Copley March 2024

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Ken Cook

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Apr 1, 2024, 7:26:50 AMApr 1
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Reports for March 2024 for the Copley sites. (Averages refer to 1991-2020)

Cloudy, wet and mild again. (Differences from 1991-2020 averages in brackets)

 

Copley Lead Mill site 218metres asl

Temperature °C (09Z-09Z)

Mean maximum   8.4 (0.2) High 12.7 on 13th,  Low 4.3 on 1st, 2nd

Mean minimum    1.9 (1.4)  Low -3.9 on 2nd, High 7.5 on 15th

Mean screen         5.1 (0.7)

Mean 30cm earth  5.6 (1.5)

Air frost   9 (-5)

Days snow lying 50% 09Z, 1 (-5) snow on ground 1

Max depth 09Z  4cm on 2nd

River Gaunless data (Copley Lead Mill Environment Agency monitoring site 09Z daily readings)

Mean level 0.19m high 0.40m on 10th, low 0.14m on 01st (normal 0.00m to 0.60m)

Mean river temperature 09Z  5.7, high 8.0 on 18th, low 3.0 on 4th

 

Copley Met O site 253metres asl

Temperature °C (09Z-09Z)

Mean maximum   8.4 (0.3)  High 12.5 on 13th, Low 4.1 on 1st

Mean minimum   2.4 (1.2)   Low -4.1 on 4th, High 7.9 on 19th

Mean screen         5.4 (0.7)

Mean grass minimum -0.8 (1.0)  Low -11.1 on 4th

Mean concrete minimum 2.1 (1.4) Low -4.7 on 4th

Mean 30cm earth    6.4 (1.2)

Mean 100cm earth  6.5 (1.1)

Air frost 7 (-4) 42 hours

Ground frost  14 (-7)

Concrete frost  8 (-5)

 

Precipitation mm (09Z-09Z)

Total 87.2 (143%) High 11.2 on 1st

Days 0.2mm  26 (10)

Days 1.0mm  15 (4)

Hail 0 (-3)

Thunder  1 (1)

 

Snow cm

Days falling 5 (-4)

Days lying 50% 09Z, 1 (-4) snow on ground 1

Fresh falls 09Z 5cm (-8cm)

Max depth 09Z 5cm on 2nd

 

Sunshine hr (R&D electronic recorder)                                Sunshine hr (Campbell Stokes)

Total              81.4 (62%)                                                                91.2  (72%)

Max day         10.8 on 22nd                                                            10.6 on 22nd

Average daily  2.6 (22% of the possible 11.8hr / day)                     2.9 (25% possible)

Days no sun    10                                                                            12 

Fog (Vis <1km 09Z), 6 (3)

 

Pressure mb (mean sea level)

Average 09Z  1003.6 (-9.3)

High               1025.9 on 7th

Low                  971.5 on 28th

 

Wind KT (Davis recorder)

Mean ENE 7.4 (-2.0) High gust 37 on 23rd

Gale days  0 (-1) 

Ken Cook, Copley, Teesdale / Weardale watershed

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