Norman Lynagh wrote:

Tideswell, Derbyshire - February 2018 (corrected version)
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Note: Anomalies (in brackets) refer to the 2009-2018 averages.


Mean max: 3.8 (-1.5)
Mean min: -1.1 (-1.6)
Mean temp: 1.3 (-1.6)

Highest max: 8.4 (-2.0) (19th, 20th)
Lowest max: -4.2 (-4.5) (20th)

Lowest min: -2.7 (-2.9) (28th)
Highest min: 3.5 (-1.9) (21st)
Lowest grass: -9.9 (-1.5) (28th)

Air frosts: 18 (+6)
Ground frosts: 23 (+6)

Days with max 10.0-14.9: 0 (-1)
Days with max 5.0-9.9: 10 (-4)
Days with max 0.0-4.9: 17 (+5)
Days with max -5.0 to -0.1: 1 (0)

Frost duration: 226.9 hours (+92.2)

Total rainfall: 88.7 mm (93%)
Wettest rainfall day (09-09z) 15.6 mm (-5.3) (10th)
Rain days (0.2 mm or more): 19 (-2)
Wet days (1.0 mm or more): 13 (-1)

Days with snow/sleet falling: 13 (+1)
Days with 50%+ snow cover at 09z: 11 (+2)
Deepest at 0900z 11 cm (+2)
Eden Snow Index: 38 cm/days (-8)

Total sunshine: 61.3 hours (123%)
Sunniest day: 7.5 hours (+0.3) (15th)
Days with no sun: 6 (-4)

Days with thunder heard: 0 (0)
Days with hail: 4 (+2)
Days with fog at 0900z: 1 (-3)

Mean wind speed: 6.6 knots (+0.3)
Highest 10-min mean wind: 28 knots from SSE (+2) (14th)
Max gust: 39 knots (-1) (13th)
Days with gale: 0 (o)

Wind direction at 0900z
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N:1 NNE:1 NE:2 ENE:2 E:4 ESE:0 SE:0 SSE:3
S:3 SSW:2 SW:2 WSW:0 W:2 WNW:6 NW:0 NNW:0
CALM:0

Remarks
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A very cold month, second only to Feb 2010 in my 10-year record.
Despite the cold it was a very sunny month and also rather dry and
with near average snowfall. The maximum temperature of -4.2° on the
28th was, by a considerable margin, the lowest daily max that I have
recorded in February. The previous lowest was -0.7° on 3rd Feb 2009.



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Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
https://peakdistrictweather.org
Twitter: @TideswellWeathr