Sunday turned out to be the coldest day of the month so far with an average daily temperature of only 1.2°C. We did have a little bit of sunshine but the thermometer didn't rise above 3.3°C and by late evening the temperature was down to -1.4°C. To add to all this we had a strong and bitingly cold easterly wind. Not a day for gardening.
The TV weather forecasts sometimes highlight the wind chill factor giving an idea of how much colder it will actually feel to us because of a strong cold wind. It’s not something I regularly look at on my weather station because for most of the time it’s the same as the current temperature. Just for once I've plotted the wind chill factor and normal temperature values for last week and up to Monday morning.
The plots do follow the same pattern but the easterly wind has added a significant wind chill factor. Early on Monday morning the temperature had fallen to -2.8°C but with wind chill effect added in that would feel more like -5.8°C.
I have a sneaky suspicion that Monday might soon be replacing Sunday as the coldest day of the month.
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It's so cold today, my fingers were dropping off when I got home from taking Archie for his walk. Serves me right for not putting my gloves on.
ReplyDeleteMidday temperature 0.4°C and wind chill -2.9°C
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