Climatological Observations January 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 29th 30th 31st
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 9.00 9.00 9.00
Total Cloud (oktas) 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 8 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 3 2 9 8 8 9 6 5 0 6 8 8
Wind                                                              
Direction nnw nnw ssw n e nne n ene n ssw wnw ssw sse s sse ssw nw nnw ssw ssw nw calm sse calm wnw n n ene nne e e
Speed (knots) 12 1 10 7 8 3 3 8 1 16 6 7 8 10 4 12 4 4 7 7 4 0 3 0 3 6 4 8 8 10 1
Weather 2 10 20 10 77 10 73 10 43 2 1 2 1 50 10 2 2 10 2 1 2 48 10 10 40 2 2 10 2 1 1
Visibility 7 6 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 7 8 7 7 5 5 7 6 5 6 8 7 3 6 5 4 7 7 6 7 8 7
Screen (C)                                                              
Dry Bulb 5.1 2.5 6.4 5.0 1.1 2.0 1.7 2.7 3.6 6.1 8.9 1.4 5.9 7.8 6.5 6.9 6.5 8.9 9.3 6.8 4.1 -1.0 2.2 -2.3 1.9 3.1 1.4 -0.7 1.4 4.0 2.9
Wet Bulb 4.9 2.4 6.2 4.9 0.9 1.7 1.7 2.4 3.4 5.3 8.2 0.8 4.8 7.1 6.2 6.7 6.0 8.7 9.1 5.9 3.9 -1.0 1.3 -2.6 0.3 1.8 1.2 -1.0 1.0 3.1 2.4
Max 8.7 6.1 8.0 6.2 2.5 2.4 2.5 3.6 6.0 9.3 12.8 7.1 7.5 7.6 9.8 9.2 8.5 11.1 10.4 10.5 10.0 5.5 3.1 1.7 5.5 5.7 4.2 4.0 4.2 4.2 3.9
Min 3.5 2.0 2.1 4.6 0.0 0.6 0.3 0.1 2.5 2.8 6.0 -0.3 1.0 5.6 3.5 4.7 3.5 4.4 5.8 5.0 3.3 -1.3 -1.1 -2.4 -3.8 0.4 -0.4 -2.2 -0.6 1.3 2.2
Ground Observations (C)                                                              
Grass Min -1.7 -2.7 -1.5 1.4 -3.9 -1.8 -3.0 -2.6 -0.6 _ 3.8 -5.2 -2.8 2.4 -1.8 0.5 3.5 -1.0 6.2 0.9 -2.2 -4.7 -4.9 -6.6 -8.5 -4.9 -5.6 -5.9 -3.5 -1.6 0.6
Conc. Min 2.0 0.6 1.2 3.8 -0.8 0.7 -0.4 0.0 1.9 _ 5.4 -1.9 -0.2 4.7 3.1 4.4 2.0 2.9 8.2 5.1 1.5 -1.0 -1.4 _ -4.0 3.4 -2.0 -2.7 -1.8 -0.2 2.0
Bare Earth Min _ _ _ _ -0.6 1.0 0.0 -0.2 2.1 _ 6.6 _ 1.5 4.4 3.0 4.2 3.0 3.1 3.9 5.0 1.4 -0.7 _ _ _ _ -1.9 -2.5 -1.5 -0.5 2.1
Soil/Earth Temperatures (C)                                                              
Surface 4.1 2.6 5.1 5.0 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.6 3.6 4.4 0.7 1.8 4.4 6.2 5.5 5.7 5.5 6.4 7.6 6.9 3.4 2.0 2.6 1.2 0.8 1.1 1.2 0.6 0.8 2.4 2.8
5cm 3.6 3.1 4.4 4.8 3.1 2.6 2.3 2.5 3.8 3.8 5.4 2.1 3.9 5.4 5.2 5.5 5.2 5.7 6.8 7.1 3.8 2.7 2.6 1.4 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.1 0.9 2.2 2.6
10cm 3.8 3.5 4.5 5.0 3.4 2.9 2.5 2.7 3.6 4.0 5.4 2.3 4.0 5.6 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.9 7.1 7.3 4.2 3.2 3.0 2.0 1.3 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.1 2.1 2.9
20cm 3.9 4.1 4.5 5.3 4.4 3.8 3.3 3.3 4.0 4.5 5.5 4.2 4.3 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.6 7.2 7.0 5.5 4.5 3.9 3.1 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.2 3.0 3.0
30cm 3.9 4.2 4.5 5.0 4.6 4.3 3.7 3.6 4.1 4.4 5.4 4.6 4.3 5.0 5.3 5.5 5.5 2.1 7.1 6.7 5.8 4.9 4.2 3.0 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.9 2.5 3.3 2.9
40cm 4.0 4.2 4.4 5.0 4.6 4.2 3.9 3.7 4.4 4.5 5.5 4.5 4.4 5.0 5.2 5.4 5.4 2.8 7.0 7.1 5.8 5.0 4.4 3.1 3.2 3.0 2.9 3.2 2.7 3.6 3.3
50cm 4.4 4.6 4.8 5.2 5.2 4.8 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.9 5.7 4.8 5.0 5.2 5.5 5.6 5.6 6.0 7.1 6.8 6.3 5.6 5.0 4.2 3.8 3.5 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.9 3.9
100cm 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.4 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.8 5.8 6.1 6.0 6.0 6.2 6.1 6.0 5.8 5.6 5.3 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.3 4.3
State of the Ground                                                              
Without snow 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 4 4 1 1
With snow _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Snow depth _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
State of the Grass 3 4 3 3 3 1 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 3 1 3 1 3 3 3 7 8 1 7 4 7 4 7 7 1 0
State of the Concrete 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0
Evaporation (mm)                                                              
Hook-gauge reading 49 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 59.1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 56.3
Total evaporation (less rainfall) 1.74 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 6.60 > > > > > > > > > 3.80
Rainfall (mm)                                                              
Total 0.1 0.1 1.0 0.4 0.1 0.2 2.3 1.9 0.1 1.5 tr tr 0.1 1.8 tr 5.1 0.2 0.6 1.1 0.1 tr(fe) _ tr(x) tr _ tr 0.8 _ 0.2 _ _
Duration (hrs) _ 0.1 1.3 0.8 _ 1.1 2.6 7.4 _ 1.0 _ _ _ 1.6 _ 3.2 _ 0.7 0.3 _ _ _ _ _ _ 0.1 3.1 _ _ _ _
Intensity (mean over 24 hrs, mm/hr) _ 1.0 0.8 0.5 _ 0.2 0.9 0.3 _ 1.5 _ _ _ 1.1 _ 1.6 _ 0.9 3.7 _ _ _ _ _ _ 0.0 0.3 _ _ _ _
Run of Wind                                                              
Miles (over 24 hrs) 130.26 82.78 77.31 82.82 88.68 45.53 49.06 77.73 227.29 187.28 341.34 171.38 277.84 121.35 165.53 172.32 115.02 95.79 205.09 147.85 50.49 37.35 42.95 71.32 71.58 102.32 86.64 162.33 124.44 74.55 35.21
Mean (mph) 7.1 4.5 4.2 4.5 4.8 2.5 2.7 4.2 12.3 10.1 18.5 9.3 15 6.6 9 9.3 6.2 5.2 11.1 8 2.7 2 2.3 3.9 3.9 5.5 4.7 8.8 6.7 4 1.9
Gust (mph) 23 <15 15 17 17 <15 <15 21 31 40 20 25 23 16 22 23 25 16 34 30 21 <15 <15 <15 21 31 18 30 23 19 <15
Sunshine (hrs) 1.1 0.1 0.0 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.7 1.8 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 5.3 4.9 1.2 0.0 0.0 1.8 6.3 0.7 5.3 5.1 0.0 0.0
Statistics                                                              
Saturated                                                              
VP(Twb) 0.867 0.726 0.949 0.867 0.652 0.691 0.691 0.726 0.78 0.891 1.088 0.648 0.861 1.009 0.949 0.982 0.936 1.126 1.156 0.929 0.808 0.568 0.671 0.505 0.624 0.696 0.666 0.568 0.657 0.763 0.726
VP 0.853 0.719 0.935 0.86 0.639 0.671 0.691 0.706 0.766 0.837 1.04 0.608 0.787 0.962 0.929 0.968 0.902 1.112 1.142 0.868 0.794 0.568 0.61 0.485 0.516 0.608 0.653 0.548 0.63 0.702 0.692
Saturated                                                              
VP 0.879 0.732 0.962 0.873 0.662 0.706 0.691 0.742 0.791 0.942 1.141 0.676 0.929 1.059 0.968 0.995 0.968 1.141 1.172 0.989 0.819 0.568 0.716 0.516 0.701 0.763 0.676 0.581 0.676 0.814 0.753
RH % 97 98.2 97.2 98.5 96.5 95 100 95.1 96.8 88.9 91.1 89.9 84.7 90.8 96 97.3 93.2 97.5 97.4 87.8 96.9 100 85.2 94 73.6 79.7 96.6 94.3 93.2 86.2 91.9
                                                               
Dew Point (C) 4.7 2.3 6 4.8 0.6 1.3 1.7 2 3.1 4.4 7.5 -0.1 3.5 6.4 5.9 6.5 5.5 8.5 8.9 4.9 3.7 -1 0 -3.1 -2.3 -0.1 0.9 -1.5 0.4 1.9 1.7
Pressure (mb) 1000.6 1023.7 1026.7 1031.1 1023.5 1022.0 1025.2 1025.8 1026.8 1020.5 1015.9 1028.4 1021.1 1019.2 1015.0 1008.6 1001.6 1012.7 1017.1 1012.6 1027.2 1037.9 1036.8 1032.5 1027.4 1028.5 1027.6 1028.7 1033.8 1033.7 1028.6
Days with                                                              
thunder _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
hail<5mm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
hail>/=5mm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
snow _ _ _ _ 1 _ 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
fog _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 _ 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 _ _ 1 _ _ _ _ _ _

This page was created by Pitsford Hall on 01 February 2006.