Annual Summary 2011                  
                       
Month Mean Diff. Maximum Diff Minimum Diff Hi Max Low Min Rain % Air Frost
                       
JAN 5.4 -0.4 7.3 -0.9 3.5 0.2 13.1 -3.1 86.3 153 5
FEB 7.4 1.4 10.0 1.1 4.9 1.8 15.9 -2.2 38.6 78 3
MAR 7.7 -0.3 12.2 0.4 3.3 -1.0 18.8 -4.4 14.2 37 6
APR 13.6 3.7 19.3 4.9 7.9 2.5 27.2 3.1 2.6 5 0
MAY 13.8 0.4 18.6 0.4 9.0 0.3 24.3 2.4 19.2 42 0
JUN 15.4 -0.8 20.2 -0.8 10.7 -0.8 31.6 5.3 81.5 173 0
JUL 16.4 -2.1 21.2 -2.1 11.6 -2.0 26.1 8.1 51.9 122 0
AUG 17.1 -1.1 21.3 -1.7 12.9 -0.5 28.8 8.2 67.1 123 0
SEP 16.4 1.0 21.2 1.4 11.6 0.6 28.6 5.2 26.1 47 0
OCT 13.6 1.7 17.8 2.2 9.3 1.1 29.2 0.7 22.2 32 0
NOV 10.6 2.5 13.5 2.5 7.6 2.5 17.6 -1.8 34.9 52 1
DEC 6.9 1.3 9.4 1.5 4.4 1.1 13.2 -2.5 65.6 109 5
                       
YEAR 12.0 0.5 15.9 0.6 8.0 0.4 31.6 -4.4 510.2 80 20
                       
      Celsius Fahrenheit ..at 2100 GMT   Wind Direction  
Warmest day 27 Jun 31.6 88.9     Av. Pres. SW NW NE SE
Coldest day 28 Jan 1.7 35.1   Jan. 1015.6 13 2 10 2
Coldest night 8 Mar -4.4 24.1   Feb. 1011.3 16 3 4 4
Warmest night 27 Jun 20.3 68.5   March 1019.2 8 1 14 4
            April 1016.2 9 4 11 1
Ground frost (Grass below 0C 32F)            56 nights May 1015.0 12 11 1 1
            June 1011.9 13 7 3 5
Rain days (0.2 mm 0.01 in or more) 149   July 1009.8 13 6 6 3
Wet days (1.0 mm 0.04 in or more) 95   August 1010.1 18 6 1 2
            Sep. 1011.1 22 1 1 5
Wettest day 5 Jun 28.7 1.13 in   October 1014.1 18 1 0 7
            Nov. 1014.0 6 1 2 11
Days with sleet or snow falling 6   Dec. 1008.7 19 5 0 2
Days with snow   lying 0              
            Year 1013.1 167 48 53 47
Days with hail     4              
                       
Days with thunder     13   Highest press. 1037mb 22 Mar  
            Lowest press. 986mb 15 Feb  
Days with fog at 0900 GMT 2              
             Totals exclude calm + winds direct ftom N S etc.
                       
      New Station Records and trivia 2011      
                       
January           July          
Wettest since 1995 Coolest since records began
Highest mean barometric pressure since 2006 Equal lowest barometric pressure (991) since records began
February         August          
Mildest since 2002 Maximum on 23rd (15.6) lowest since records began
Lowest number of grass frosts (5) since 1990 Equal highest number of rain days (18) since 1992
March           September        
Driest  since 1997 Highest number of SW Winds (22) since records began
Equal highest number of NE winds (14) since records began Equal highest number of rain days (14) since 2001
April           October          
Warmest since records began Driest since 1995
Driest since  records began Maximum on 1st (29.2) highest since records began
May           November        
Driest since 1990 Mean maximum (13.5) highest since records began
Highest number of NW winds (11) since records began Equal lowest number of wet days (5) since records began
June           December        
Wettest since 1998 Lowest monthly maximum (4.5) highest since records began
Coolest since 1999 Equal lowest number of NE winds (0) since records began