February 2017 Weather Statistics

[Mapantz]

February turned in to a rather windy month, rainfall was pretty much average, sunshine was quite a bit below average. As you would expect, the mean temperature was way above average, with only 3 frost days.

Temperature:

High: 15.9 °C - [20th February]
Low: 1.2 °C - [6th February]

Average: 7.1 °C
MetO Derived Average: 5.4 °C

 

Humidity:

High: 99 % - [1st February]
Low: 47 % - [24th February]

Pressure:

High: 1031.46 hPa - [16th February]
Low: 984.42 hPa - [27th February]

Wind:

Max Gust: 50 mph - [23rd February]
Max Speed (10 min avg): 23 mph - [23rd February]
Avg Speed: 7 mph
High Wind Run: 340.4 miles - [2nd February]
Dominant Dir: West Southwest

 

Rainfall:

Total: 65.2 mm
MetO Derived Avg: 63.6 mm

Max Rain Rate: 17 mm/hr - [27th February]
Max Hourly Rain: 5.4 mm - [27th February]
Max Daily Rain: 13.6 mm - [27th February]

   

Solar Radiation and Sunshine Data:

Max Daily High Solar: 687 Wm⁻² - [23rd February]
Min Daily High Solar:  79 Wm⁻² - [16th February]

Max Sunshine: 7.5 hrs - [25th February]
Min Sunshine: 0 hrs - [5 days]

Total Sunshine: 55.6 hrs
MetO Derived Avg: 85.4 hrs

  

[NorthYorksWeather]

Firby February 2017 Stats.

Temp

Mean Temp: 5.5c (+1.7c)

Mean Min: 2.7c

Mean Max: 8.3c

Min Temp: -2.9c (5th)

Max Temp: 13.2c (20th)

Highest Min: 7.4c (19th)

Lowest Max: 2.5c (9th)

Air Frosts: 4

Rainfall:

Total Rainfall: 56.6mm

Wettest Day: 13.6mm

Rain Days: 18

Dry Days: 10

Pressure:

Highest: 1032.65 hPa (8th)

Lowest: 976.10 hPa: (23rd)

No days with recorded snow lying.

4 days with snow falling.

Edited March 1, 2017 by vizzy2004

[matt111]

February 2017

Temperature

Max temp: 15.6°C (20th)

Min temp: -0.9°C (6th)

Mean Max 9.1°C

Mean Min 4.6°C

Air Frosts: 3

Rainfall

Total: 60.4mm

Wettest day: 11.4mm (27th)

Max Rain Rate: 10.8mm/hr (2nd)

Rain Days: 19

Dry Days: 11

Pressure

Highest: 1031.36 hPa (16th)

Lowest: 984.46 hPa (28th)

Snow

Days with snow falling: 1

Days with snow lying: 0

[B87]

Avg max: 10.0c
Avg min: 5.1c
Mean: 7.8c

Highest max: 18.1c
Lowest max: 2.3c
Highest min: 11.1c
Lowest min: -0.5c

Days above 15c: 1
Days above 12c: 9
Days above 10c: 18
Days below 5c: 4

Rainfall: 38.2 mm
Wet days >1mm: 13

Sun hours: 47.8 hrs
Days with sun: 18

[Styx]

February - Hobart, Tasmania

A very dry end to summer with a close to average temperature for the month. There was no temperature anomaly compared to the 1981-2010 figures ( listed below ), but it was  +0.4C warmer than the 1961-90 period.

Average maximum:  22.9 ( +0.8 )

Average minimum:  11.8 ( -0.8 ).

Rainfall:  10mm ( average 39mm )

Rain days ( +1mm ):  4/from 7

This was the driest February since 2003 but it fell short of a historical top ten ranking. February is traditionally the driest month of the year but this year was much drier than normal with an absence of late summer rain bearing systems ( upper low pressure troughs extending south from the continent, cut off lows over the Tasman Sea, or storms on fronts moving in from the west ). These events  are fairly irregular. This was an unusual month for not having a 30 degree day, but there were several warm and pleasant days which fell 2 or 3 degrees short.

Extremes in daily temperature for February ( records since 1882 ):

Highest maximum:  28.1.....22nd ( record 40.1 in 1899 )

Lowest maximum:  17.2.....13th ( record 9.6 in 1964 )

Highest minimum:  16.6.....9th ( record 24.7 in 1912 )

Lowest minimum:  8.5.....25th ( record 3.4 in 1980 )

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This summer will be remembered for an absence of hot days. The highest temperature of 31.3C was the lowest for any summer since 1977/78, and only two days exceeded 30C, the lowest number of days since the summer of 2001/02 when there was a rare one. Nevertheless, this was a warmer summer than average with an anomaly of +0.7C above the 1981-2010 numbers, or +1.0C above the 1961-90 numbers. The mean minimum was 12.5C and the mean maximum was 22.6C. There was more sunshine than average. Summer rainfall was 127mm ( 90% of the long-term average )

 

Edited March 3, 2017 by Styx