and vegetables, providing you watered everything well during the
extended dry middle of the month.
24.6
mean max (C) , 5th warmest
13.4 mean min (C) , 8th
warmest
19.0
mean (C) +1.8 diff from av
(C), the 5th warmest in 67 years.
Weekly
mean temps were:
1st – 7th
15.6C
8th – 14th
20.5C
15th – 21st
22.3C
22nd – 28th
17.4C
38.2
high max (C) on 18, new record daily highest
17.6
low max (C) on 2, the 9th highest on record
22.5
high min (C) on 19, new record daily highest
7.6 low min (C) on
5, the 18th highest on record
36.8
rain total (mm) 58% of av,
18th lowest
Wettest day was 21st
with 9.0mm
11 raindays (days
with >=0.2mm)
8 wetdays
(days with >=1mm)
4
very wet days (days with >=5mm)
No ground frost or air frost
No days with fog
No days with thunder
65% cloud cover percent
78% mean RH
Mean pressure was 1020.9mb
Highest
pressure was 1033.9mb on 8th, the 2nd highest for
July
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August
enjoyed the highest Mean temperature on record here (in 67 year, the 2nd
highest Mmax and Mmin. It was hottest between the 8th and the
14th but mean temp was above average on most days.
Rainfall was the 3rd lowest, receiving only 31% of normal
August rainfall. Many dry days, rain falling 1-3, 16-18, 21-22, 24-25,
most of this on the 16th, and 24th/25th.
The number of raindays was 6th fewest on record, wetdays and
very wet day 5th fewest.
Hot and dry sums up the month, with just a few rainy days, but rain total
remaining well below normal.
4 of the 10 hottest Augusts (mean temperatures) have occurred since 2016.
25.5
mmax (C) 2nd highest (greatest was 25.9Cin 1995)
13.3 mmin (C) 2nd
highest (greatest was 13.8C in 1997)
19.4 mean(C) +2.6 diff from av (C), the highest on record here (prev
19.2C in 1995)
34.5 high max (C) on 14th
(3rd highest, beaten in 2020 and 1990)
16.9 low max (C) on 17th
17.6 high min (C) on 24th
6.7 low min (C) on 6th
Hottest from 8th to 14th
21.8 rain total (mm), 31.1% of av , 3rd driest (lower in
1995 and 2003)
9 raindays (with >=0.2mm)
4 wet days (with >=1mm)
2 very wet days (with >=5mm)
Greatest fall 10.2mm on 16th
No ground frost
No air frost
Windiest days 2nd – 3rd , 19th – 20th
Most sunshine hours from 6th to 14th
Highest bright sunshine was recorded on 1, 3-4, 6-14, 19-20
Dullest days were recorded on 2,22-23, 29
50% cloud cover percent
80% mean RH
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SEASONAL
REPORT FOR Summer (Jun, Jul,
Aug)
Overall summer statistics show the 3rd highest Mean, Mmax and
Mmin temperatures on record here, while rainfall ranked 9th
lowest. So an unsurprisingly
very warm and dry Summer 2022.
this year normal
anomaly
MeanMax
23.9
20.7 +3.2
3rd highest (beaten 2006, 2018)
MEAN
18.1
15.8
+2.3
3rd highest (beaten 2006, 2018)
MeanMin 12.4
10.9 +1.4
3rd = highest (beaten 2005, 2006)
RAINFALL 114.2
197.9 58%
9th lowest
Raindays
33
40.5
81%
13th lowest
Wet Days
20
30.3
66%
7th lowest
V Wet Days 8
12.7
63%
10th = lowest
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Temperatures
steadily fell during September, giving an overall mean 14.5C just 0.3deg
above normal, the 14th mildest in 67 years here. Most rain fell
at the beginning (4th, 5th, 7th, 8th)
then less at the end of the month (28th, 30th) ,
giving more sunnier days in the middle of the month (14th 16th
17th) with cooler clearer nights then.
Thunder 5th 7th and 8th, although short
lived. More unsettled and windier from 26th onwards.Looking at
whole year's rainfall from Jan to Sept, we have seen 481mm, the 14th
lowest in 67 years. In
contrast, September itself was the 21st wettest on record
though. So a mixed month, but nothing record breaking.
19.0
mean max (C)
10.1 mean min (C)
14.5 mean (C) +0.3 diff from av (C), the 14th mildest in 67
years
23.7 high max (C) on
5
12.7 low max (C)
on 27
15.6 high min (C) on
4
3.3 low min (C)
on 25
88.2 rain total (mm)
135% of av , the 21st wettest here
Most rain was 18.6 mm on 5th
18 raindays (days with
>=0.2mm) 10th greatest in 57yr
12 wetdays (days with
>=1mm)
6 very wet days
(days with >=5mm)
No days with ground frost or air frost
1 day with fog on 30th
3 days with thunder on 5th, 7th, 8th
62% cloud cover percent
91% mean RH
Mean pressure was 1013.8mb
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October
2022 |
November
2022 |
December
2022 |
 
A
very mild October, having the 5th= highest Mean temp in 67
years here. The Mean Max was the 2nd = highest, and the Low
Max was a new record highest.
Every month this year has exceeded the 30 year Mean temperature!
Just one ground frost on 11th.
October was the 15th wettest on record, with 20th
to 23rd particularly wet days. Half the month's rain was
recorded on Sunday 23rd from the torrential downpours on 22nd
and overnight into 23rd.
Many bright days this month, with the notable exceptions of 5th,
20th and 27th.
Quite windy from 4th to 7th, and again in the
final few days of the month.
So another very mild and wet month, like September, for my allotment
crops to continue growing for a little bit longer.
16.5
mean max (C)
8.8 mean min (C)
12.7 mean (C) +2.1 diff
from av (C) (5th=
highest mean)
18.7 high max (C) on
29
14.0 low max (C)
on 20 (new record highest low max)
13.5 high
min (C) on 28
1.9 low min (C)
on 11
102.6 rain total (mm) 122%
of av (15th wettest)
Most rain was 26.8 mm on 22nd
18 raindays (days with
>=0.2mm)
16 wetdays (days with
>=1mm)
6 very wet
days (days with >=5mm)
1 day with ground frost on 11th
No fog days
No days with thunder
64% cloud cover percent
85% mean RH
Mean pressure was 1012.9mb
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November
was very mild and very wet. Temperatures stayed above normal, apart from
21st and from 28th.
Little frost or fog. Heavier rain fell on 2nd, 7/8th,
14th-16th, 21st and 24th,
although most days experienced some rainfall.
Quite windy periodically.throughout the month.
11.0
mmax (C)
6th highest in 67 years
6.5 mmin (C)
3rd highest
8.7 mean(C)
+1.7diff from av (C) 4th
highest
15.6 high max (C) on 12th
5.6 low max (C) on 29th
11.8 high min (C) on 11th
2.3 low min (C)
on 4th
137.0mm
rain total (mm) 5th
greatest
167.1 % of av
25 raindays (days with >=0.2mm)
only 5 years exceeded this
18 wetdays (days with >=1mm)
only 7 years exceeded this
11 very wet days (days with >=5mm)
only 1 year exceeded this
Most daily rain was 25.2mm on 21st h
2 days ground frost only
3 years have had fewer
0 days air frost
only 6 years have had no air frost in November
2 days fog, 6th and 29th
76% cloud cover percent
86% mean RH
Most
hours sunshine on 3rd, 4th, 25th
and 28th.
Dullest days were 21st and
29th .
SEASONAL
REPORT FOR AUTUMN (Sep,
Oct, Nov 2022)
Autumn
Temperatures rank 3rd highest in 67 years, and rainfall 7th highest,
rain and wet days rank 5th and 3rd highest
respectively. So a very mild and wet season.
this year normal
anomaly
HiMax
23.7 31.7
MeanMax 15.5
13.8 +1.7
3rd highest
LoMax
5.6 -2.0
MEAN
12.0
10.3 1.7
3rd highest
HighMin
15.6 17.1
MeanMin
8.5
6.7 +1.8
3rd = highest
LoMin 1.9 -8.1
RAINFALL 327.8
215.3 152%
7th highest
Raindays
61 47.1
6th highest
Wet Days
46 34.2
5th highest
V Wet Days 23 14.2
3rd
=highest
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December
was a month of two meteorological halves.
Up to 18th was very cold, frosty, mostly dry and winds
lighter.
After 18th was milder, virtually frost free, much wetter and
windier.
Overall, statistically, temperatures were 1.4 deg C below normal,
ranking 14th lowest mean temperature in 68 years of records
here. The lowest temperatures were –7.8C on 15th, -7.1C on
16th, -6.2C on 14th and –6.1C on 17th.
Airfrosts on all days 6th to 18th ,
the 15th highest number of AFs
Ground frosts on 2-4, 6-19,
26-27 . This is the 17th highest number of GFs
Rainfall overall was only 66% of normal for December, ranking 17th
lowest in 68 years. However, 25 raindays ranked 5th highest,
while 12 wet days and 4 very wet days ranked lower than normal.
Foggy on 2nd and 14th.
5.9
mean max (C) , 15th lowest in 68 years here.
0.6 mean min (C) , 13th
lowest
3.2 mean (C) , -1.4
diff from av (C), the 14th lowest
12.4 high max (C) on 19th
-0.5 low max (C) on
12th
7.4 high min (C) on
31st
-7.8 low min (C)
on 15th
51.6
rain total (mm) 66% of av ,
17th lowest in 68 years
Wettest days were 9.6mm on19th
then 6.0mm on 18th and 23rd
25 raindays (days with >=0.2mm), 5th highest raindays
12 wetdays (days with >=1mm), 27th fewest wetdays
4 very wet days (days with
>=5mm), 19th fewest very wet days
Ground frost on 19 days
Air frost on 13 days
Fog on 2 days
69% cloud cover percent
89% mean RH
Mean
pressure was 1011.5 mb
Max pressure 1030.7 mb was
recorded on 1st.
Min pressure 985.3
mb was recorded on 30th.
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