simonjk
Well-Known Member
Morning all,
One for a non-sailing day this, but it keeps us weather anoraks happy!
A bit off topic this one, but I thought some of you might be interested. I write a regular column for Weatheronline and am about to post this one, so thought I'd send it to you too. It's just a little about February 2006 here in Wombourne, and a look back at the winter months. Here' goes:
"Hi everyone, apologies for not updating over the past few days, the weather has been keeping me pretty busy! However, I'm back now (you lucky things) and have just been taking a look at the winter stats for 2005/2006. Now, Philip Eden will no doubt do his usually excellent job on the winter statistics here on Weatheronline and you'll be able to read definitive answers in his column, but here are my preliminary findings.
Meteorological speaking winter officially runs from 1st December to 28th February, with 1st March being the first day of spring. Incidentally, some snow for Wales this morning, especially the northern coasts. I've had reports of snow on the beach in Llandudno, and know doubt much of that northern coasts was affected in a similar way. Take a look at the Weatheronline radar pictures to seeing the snow feeding off the Irish Sea.
Back to the topic in hand though. The statistics of my weather station, here in Wombourne, South Staffordshire, are showing that February had a mean maximum temperature of 6.4C, making it the coldest February since 1996. As far as mean minimum temperatures are concerned, 1.2C in February 2006 was only the coolest since 2003. If we take temperatures as means, February 2006 was probably the coldest since 2003.
As for as rainfall is concerned, I took 40.3mm of rain in the month, making it the wettest since 2002, although nothing exceptional there.
Of more interest to me is the fact that there were only 8 nights with an air frost, and this is the reason that the mean temperature was held up a bit, showing the days were chilly, but the nights probably fairly cloudy and hence milder.
Remember, this is the data for only one station and we need to look at the national picture for a firmer idea of what happened. My feelings though are that winter 2005/2006 in England and Wales, will probably be the coldest (at least for the south) since 1995/1996. However, further north, it will probably be a fairly warm winter. Philip will no doubt correct me if I'm wrong!
Whatever the weather, keep the sunshine shining!"
One for a non-sailing day this, but it keeps us weather anoraks happy!
A bit off topic this one, but I thought some of you might be interested. I write a regular column for Weatheronline and am about to post this one, so thought I'd send it to you too. It's just a little about February 2006 here in Wombourne, and a look back at the winter months. Here' goes:
"Hi everyone, apologies for not updating over the past few days, the weather has been keeping me pretty busy! However, I'm back now (you lucky things) and have just been taking a look at the winter stats for 2005/2006. Now, Philip Eden will no doubt do his usually excellent job on the winter statistics here on Weatheronline and you'll be able to read definitive answers in his column, but here are my preliminary findings.
Meteorological speaking winter officially runs from 1st December to 28th February, with 1st March being the first day of spring. Incidentally, some snow for Wales this morning, especially the northern coasts. I've had reports of snow on the beach in Llandudno, and know doubt much of that northern coasts was affected in a similar way. Take a look at the Weatheronline radar pictures to seeing the snow feeding off the Irish Sea.
Back to the topic in hand though. The statistics of my weather station, here in Wombourne, South Staffordshire, are showing that February had a mean maximum temperature of 6.4C, making it the coldest February since 1996. As far as mean minimum temperatures are concerned, 1.2C in February 2006 was only the coolest since 2003. If we take temperatures as means, February 2006 was probably the coldest since 2003.
As for as rainfall is concerned, I took 40.3mm of rain in the month, making it the wettest since 2002, although nothing exceptional there.
Of more interest to me is the fact that there were only 8 nights with an air frost, and this is the reason that the mean temperature was held up a bit, showing the days were chilly, but the nights probably fairly cloudy and hence milder.
Remember, this is the data for only one station and we need to look at the national picture for a firmer idea of what happened. My feelings though are that winter 2005/2006 in England and Wales, will probably be the coldest (at least for the south) since 1995/1996. However, further north, it will probably be a fairly warm winter. Philip will no doubt correct me if I'm wrong!
Whatever the weather, keep the sunshine shining!"
