TEMPERATURES WERE A LITTLE COLDER THAN AVERAGE OVERALL ( The mean maximum by 0.5 & the mean minimum by 0.9). THERE WERE 18 NIGHTS OF AIR FROST, WHILE ONLY 1 NIGHT ESCAPED A GROUND FROST.
SLEET or SNOW FELL AT SOME TIME ON 8 DAYS & LAY ON THE GROUND ( at 140ms & at observation time) on 8 MORNINGS.. THE MAXIMUM SNOW DEPTH WAS 14cms. ALL THE SNOW WAS CONFINED TO THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH.
MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION TOTAL RESULTED FROM SLEET OR SNOW, THE TOTAL FALL BEING 64.4mms (84% OF AVERAGE). THE HIGHEST DAILY TOTAL OF 18.5mms OCCURRED ON THE 4th.
PERHAPS THE HIGHLIGHT OF FEBRUARY 2013 WAS THE DELIGHTFUL WEATHER DURING THE LAST WEEK OF THE MONTH, AS AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATED THE SCENE.. THERE WAS NO RAIN OR SNOW, ABUNDANT SUNSHINE, LIGHT WINDS, FROSTY NIGHTS & INCREASINGLY MILD DAYS. ON THE 27th, THERE WAS A LARGE DIURNAL RANGE OF 18.7 DEGREES, AS THE TEMPERATURE ROSE FROM AN OVERNIGHT MINIMUM OF -6.7 TO AN AFTERNOON MAXIMUM OF 12.0.
LAST YEAR, MARCH WAS EXCEPTIONALLY MILD & DRY!!
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