CLIMATOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS - JUNE 2003 - PITSFORD HALL WEATHER STATION Observations at Pitsford Hall at 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 0900 hours UTC Total Cloud 8 8 7 8 7 8 8 8 5 8 6 6 3 8 3 0 8 8 6 6 3 6 8 7 5 6 8 7 6 8 Wind Direction calm ssw sse calm ssw ssw ssw se sw sw ssw ssw sw calm ssw e nw sse se nw n s nw ne calm ene ne nw calm ese Speed (knots) 0 5 4 0 9 8 1 1 13 9 4 13 4 0 1 1 1 7 5 12 1 8 4 6 0 13 6 3 0 1 Weather 3 2 2 50 3 63 61 21 1 21 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 3 1 2 62 Visibility 6 6 8 7 8 7 4 5 6 5 8 7 7 7 7 9 7 7 9 8 8 _ 5 6 6 6 5 7 7 5 Screen (C) Dry Bulb 16.4 16.0 19.4 15.1 17.1 13.1 15.0 13.1 16.8 16.7 18.1 19.4 16.8 15.5 17.5 21.6 20.2 16.9 20.8 16.1 16.5 19.0 16.2 17.1 20.5 17.1 17.2 15.5 17.7 16.0 Wet Bulb 14.1 14.9 14.0 12.8 13.5 12.3 14.9 12.9 12.9 15.3 14.1 14.6 12.8 13.5 13.5 16.9 16.3 13.7 17.1 12.2 12.6 15.6 15.6 13.8 16.2 15.2 15.1 13.5 14.6 15.6 Max 24.4 21.7 21.9 19.7 21.5 18.0 22.0 20.3 21.0 22.5 22.0 22.1 21.4 21.9 24.9 26.8 25.1 21.6 23.7 20.5 23.4 28.9 21.3 21.5 23.0 22.1 20.1 21.2 24.1 17.6 Min 11.9 13.9 11.1 11.3 8.7 12.1 12.7 10.8 8.7 11.2 12.0 11.4 7.2 13.1 9.7 11.4 12.7 11.2 14.6 8.4 7.1 13.5 15.4 8.6 10.7 11.0 13.0 10.2 11.2 12.6 Ground Observations Grass Min 10.0 12.8 8.0 9.4 6.1 10.4 11.6 10.6 6.5 11.0 9.5 9.2 4.8 12.3 7.0 8.3 11.4 9.2 12.1 5.5 7.2 10.5 13.5 7.1 10.7 11.0 13.5 8.0 8.5 11.6 Conc. Min 12.0 14.3 11.5 11.4 8.5 12.0 13.1 12.1 8.7 12.5 11.8 11.8 8.4 14.5 10.6 12.4 13.0 11.6 14.6 9.2 9.0 14.7 16.5 9.5 11.0 12.6 14.5 10.6 11.9 13.2 Bare Earth Min 11.6 14.1 11.5 11.4 9.1 11.8 12.9 12.2 9.3 13.0 11.5 11.6 8.3 13.9 10.6 11.7 11.9 10.6 13.8 8.1 8.6 14.5 16.0 8.7 11.4 10.4 14.1 11.6 11.3 13.4 Soil/Earth Temperatures Surface 19.3 17.1 22.4 16.6 20.3 13.9 15.3 15.1 18.4 17.0 20.1 20.6 20.2 17.4 21.9 22.9 23.1 19.2 23.0 20.2 21.9 20.6 18.5 17.2 21.3 19.5 18.9 19.9 21.3 17.2 5cm 17.1 17.4 18.3 16.9 16.7 15.3 15.4 14.8 15.2 16.2 16.6 17.7 16.9 17.2 16.9 19.7 20.5 19.3 19.4 17.7 16.5 18.8 18.4 17.4 18.2 18.0 18.6 17.0 17.6 17.2 10cm 17.7 18.0 18.2 17.4 16.7 16.1 16.0 15.4 15.3 16.4 16.7 17.5 17.0 17.8 17.5 19.6 20.6 19.5 19.5 17.9 17.3 19.4 19.2 17.5 18.1 18.3 18.8 17.3 18.0 18.1 20cm 17.9 18.0 17.1 17.1 16.0 16.4 16.0 16.0 15.0 16.0 16.2 16.6 16.7 18.0 18.0 19.0 19.9 19.2 18.8 17.9 18.0 19.0 19.3 17.6 17.8 18.0 18.7 17.4 18.1 18.5 30cm 17.5 17.6 17.1 17.1 16.5 16.6 16.1 16.5 15.7 16.4 16.6 17.0 17.2 17.8 18.0 18.7 19.4 19.1 18.7 18.3 18.4 18.5 19.1 18.2 18.4 18.4 18.8 18.0 18.4 18.6 40cm 17.1 17.4 16.9 16.9 16.4 16.4 16.0 16.4 15.8 16.3 16.6 16.7 17.1 17.5 17.7 18.3 19.3 18.9 18.5 18.2 18.0 18.5 19.0 18.3 18.1 18.4 18.5 17.8 18.1 18.5 50cm 16.7 17.0 16.9 16.9 16.6 16.6 16.1 16.4 16.1 16.4 16.6 16.9 17.1 17.4 17.6 18.2 18.8 18.9 18.5 18.0 18.1 18.5 18.8 18.5 18.3 18.3 18.4 18.0 18.2 18.6 100cm 13.3 13.6 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.2 14.2 14.2 14.3 14.2 14.4 14.6 14.1 14.9 15.0 15.2 15.5 15.7 15.9 15.9 16.0 16.0 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.2 16.2 16.3 16.3 16.2 State of the Ground Without snow 0 0 9 9 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 With snow _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Snow depth _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ State of the Grass 0 3 0 3 0 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 State of the Concrete 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Evaporation Hook-gauge reading 47.07 _ _ _ _ _ _ 50.32 _ _ _ _ 68.25 _ _ _ _ _ _ 66.34 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 59.81 _ 57.58 Total evaporation (less rainfall) > > > > > > > 14.45 > > > > 19.90 > > > > > > 30.38 > > > > > > > 26.33 > 8.23 Rainfall Total 0.4 _ tr 1.0 0.7 6.1 9.4 2.4 2.1 _ _ _ _ _ _ 0.4 _ _ _ _ _ 18.9 _ _ _ _ 0.9 _ 6.1 2.4 Duration 0.1 _ _ 0.6 1.8 6.3 7.5 0.8 1.8 _ _ _ _ _ _ 0.1 _ _ _ _ _ 7.3 _ _ _ _ 1.3 _ 2.0 4.1 Acidity _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Run of Wind Miles 107.69 65.57 101.39 115.35 166.13 132.83 81.11 121.92 107.51 193.13 80.7 74.92 45.28 59.34 57.35 56.04 92.54 143.37 132 95.2 33.6 132.42 91.71 49.36 88.58 74.44 49.31 63.63 117.28 71.42 Mean 5.8 3.6 5.5 6.2 9 7.2 4.4 6.6 5.8 10.5 4.4 4.1 2.5 3.2 3.1 3 5 7.8 7.2 5.2 1.8 7.2 5 2.7 4.8 4 2.7 3.4 6.4 3.9 Gust 16 15 20 22 19 19 <15 27 16 30 16 18 <15 15 <15 <15 21 29 33 22 <15 19 22 <15 16 17 15 <15 21 <15 Sunshine 5.1 6.9 5.0 2.4 9.2 2.0 4.8 5.6 9.6 8.1 6.4 11.8 13.7 8.0 12.3 8.0 5.9 2.0 8.2 12.9 8.1 1.9 7.4 8.2 11.1 7.0 0.0 9.0 8.5 0.0 Statistics Saturated VP(Twb) 1.61 1.695 1.599 1.479 1.548 1.431 1.695 1.489 1.489 1.739 1.61 1.663 1.479 1.548 1.548 1.927 1.854 1.569 1.951 1.422 1.46 1.773 1.773 1.579 1.843 1.728 1.717 1.548 1.663 1.773 VP 1.453 1.62 1.23 1.322 1.302 1.376 1.688 1.475 1.223 1.643 1.337 1.335 1.206 1.411 1.275 1.605 1.587 1.35 1.697 1.156 1.194 1.54 1.732 1.353 1.548 1.598 1.573 1.411 1.451 1.746 Saturated VP 1.866 1.819 2.254 1.717 1.951 1.508 1.706 1.508 1.914 1.902 2.078 2.254 1.914 1.762 2.001 2.582 2.369 1.927 2.458 1.831 1.878 2.199 1.843 1.951 2.413 1.951 1.963 1.762 2.026 1.819 RH % 77.9 89.1 54.6 77 66.7 91.2 98.9 97.8 63.9 86.4 64.3 59.2 63 80.1 63.7 62.2 67 70.1 69 63.1 63.6 70 94 69.3 64.2 81.9 80.1 80.1 71.6 96 Dew Point 12.5 14.2 10 11.1 10.9 11.7 14.8 12.8 9.9 14.4 11.3 11.2 9.7 12.1 10.6 14.1 13.9 11.4 14.9 9.1 9.6 13.4 15.2 11.4 13.5 14 13.7 12.1 12.5 15.4 Pressure 1008.4 1006.0 1008.2 1009.2 1017.0 1015.6 1014.0 1008.0 1017.1 1008.1 1016.4 1017.5 1023.1 1021.3 1021.1 1015.7 1009.9 1016.7 1018.6 1021.4 1020.2 1006.1 1005.0 1019.3 1021.3 1016.5 1014.2 1015.1 1009.9 1001.2 Days with thunder _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 _ _ _ _ 1 _ _ _ _ 1 _ _ _ hail<5mm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ hail>/=5mm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ snow _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ fog _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _