Climatological Observations - May 2008

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 8.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 8.00 9.00 7.00 9.00 7.00 7.00 9.00 8.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 8.00 9.00 8.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00
Total Cloud (oktas) 4 5 6 8 8 2 2 0 7 8 3 3 5 6 8 8 8 3 4 3 3 1 8 5 8 8 8 8 6 7 8
Wind                                                              
Direction s s sse se calm e ene ene e se ne ne n ne ne ne ene ne ne ene ene ene ene ne nne ne nne ene ene n calm
Speed (knots) 4 8 7 8 0 7 4 9 2 1 9 15 10 12 9 1 8 6 8 6 9 5 2 17 14 15 10 8 1 8 0
Weather 3 1 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 1 1 2 63 2 2 3 3 5 3 2 2 63 2 51 10 10 _ _
Visibility 7 7 8 7 7 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 8 7 7 6 7 5 7 5 4 7 7 7
Screen (C)                                                              
Dry Bulb 11.0 9.9 13.1 14.9 15.4 18.1 18.1 18.7 18.6 17.5 19.9 18.4 9.9 12.4 9.8 8.7 11.2 10.2 10.4 12.1 13.4 14.4 11.9 14.5 12.0 13.0 10.1 13.8 14.5 12.8 16.8
Wet Bulb 8.6 8.4 9.1 11.9 14.3 14.2 15.0 15.0 15.5 14.4 14.9 13.7 8.7 10.3 8.6 8.4 10.1 7.6 7.4 7.9 10.8 12.0 9.5 12.1 11.4 10.4 10.0 13.5 12.8 11.6 14.8
Max 14.6 15.2 19.0 19.6 22.5 22.8 24.5 24.2 23.9 25.2 26.2 23.5 19.3 17.5 13.6 11.7 12.5 14.0 13.1 16.0 18.0 20.8 19.5 17.2 13.2 13.5 15.0 16.5 21.6 17.2 20.7
Min 5.5 4.0 6.2 11.4 12.5 8.0 9.7 10.1 10.8 10.6 13.1 10.1 8.9 9.1 8.0 8.4 8.5 6.4 3.7 3.0 4.4 6.6 8.4 10.6 10.1 9.6 9.0 10.0 10.5 11.6 12.8
Black Bulb (Globe, C) 18.3 16.3 23.5 17.6 19.1 34 32 32.2 25.5 25.1 32.8 30.9 16 17.8 12.3 9 13.7 18.5 21 28.4 27.4 _ _ 22.4 24.9 15.6 10.5 15.8 27.6 _ _
Grass & Concrete                                                              
State of Grass 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 3 0 0 0
State of Concrete 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0
Concrete Min (C) 3.6 2.4 4.8 11.0 12.1 6.9 7.9 9.7 10.9 10.6 12.0 9.4 8.0 8.5 7.6 8.0 7.9 4.7 1.6 1.0 3.6 5.9 7.5 8.9 9.0 8.5 8.0 9.3 9.8 10.4 11.5
Evaporation                                                              
Piche (ml) 3.1 4.1 3.7 2.4 3.3 3.7 4.1 5.4 _ 3.6 5.4 4.1 3.4 2.9 1.5 0.5 1.1 2.8 2.5 3.2 > 6.5 2.7 2.5 1.1 2.2 0 0.4 > > 4.2
Pan (over interval, mm) > > > > > > > > 26.82 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 38.17 > > > > 4.05
Rainfall                                                              
Total (mm) 1.3 tr tr 0.6 _ _ _ _ 0.1 _ _ _ _ _ 8.5 3.3 1.6 tr _ _ _ tr 0.4 1.7 16.4 17.7 10.1 4.4 6.2 _ _
Duration (hrs) 0.7 _ _ 1.3 _ _ _ _ 0.3 _ _ _ _ _ 14.7 4.3 1.4 _ _ _ _ _ 1.8 3.0 9.2 13.3 4.9 3.5 8.8 _ _
Intensity (mean over 24 hrs, mm/hr) 1.9 _ _ 0.5 _ _ _ _ 0.3 _ _ _ _ _ 0.6 0.8 1.1 _ _ _ _ _ 0.2 0.6 1.8 1.3 2.1 1.3 0.7 _ _
Run of Wind                                                              
Miles (over 24 hrs) 120.48 66.4 69.64 39.47 83.25 91.3 101.99 84.51 34.02 29.36 93.27 128.66 183.43 152.43 103.08 81.46 102.3 88.44 82.68 70.59 152.23 128.25 218.16 112.5 229.52 214.8 70.5 74.55 118.57 64.99 66.21
Mean (mph) 6.5 3.6 3.8 2.1 4.5 4.9 5.5 4.6 1.8 1.6 5.1 7 9.9 8.3 5.6 4.4 5.5 4.8 4.5 3.8 8.2 6.9 11.8 6.1 12.4 11.6 3.8 4 6.4 3.5 3.6
Gust (mph) 20 <15 17 <15 16 20 18 22 <15 <15 18 25 29 28 22 15 20 21 17 16 18 18 30 37 44 48 19 20 18 16 16
Sunshine (hrs) 9.7 7.7 4.7 0.6 7.0 8.5 12.5 12.0 2.9 6.4 11.5 9.9 10.5 8.6 0.3 0.4 0.0 9.7 2.2 10.3 6.1 5.8 0.5 10.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 3.5 0.4 0.3
Humidity Statistics                                                              
Saturated                                                              
VP(Twb) 1.118 1.103 1.156 1.394 1.631 1.62 1.706 1.706 1.762 1.641 1.695 1.569 1.126 1.253 1.118 1.103 1.237 1.044 1.03 1.066 1.296 1.403 1.188 1.413 1.349 1.262 1.229 1.548 1.479 1.367 1.684
VP 0.955 1.001 0.884 1.189 1.556 1.353 1.494 1.453 1.55 1.429 1.353 1.248 1.044 1.11 1.036 1.083 1.162 0.868 0.826 0.781 1.119 1.239 1.025 1.249 1.308 1.085 1.222 1.528 1.363 1.285 1.547
Saturated                                                              
VP 1.313 1.22 1.508 1.695 1.751 2.078 2.078 2.158 2.144 2.001 2.325 2.118 1.22 1.441 1.212 1.126 1.331 1.245 1.262 1.413 1.538 1.641 1.394 1.652 1.403 1.499 1.237 1.579 1.652 1.479 1.914
Rel. Humidity 72.7 82 58.6 70.1 88.9 65.1 71.9 67.3 72.3 71.4 58.2 58.9 85.6 77 85.5 96.2 87.3 69.7 65.5 55.3 72.8 75.5 73.5 75.6 93.2 72.4 98.8 96.8 82.5 86.9 80.8
                                                               
Dew Point (C) 6.3 7 5.2 9.5 13.6 11.4 13 12.5 13.5 12.3 11.4 10.2 7.6 8.5 7.5 8.1 9.2 4.9 4.2 3.4 8.6 10.1 7.3 10.2 10.9 8.2 9.9 13.3 11.6 10.7 13.5
Pressure (mb) 1004.1 1020.0 1024.4 1021.1 1026.3 1025.1 1020.8 1015.6 1012.3 1017.1 1019.8 1020.7 1021.4 1018.5 1012.4 1010.2 1009.2 1015.5 1019.6 1020.8 1018.2 1016.1 1014.2 1013.5 1011.6 1012.6 1011.7 1002.4 1014.6 1013.8 1017.1
Days with                                                              
thunder _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 _ _ _ _
hail<5mm _ 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
hail>/=5mm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
snow _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
fog _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
gales _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

* denotes where some observations have been made by automatic sensors

This page was created by Pitsford Hall weather station on 02 June 2008.