Alcaston, Shropshire - February 2024

[Freddie]

A mild and very wet month with very little frost and no snow.

Anomalies (in brackets) refer to the estimated 1991-2020 averages.

Mean max:                              10.7 (+3.0)
Mean min:                               4.2 (+3.3)
Mean temp:                              7.4 (+3.1)
Mean 30cm earth temp:                   7.4

Highest max:                           16.3 (15th)
Lowest max:                             4.7 ( 8th)
Lowest min:                            -2.1 (24th)
Highest min:                           11.2 (15th)
Lowest grass min:                      -5.8 (27th)

Air frosts:                               3 (-9)
Air frost hours:                       22.4
Ground frosts:                           11 (-7)

Days with max  15.0 to  19.9:             1
Days with max  10.0 to  14.9:            17
Days with max   5.0 to   9.9:            10
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:            11
Days with min   0.0 to   4.9:            13
Days with min  -5.0 to  -0.1:             3

Total rainfall:                       100.2 mm (167%)
Wettest day:                           19.8 mm ( 8th)
Rain days (0.2 mm or more):            20      ( +5)
Wet days  (1.0 mm or more):            13      ( +2)
Days >= 10mm:                           4      ( +3)
Days >= 20mm:                           0

Days with snow/sleet falling:           0
Days with 50%+ snow cover at 09z:       0      ( -4)
Deepest at 0900z                      0.0 cm   (n/a)
 
Days with thunder heard:                0
Days with hail:                         0
Days with fog at 0900z:                 1

Highest 10-min mean wind:               23 kn ( 5th)
Max gust:                               37 kn ( 6th)
Days with gale:                          0
Highest wind run:                    383.0 nm ( 5th)
Wind direction at 0900z:                 N: 1; NE: 2; E: 3; SE: 0; S: 1; SW: 16; W: 6; NW: 0; Calm: 0

Maximum pressure:                       1035.1 ( 1st)
Minimum pressure:                        972.2 ( 9th)

-- 
Freddie
Alcaston
Shropshire
148m AMSL
http://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/
Stats for the month so far: https://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/statistics/alcaston/latest.xlsx