Climatological Observations - February 2006

Observations at Pitsford Hall 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
Time of Observations (GMT) 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00
Total Cloud (oktas) 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 2 0 6 8 8 8 8 1 2 3 9 9 8 8 8 8 7 3 8 7 0
Wind                                                        
Direction calm calm n nw nnw nnw nw nw nnw n ssw ssw sw ssw wnw ssw wnw sw ne nne n ne n ene nne ene nnw n
Speed (knots) 0 0 3 1 6 2 6 10 8 2 3 14 1 12 8 9 7 1 8 12 7 12 3 10 23 10 7 11
Weather 10 12 10 10 45 10 2 1 0 1 10 63 2 20 2 1 2 43 60 2 70 50 71 2 2 83 1 0
Visibility 5 4 5 5 2 6 7 8 8 6 5 5 7 5 7 8 8 2 2 7 6 7 6 6 7 7 6 9
Screen (C)                                                        
Dry Bulb -0.1 -3.0 -0.9 2.1 3.4 4.1 8.1 4.0 -0.6 -0.1 0.1 4.7 8.1 5.9 8.1 5.1 5.8 -0.6 3.1 4.2 1.8 2.6 0.8 0.8 3.2 2.1 2.8 0.8
Wet Bulb -0.5 -3.5 -1.4 1.9 3.2 3.1 6.1 3.5 -1.7 -1.0 -0.3 4.3 7.9 5.5 7.1 4.4 5.1 -0.6 3.1 3.2 1.6 2.1 0.6 0.4 1.5 1.6 1.9 0.0
Max 0.6 -1.3 1.8 6.5 8.0 8.9 8.7 8.0 6.6 6.5 5.8 8.7 9.8 10.9 11.7 8.5 10.5 8.8 5.4 6.9 4.5 7.9 3.9 2.8 4.6 6.4 6.2 6.8
Min -1.0 -3.3 -3.2 -1.1 1.6 3.2 4.4 3.4 -1.1 -2.2 -2.4 0.0 4.6 5.3 5.6 3.5 3.5 -1.5 -1.0 3.0 0.1 1.4 0.3 -0.3 0.4 1.1 1.8 -0.9
Ground Observations (C)                                                        
Grass Min -2.2 -3.6 -3.7 -1.9 -4.3 1.3 3.1 -2.0 -6.3 -7.5 -6.4 -3.0 3.0 3.5 1.5 -1.6 -1.1 -5.2 -3.6 0.2 -3.9 0.4 -2.1 -1.4 -2.2 -0.5 -2.1 -4.6
Conc. Min 0.0 -2.5 -2.4 -0.9 -1.0 2.6 3.6 2.0 -2.4 -3.0 -3.4 0.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 2.0 2.3 -1.1 -1.0 1.8 -1.1 3.4 0.3 0.1 0.1 1.1 1.5 -1.0
Bare Earth Min -0.2 -2.5 -2.2 -1.0 -1.0 2.1 3.1 1.8 -1.8 -1.9 -3.0 -0.6 3.4 4.6 4.5 1.9 1.8 -1.0 -0.6 1.6 -1.3 _ 0.0 -0.3 -0.4 0.9 0.8 -1.2
Soil/Earth Temperatures (C)                                                        
Surface 1.9 0.4 0.4 2.3 2.5 4.0 5.0 3.1 1.7 0.5 0.8 3.6 6.4 5.7 6.0 4.6 4.5 2.0 3.3 3.5 1.6 2.5 1.4 1.3 1.4 2.5 2.7 0.8
5cm 2.2 0.5 0.8 1.8 2.1 3.7 4.6 3.4 1.7 0.9 1.1 2.8 5.5 5.5 5.8 4.5 4.1 2.4 3.0 3.1 1.7 2.6 1.7 1.6 1.4 2.3 2.9 1.0
10cm 2.5 1.4 1.1 2.0 2.3 3.9 4.8 4.0 2.0 1.1 1.5 3.0 5.6 5.7 6.1 4.8 4.4 2.8 3.3 3.3 1.9 2.8 2.0 2.0 1.7 2.6 3.2 1.7
20cm 3.0 1.9 1.4 2.4 3.2 4.1 4.5 4.1 3.5 2.0 2.5 3.1 5.0 5.8 6.1 5.5 4.9 4.2 3.3 3.9 3.0 3.4 3.0 2.8 2.7 3.2 3.2 1.9
30cm 3.6 2.3 2.4 2.6 3.4 4.0 4.6 4.4 3.9 2.4 2.7 3.0 4.5 5.5 5.7 5.5 5.1 4.6 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.1 3.3 3.5 2.6
40cm 3.8 2.8 3.8 2.8 3.3 4.0 4.7 4.5 3.9 2.9 3.0 3.2 4.4 5.3 5.6 5.5 5.1 4.7 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.7 3.1
50cm 4.1 3.3 3.9 3.3 3.7 4.2 4.9 4.9 4.5 3.3 3.5 3.6 4.5 5.3 5.6 5.6 5.4 5.0 4.6 4.4 4.3 4.1 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.8 4.1 3.8
100cm 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.7 5.0 5.2 5.3 5.2 5.2 4.9 4.7 4.5 4.7 4.4 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.2
State of the Ground                                                        
Without snow 1 1 4 1 1 1 0 2 4 4 4 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 2   _ 1 1 1 4
With snow _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 6 _ _ _ _
Snow depth _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 _ _ _ _
State of the Grass 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 3 5 5 7 3 3 3 3 3 3 7 3 3 3 3 9 9 1 3 1 5
State of the Concrete 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 1 0 3
Evaporation (mm)                                                        
Hook-gauge reading 56.3 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 65.2 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 50.5 _ _ 50.47
Total evaporation (less rainfall) > > > > > > > > > > > > 5.00 > > > > > > > > > > > 9.41 > > 4.53
Rainfall (mm)                                                        
Total _ _ _ _ _ _ 2.5 _ _ _ 6.7 4.7 0.3 7.5 0.1 0.6 tr(fe) 0.5 0.1 tr 2.6 0.1 2.6 0.2 0.9 0.1 3.5 tr
Duration (hrs) _ _ _ _ _ _ 2.0 _ _ _ 4.8 8.2 0.6 4.9 _ 0.4 _ 1.3 _ _ 3.5 1.1 12.5 _ 1.8 _ 1.5 _
Intensity (mean over 24 hrs, mm/hr) _ _ _ _ _ _ 1.3 _ _ _ 1.4 0.6 0.5 1.5 _ 1.5 _ 0.4 _ _ 0.7 0.1 0.2 _ 0.5 _ 2.3 _
Run of Wind                                                        
Miles (over 24 hrs) 37.54 32.29 50.51 72.35 74.5 107.07 185.87 159.12 158.1 36.02 191.42 94.7 183.46 286.11 198.61 208.01 69.88 61.96 205.66 157.67 180.9 140.41 106.27 255.85 204.7 152.16 168.57 181.26
Mean (mph) 2 1.7 2.7 3.9 4 5.8 10.1 8.6 8.6 2 10.4 5.1 9.9 15.5 10.8 11.3 3.8 3.4 11.1 8.5 9.8 7.6 5.8 13.9 11.1 8.2 9.1 9.8
Gust (mph) <15 <15 <15 <15 18 21 34 30 28 <15 20 18 23 42 28 24 17 16 39 37 34 32 23 44 47 31 25 34
Sunshine (hrs) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.3 6.2 3.3 1.0 0.0 0.0 5.0 5.5 4.4 6.2 5.9 0.0 5.2 2.4 0.0 0.0 1.2 6.7 2.7 1.4 7.9
Statistics                                                        
Saturated                                                        
VP(Twb) 0.589 0.472 0.551 0.701 0.769 0.763 0.942 0.785 0.539 0.568 0.598 0.831 1.066 0.904 1.009 0.837 0.879 0.585 0.763 0.769 0.686 0.711 0.638 0.629 0.681 0.686 0.701 0.611
VP 0.562 0.438 0.517 0.688 0.755 0.695 0.807 0.751 0.465 0.508 0.571 0.804 1.052 0.877 0.941 0.79 0.832 0.585 0.763 0.701 0.673 0.677 0.625 0.602 0.566 0.652 0.64 0.557
Saturated                                                        
VP 0.607 0.49 0.572 0.711 0.78 0.819 1.081 0.814 0.585 0.607 0.615 0.855 1.081 0.929 1.081 0.879 0.923 0.585 0.763 0.825 0.696 0.737 0.648 0.648 0.769 0.711 0.747 0.648
RH % 92.6 89.4 90.4 96.8 96.8 84.9 74.7 92.3 79.5 83.7 92.8 94 97.3 94.4 87 89.9 90.1 100 100 85 96.7 91.9 96.5 92.9 73.6 91.7 85.7 86
                                                         
Dew Point (C) -1.1 -4.5 -2.3 1.6 2.9 1.8 3.9 2.9 -3.7 -2.5 -0.9 3.8 7.7 5.1 6.1 3.6 4.3 -0.6 3.1 1.9 1.3 1.4 0.3 -0.2 -1 0.9 0.6 -1.3
Pressure (mb) 1023.3 1022.9 1025.4 1030.4 1033.6 1030.0 1022.5 1008.1 1017.6 1025.5 1027.7 1021.6 1018.5 1010.4 991.5 983.9 983.8 991.8 999.6 1013.8 1021.9 1027.0 1028.3 1020.1 1022.4 1026.4 1022.4 1008.4
Days with                                                        
thunder _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
hail<5mm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
hail>/=5mm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
snow _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 _ 1 1 _ _ _ 1
fog _ 1 _ _ 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

This page was created by Pitsford Hall weather station on 09 March 2006.