Cooler than February 2024 by all measures, except for an equal amount of ground frosts. Despite that, temperatures were still slightly above average - particularly at night. Fewer air frosts than normal, and a single day with falling snow which lay on the ground for 2 hours around 0900. A wet month with very few completely dry days.
Anomalies (in brackets) refer to the estimated 1991-2020 averages.
Mean max: 10.6 (+0.5)
Mean min: 3.9 (+1.4)
Mean temp: 7.3 (+0.1)
Mean 30cm earth temp: 8.0
Highest max: 15.1 (19th)
Lowest max: 3.2 ( 2nd)
Lowest min: -3.3 ( 4th)
Highest min: 10.6 (13th)
Lowest grass min: -7.1 ( 4th)
Air frosts: 3 (-4)
Air frost hours: 27.3
Ground frosts: 15 ( 0)
Days with max 15.0 to 19.9: 1
Days with max 10.0 to 14.9: 16
Days with max 5.0 to 9.9: 13
Days with max 0.0 to 4.9: 1
Days with min 10.0 to 14.9: 2
Days with min 5.0 to 9.9: 9
Days with min 0.0 to 4.9: 17
Days with min -5.0 to -0.1: 3
Total rainfall: 92.2 mm (154%)
Wettest day: 11.6 mm (27th)
Rain days (0.2 mm or more): 25 ( +8)
Wet days (1.0 mm or more): 18 ( +6)
Days >= 10mm: 1 ( 0)
Days >= 20mm: 0
Days with snow/sleet falling: 1
Days with 50%+ snow cover at 09z: 1 ( -1)
Deepest at 0900z 1.0 cm ( 2nd)
Days with thunder heard: 0
Days with hail: 1
Days with fog at 0900z: 3
Highest 10-min mean wind: 22 kn (23rd)
Max gust: 35 kn (27th)
Days with gale: 0
Highest wind run: 321.4 nm ( 8th)
Wind direction at 0900z: N: 0; NE: 4; E: 5; SE: 1; S: 8; SW: 6; W: 4; NW: 3; Calm: 0
Maximum pressure: 1025.0 (21st)
Minimum pressure: 968.5 (28th)