Alcaston, Shropshire - January 2023

[Freddie]

Mild and wet first two weeks followed by a cold, frosty and mostly dry spell 16th-24th with some slight snowfall.  The month ended with near average temperatures.  Windy at times in the first half of the month.

Anomalies (in brackets) refer to the estimated 1981-2010 averages.

Mean max:                               8.0 (+1.4)
Mean min:                               1.7 (+0.7)
Mean temp:                              4.9 (+1.1)
Mean 30cm earth temp:                   5.6

Highest max:                           12.6 (10th)
Lowest max:                             0.3 (21st)
Lowest min:                            -6.4 (17th,21st)
Highest min:                           10.2 ( 4th)
Lowest grass min:                     -10.6 (17th)

Air frosts:                              11 ( -1)
Air frost hours:                         115.1
Ground frosts:                           17 ( -1)

Days with max  10.0 to  14.9:            10
Days with max   5.0 to   9.9:            15
Days with max   0.0 to   4.9:             6

Days with min  10.0 to  14.9:             1
Days with min   5.0 to   9.9:             7
Days with min   0.0 to   4.9:            12
Days with min  -0.1 to  -5.0:             9
Days with min  -5.1 to -10.0:             2

Total rainfall:                        54.6 mm ( 74%)
Wettest day:                           10.6 mm (11th)
Rain days (0.2 mm or more):            21      (+2)
Wet days  (1.0 mm or more):            11      (-2)
Days >= 10mm:                           1      (-1)
Days >= 20mm:                           0

Days with snow/sleet falling:           3
Days with 50%+ snow cover at 09z:       1      (-3)
Deepest at 0900z                        1 cm   (18th)
 
Days with thunder heard:                0
Days with hail:                         0
Days with fog at 0900z:                 2

Highest 10-min mean wind:               28 kn (12th)
Max gust:                               43 kn (12th)
Days with gale:                          0
Highest wind run:                    465.5 nm (12th)
Wind direction at 0900z:                N: 0; NE: 4; E: 0; SE: 1; S: 13; SW: 9; W: 3; NW: 1; Calm: 0

Maximum pressure:                       1040.8 (24th)
Minimum pressure:                        985.9 ( 8th)

-- 
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