Huddersfield Weather Watch – February 2016

Fri, 18 Mar 2016 10:17:00 GMT

‌Storms Henry and Imogen bring gale-force winds

Temperatures for the month were slightly below average and rainfall figures slightly above.  Wind speeds were also above average with significant gusts of wind.  Storm Henry brought widespread gale-force winds on the 1^st and 2^nd especially in the north, and then storm Imogen brought further strong winds mainly to the south on the 7^th and 8^th (Met Office).  The average figures are those recorded from the Applied Sciences weather station since 1990.

The monthly mean temperature was 5.04˚C compared to the average figure for February of 5.45˚C.  The warmest day of the month was Thursday 4^th with an average temperature of 10.1˚C.  The highest maximum temperature of 13.4˚C was recorded on Monday 1^st.  The coldest day of the month was Monday 15^th with an average temperature of 1.5˚C; the lowest minimum temperature of -3.0˚C was also recorded on this day.  The temperature fell below zero on 6 days of the month. 

A total of 80mm of rainfall was recorded during the month (average 72.36mm).  The wettest day of the month was Monday 8^th with 15mm of rain (18.75% of the month’s total).  Eight days of the month escaped rainfall, the driest spell falling between Tuesday 23^rd and Sunday 28^th inclusive.

The mean wind speed for the month was 13.8km/hr.  The highest mean wind speed was 46.44km/hr recorded on Monday 1st.  The highest gust of wind for the whole month was 136.8km/hr again recorded on Monday 1^st. 

The prevailing wind direction for the month was south west.

Julie Walker
Resource Centre and Environmental Technician
School of Applied Sciences

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