The temperature went down to -17.9(c) this morning. Light snow showers
0000/0200. Snow depth measured at 0900 10.3cm. Yesterday at 0900 9.0cm
More or less unbroken sunshine. temperature at 1300 -1.2(c).

"colin may" wrote in message
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The temperature went down to -17.9(c) this morning. Light snow showers
0000/0200. Snow depth measured at 0900 10.3cm. Yesterday at 0900 9.0cm
More or less unbroken sunshine. temperature at 1300 -1.2(c).

Are you sure about that min temperature? It sounds a tad low to me. Or are
you reporting a grass min value?

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Bernard Burton

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On 28/02/18 15:27, Bernard Burton wrote:
"colin may" wrote in message
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The temperature went down to -17.9(c) this morning. Light snow showers
0000/0200. Snow depth measured at 0900 10.3cm. Yesterday at 0900 9.0cm
More or less unbroken sunshine. temperature at 1300 -1.2(c).

Are you sure about that min temperature? It sounds a tad low to me. Or are
you reporting a grass min value?


Hi Bernard

The sensor is at the regulation height for an air temperature reading.

I have 3 temp sensors in the garden attached to 3 different loggers.
They all showed readings compatible with each other. I was so surprised
to see such a low temperature that I thought the reading must be wrong
until I checked with the other 2. There was also a consistent
progression of temperatures down to the lowest reading.

At Painter's Forstal a few miles south of Faversham and a few miles west
of my location, there was a minimum reading of -14.0 c. When I checked
on a station at Faversham at 8 am, they were showing a temperature of
-11 c.

There has been a max temperature here of only -1.2 – the first ice day
here for several years.

If confirmed that must surely be a record for Kent?

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If confirmed that must surely be a record for Kent?

I recall Gordon Manley in "Climate and the British Scene" talking about
some very low minima being recorded in Kent when the sky cleared and the
wind fell light following a snowstorm in January, 1940. Found it! On
p117 of the 1962 edition he writes: "-6 was recorded at Bodiam in Sussex
and -4 in Kent (at Canterbury)". Those are Fahrenheit temperatures, of
course, so the Canterbury figure would equate to about -20C.
--
John Hall
"Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history
that man can never learn anything from history."
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

"colin may" wrote in message
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On 28/02/18 15:27, Bernard Burton wrote:
"colin may" wrote in message
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The temperature went down to -17.9(c) this morning. Light snow showers
0000/0200. Snow depth measured at 0900 10.3cm. Yesterday at 0900 9.0cm
More or less unbroken sunshine. temperature at 1300 -1.2(c).

Are you sure about that min temperature? It sounds a tad low to me. Or
are
you reporting a grass min value?


Hi Bernard

The sensor is at the regulation height for an air temperature reading.

I have 3 temp sensors in the garden attached to 3 different loggers. They
all showed readings compatible with each other. I was so surprised to see
such a low temperature that I thought the reading must be wrong until I
checked with the other 2. There was also a consistent progression of
temperatures down to the lowest reading.

At Painter's Forstal a few miles south of Faversham and a few miles west
of my location, there was a minimum reading of -14.0 c. When I checked on
a station at Faversham at 8 am, they were showing a temperature of -11 c.

There has been a max temperature here of only -1.2 - the first ice day
here for several years.


Hello Colin. Thank you for giving additional detail. Since I wrote my
comment I have seen other reports of temperatures ca -15 in inland Kent,
that support your value. As D Goldstone has commented, it could be a record
for Kent, but I am afraid I don't have any stats for your area.
Regards

--
Bernard Burton

Satellite images and weather data for Wokingham at:
www.woksat.info/wwp.html



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