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Roches Point1961-1990 averages | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
TEMPERATURE (degrees Celsius) | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
mean daily max. | 8.5 | 8.3 | 9.6 | 11.4 | 13.7 | 16.4 | 18.2 | 18.1 | 16.2 | 13.7 | 10.7 | 9.3 | 12.8 |
mean daily min. | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 7.8 | 10.3 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 10.7 | 8.9 | 6.0 | 5.1 | 7.6 |
mean | 6.3 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 8.5 | 10.7 | 13.4 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 13.5 | 11.3 | 8.3 | 7.2 | 10.2 |
absolute max. | 13.5 | 14.0 | 14.9 | 20.1 | 21.5 | 25.3 | 27.5 | 26.5 | 23.3 | 19.1 | 16.4 | 14.4 | 27.5 |
absolute min. | -7.2 | -5.1 | -3.4 | -0.3 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 4.7 | 1.9 | -0.9 | -3.7 | -7.2 |
mean no. of days with air frost | 2.5 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 7.0 |
mean no. of days with ground frost | 10.2 | 7.3 | 6.6 | 5.1 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 5.2 | 8.0 | 44.6 |
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RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
mean at 0900UTC | 87 | 86 | 85 | 81 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 87 | 88 | 87 | 88 | 85 |
mean at 1500UTC | 82 | 80 | 76 | 74 | 76 | 77 | 77 | 77 | 78 | 81 | 81 | 83 | 79 |
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SUNSHINE (hours) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
mean daily duration | 1.79 | 2.31 | 3.50 | 5.27 | 6.18 | 5.92 | 5.57 | 5.21 | 4.27 | 2.87 | 2.34 | 1.66 | 3.91 |
greatest daily duration | 8.3 | 9.2 | 11.6 | 13.7 | 15.1 | 15.8 | 15.4 | 14.4 | 12.8 | 9.9 | 8.7 | 7.1 | 15.8 |
mean no. of days with no sun | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 63 |
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RAINFALL (mm) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
mean monthly total | 104.4 | 86.7 | 77.3 | 54.7 | 63.9 | 53.9 | 53.1 | 79.9 | 78.8 | 94.9 | 87.8 | 100.4 | 935.7 |
greatest daily total | 47.0 | 40.2 | 38.4 | 37.5 | 35.5 | 44.5 | 46.9 | 84.4 | 50.9 | 54.8 | 46.1 | 58.1 | 84.4 |
mean no. of days with >= 0.2mm | 19 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 184 |
mean no. of days with >= 1.0mm | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 135 |
mean no. of days with >= 5.0mm | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 63 |
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WIND (knots) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
mean monthly speed | 14.6 | 14.0 | 13.4 | 11.8 | 11.5 | 10.3 | 9.9 | 10.3 | 11.2 | 12.7 | 13.0 | 14.1 | 12.2 |
max. gust | 86 | 82 | 76 | 71 | 58 | 53 | 57 | 60 | 75 | 83 | 75 | 78 | 86 |
max. mean 10-minute speed | 62 | 56 | 52 | 53 | 43 | 41 | 40 | 42 | 52 | 54 | 49 | 53 | 62 |
mean no. of days with gales | 6 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 5.3 | 33.3 |
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WEATHER (mean no. of days with...) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
snow or sleet | 2.6 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 8.7 |
snow lying at 0900UTC | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.3 |
hail | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 8.0 |
thunder | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 4.2 |
fog | 2.9 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 46.5 |