January 2011 - Headline Summary
- Rather cold, but significantly less cold than December 2010.
- A mild spell mid-month
- Dry with light winds
- Some sharp frosts at night particularly towards the end of the month
Detailed Statistics
- Mean 24hr temperature +4.8 deg. C (which is -1.3 deg. C compared to long term average 1971 to 1990)
- Highest temperature recorded +12.2 deg. C (on 16th January)
- Mean max temperature +7.8 deg. C
- Mean min temperature +1.5 deg. C
- Lowest temperature recorded -7.8 deg. C (on 31st January)
- Number of 'ice days' (when the temperature never exceeded 0 deg. C) is 0
- Number of days with air frost - 12
- Total rainfall 90.8mm (which is 82.2mm less than the long term average)
- Average wind speed 1.0kt
- Highest wind speed 20.0kt (on 13th January)
- Predominant wind direction - Northerly
January 2011 - Plot of air temperature (red) and dew point (green) in degrees Celsius