2009

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January February March April May June July August September October November December

	Temperature (C)				Rainfall (mm)		Wind (mph)
	Min	Avg. Min	Avg. Max	Max	Peak	Total	Avg. Wind	Max. Wind
January	-5.9	0.5	6.1	12.3	8	55	30	15
February	-4.0	2.2	7.5	13.7	26	55	27	14
March	-0.9	3.0	13.0	20.0	14	28	30	17
April	2.7	5.9	16.8	22.1	12	45	26	13
May	4.8	8.0	18.8	27.1	8	22	27	16
June	5.8	10.5	22.5	31.8	44	104	25	13
July	9.4	12.3	23.0	32.8	19	77	23	16
August	8.5	12.6	23.7	30.0	42	64	25	7
September	7.8	10.6	20.2	27.8	9	10	26	14
October	2.6	8.3	16.2	21.2	9	31	28	15
November	1.9	6.3	11.9	16.9	17	145	36	22
December	-6.2	1.2	6.1	11.6	17	90	26	15

Notes

In the night of 4th January we had 2cm snow on top of the already hard frost.
The morning of the 6th January saw the temperature fall to -5.9C, lowest temperature since Dec 2000.
January was the coldest month since 1997 according to my records
Snow showers started on Sunday 1st February and continued over night and during the day on the 2nd February causing wide spread disruption. The local schools were closed. The snow measured about 5 to 7cm..
Snow continued to stay on the group through to 5th February when we had a further 8cm over night closing the schools yet again. A thaw started during the day but the temperatures dropped close to freezing during the night and a further 2cm of snow had fallen by breakfast, however by 9am it was a blizzard and a further 9cm snow fell. The heavy snow turned lighter mid morning and stopped about 6pm when the temperature fell to -3C over night.
1st June. Rainfall to date is only three quarters of the average for the time of year.
27th June - Severe thunderstorm between 7 and 8pm. 44mm of rain recorded in less than 2 hours making it the wettest day since October 2001.
August - The anemometer jammed during August but freed itself after a very large gust of wind. Hence the low average and 0 readings on the monthly graph
September with 10mm rain was the driest month since April 2007
13th to 15th November, very wet and windy 38mm of rain fell over the two days and the sustained winds got up to 36mph.
November was the wettest month since November 2000 and only had three days in a row without rain.
17th/18th December. Snow started with a blizzard about 9:00pm and by the time it stopped late into the night we had 15cm of snow on the ground with patches that were deeper where it drifted in the wind.
19th December - Very cold -4.5C overnight.
20th December - Further 2cm of snow overnight followed by -4.7C.
21st December - 10cm of snow fell between 4pm and 9pm. The snow was wet and settled on the snow and ice that was already present. While the rain after the Christmas started to wash it away, there was still the remains of it at New Year.