Monday 22 February 2010

Snowy morning with afternoon thaw

Note for Sunday 21st
We had a reasonably amount of snow in the morning. Although it remained cold the snow thawed a little in the afternoon.


It was another cold day though with temperatures well below the expected for late February. For the first 3 weeks of February our average daily temperature has been 2.7°C rather than an expected value of 6.2°C. Sundays average was minus 0.1°C the lowest since the 9th January 2010.
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Note for Sunday 21st (Morning)
Snow
Snowing this morning. A good covering by 09:00 and its still snowing.
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Note for Saturday 20th
More sunny spells
Another day with sunny spells after a cold and frosty start to the day. At the moment we seem to be in a cold spell within a cold spell.
Our pansies are in deep freeze.
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Note for Friday 19th
Sunny spells
After a cold frosty start we had some pleasant sunny spells especially in the morning. It was a case of de-icing our lightly frosted bird bath again.
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Note for Thursday 18th
No change
Cold, cloudy and wet. Throughout February so far, daily averages temperatures have struggled to reach the expected minimum value. There seems to be no improvement over the next few days. The forecast is for sunny cold days with overnight frosts.
Note for Wednesday 17th
Foggy and cold
A disappointing cold, foggy and cloudy day after Tuesday. The temperatures struggled to get to more than 2°C by the afternoon.
The local BBC weather forecaster last night used a similar picture to the one below of Horcum Dyke on the North Yorkshire Moors to show that the snow had not completely disappeared from the tops.
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Note for Monday 15th
A cloudy start
A cloudy and cold start to the week with some showers mid afternoon onwards. Our snowdrops at home are almost out.
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Note for Tuesday 16th
Sunny spells
We made a visit to the North Yorkshire Moors, with visits to Whitby for lunch and Goathland in the afternoon. It was cold and misty on the tops of the moors with the remnants of snow still visible.
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There was some pleasant sunshine at Whitby.
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I’ve added the charts below to compare our weekly temperatures this year with those of both cold and warm winters. The figures for 1972 represent an average week based on the period 1772-2009.  The figures are mean temperatures for each day.

Table produced using data from the Met Office Hadley Centre. The data covers the period 1772 to 2009

Monday 15 February 2010

A little bit of sun

Note for Sunday 14th
A mostly cloudy day to end another cold February week.
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Note for Saturday 13th
Cloudy
It was back to cloudy today after a couple of brighter sunnier days. It still doesn’t get any warmer. Not a single February day has yet reached the average maximum temperature for the time of year. Perhaps next week, although it appears unlikely from the forecasts.
Note for Friday 12th
Sun, showers and cloud
All sorts today. A few sunny spells, some bits and bobs of rain and plenty of cloud. Not enough in the showers to trouble the rain gauge. Milder but temperatures still below average for the time of year.
Note for Thursday 11th
Sunny and cold
A lovely day of almost unbroken sunshine. Still cold but in the sunshine not too bad. Visited the plot to harvest some vegetables. One sign that spring is on its way; our first snowdrops are almost out on the plot.
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Note for Wednesday 10th
Sunny again
A repeat of yesterday but colder. Sunny periods with a few flurries of snow but not enough to leave a covering.
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Note for Tuesday 9th
Sunny
For the first time in a week the sun shone and everything seemed much less gloomy. The sun did little to improve the temperatures.

Note for Monday 8th
Dull and cloudy again
No change from yesterday except that the temperature fell a little lower.
Our Crown Prince squashes stored in the greenhouse are now showing signs of the prolonged cold spell. May need to try a different place to store them next year.
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Mean Weekly Temperature Tables
I’ve added the charts below to compare our weekly temperatures this year with those of both cold and warm winters. The figures for 1965 represent an average week based on the period 1772-2009.  The figures are mean temperatures for each day.

Table produced using data from the Met Office Hadley Centre. The data covers the period 1772 to 2009

Monday 8 February 2010

No change

Note for Sunday 7th
Dull, cloudy and cold again today. The forecast for next week is the possibility of more snow showers and colder. The glacier in the supermarket car park has now melted completely.
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Note for Saturday 6th
Dull again
No rain today but dull and cloudy all day. Temperatures remain low even for February. Since the middle of December temperatures have been below normal. It’s just the degrees of coldness that have varied.
Note for Friday 5th
Wet and Dull
Rain in the morning followed by a dull and cloudy afternoon. We are back in another spell of gloomy winter weather.
Note for Thursday 4th
Dull and Misty
It was dull and misty all day to day. It was cold too for most of the day although temperatures did start to lift in the middle of the afternoon.
Wednesday’s snow still remained in the morning but gradually thawed through the day.
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Note for Wednesday 3rd
Snow flurries
Yesterdays snow flurries left us with a dusting of snow this morning.
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The glacier in the supermarket car park has still not melted completely. The latest dusting of snow didn’t do much to brighten up this black heap of snow.
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More snow flurries late afternoon gave us another dusting of snow as darkness fell.
Note for Tuesday 2nd
Dull and drizzly
A milder day after another overnight frost. It drizzled on and off for most of the day. We had a few snow flurries late afternoon.
I’ve placed a maximum minimum thermometer in my cold greenhouse to have better all round coverage of the conditions my plants have to cope with through the year.
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Note for Monday 1st
Sunny
After an overnight frost some pleasant sunny spells again today but continuing cold.
Mean Weekly Temperature Tables
I’ve added the charts below to compare our weekly temperatures this year with those of both cold and warm winters. The figures are mean temperatures for each day.

Table produced using data from the Met Office Hadley Centre. The data covers the period 1772 to 2009

Monday 1 February 2010

Sunny spells and cold again

Note for Sunday 31st
Almost a repeat of yesterday. Another overnight frost and a bit more cloud today. Cold.
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Note for Saturday 30th
Cold and Sunny
Our bird bath has been free of ice first thing on a morning for 2 weeks. This morning the water was frozen over again.
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It was sunny but very cold. The glacier in the supermarket car park has almost melted.
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Note for Friday 29th
Sunny
It was a pleasant sunny January day today. There was just a hint of spring in the air.
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Note for Thursday 28th
Some sunshine
Some wintry sunshine today rather than the dull grey cloud of recent days.
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Note for Wednesday 27th
Breezy and milder
The temperature managed to creep up to the expected values for January today for just the 3rd time this month. The glacier in the supermarket car park is still retreating.
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Note for Tuesday 26th
Brighter
The weather remained cloudy and cold. It did seem a little brighter today despite the lack of sunshine.
Note for Monday 25th
Cold and cloudy
The start of a new week but no change in the weather. It was dull and cloudy again today. The temperature remained around 2°C all day.
Extremes for this week down the years.
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Table produced using data from the Met Office Hadley Centre. The data covers the period 1878 to 2009