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Roches Point 1971–2000 averages
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TEMPERATURE (degrees Celsius) | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
mean daily max | 8.8 | 8.8 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 16.6 | 18.6 | 18.5 | 16.5 | 13.8 | 11.0 | 9.6 | 13.2 |
mean daily min | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 8.1 | 10.5 | 12.4 | 12.5 | 11.0 | 9.1 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 7.9 |
mean temperature | 6.5 | 6.6 | 7.4 | 8.8 | 11.0 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 13.8 | 11.4 | 8.7 | 7.4 | 10.5 |
absolute max. | 13.5 | 15.2 | 16.8 | 22.1 | 23.0 | 25.4 | 27.5 | 28.0 | 23.3 | 21.2 | 16.4 | 13.7 | 28.0 |
min. maximum | -3.3 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 6.0 | 8.7 | 11.4 | 13.5 | 12.7 | 10.9 | 8.3 | 4.4 | -0.8 | -3.3 |
max. minimum | 10.7 | 10.2 | 10.6 | 12.5 | 15.6 | 15.9 | 18.1 | 19.2 | 16.6 | 15.5 | 13.2 | 12.0 | 19.2 |
absolute min. | -7.2 | -4.6 | -2.5 | -0.8 | 0.8 | 5.1 | 0.2 | 6.9 | 4.7 | 1.7 | -0.9 | -2.0 | -7.2 |
mean num. of days with air frost | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 4.9 |
mean num. of days with ground frost | 8.1 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 5.8 | 33.3 |
mean 5cm soil | 5.1 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 8.4 | 11.8 | 14.8 | 16.3 | 15.6 | 13.4 | 10.6 | 7.3 | 6.1 | 10.0 |
mean 10cm soil | 5.4 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 8.2 | 11.2 | 14.1 | 15.7 | 15.2 | 13.3 | 10.8 | 7.7 | 6.5 | 10.0 |
mean 20cm soil | 6.0 | 5.9 | 6.7 | 8.4 | 11.0 | 13.8 | 15.5 | 15.3 | 13.8 | 11.4 | 8.6 | 7.1 | 10.3 |
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
mean at 0900UTC | 87.1 | 87.0 | 85.5 | 80.3 | 80.6 | 81.7 | 82.0 | 84.6 | 85.6 | 87.2 | 86.1 | 88.0 | 84.6 |
mean at 1500UTC | 82.7 | 80.5 | 77.2 | 73.3 | 75.9 | 77.1 | 76.8 | 78.1 | 77.3 | 80.5 | 80.0 | 84.1 | 78.6 |
SUNSHINE (hours) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
mean daily duration | 1.8 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 5.4 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 4.0 |
greatest daily duration | 8.3 | 9.2 | 11.6 | 13.7 | 15.1 | 15.8 | 15.4 | 14.0 | 12.8 | 9.9 | 8.6 | 12.3 | 15.8 |
mean num. of days with no sun | 7.6 | 6.5 | 4.7 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 4.6 | 6.8 | 8.4 | 49.2 |
RAINFALL (mm) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
mean monthly total | 79.5 | 72.0 | 63.9 | 39.7 | 50.6 | 43.3 | 42.4 | 61.8 | 57.2 | 79.8 | 60.6 | 77.3 | 727.9 |
greatest daily total | 34.5 | 47.2 | 31.8 | 30.2 | 39.6 | 56.2 | 46.9 | 49.2 | 41.8 | 60.8 | 30.4 | 32.4 | 60.8 |
mean num. of days with >= 0.2mm | 14 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 138 |
mean num. of days with >= 1.0mm | 11 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 98 |
mean num. of days with >= 5.0mm | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 43 |
WIND (knots) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
mean monthly speed | 14.6 | 14.1 | 13.6 | 11.6 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 10.1 | 10.0 | 11.3 | 12.8 | 13.0 | 14.2 | 12.3 |
max. gust | 86 | 82 | 76 | 68 | 58 | 53 | 57 | 60 | 71 | 76 | 69 | 89 | 89 |
max. mean 10-minute speed | 68 | 56 | 52 | 50 | 41 | 41 | 40 | 42 | 52 | 55 | 49 | 68 | 50.7 |
mean num. of days with gales | 5.3 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 29.0 |
WEATHER (mean no. of days with..) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
snow or sleet | 1.7 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 5.0 |
snow lying at 0900UTC | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
hail | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 5.9 |
thunder | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2.9 |
fog | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 29.2 |