Bishopdale weekly summary week ending 16th February 2024.

[Bishopdale Weather]

Bishopdale weekly summary week ending 16th February 2024.
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A.v.g night air temp this February so far is 10.4c.
which is 0.76c colder than AVG.
5th coldest ON RECORD February night temps.
AVG IS 11.7c (1990-2020 avg)
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Avg Day temps this February so far are 22.43c.
Which is 0.27c colder than AVG.
16th coldest ON RECORD for February DAY TEMPS.
AVG IS 22.65c. (1994-2023 avg)
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Avg MONTH temps this February= 16.69.
Which is 0.48c colder than AVG.
15th coldest ON RECORD.
AVG IS 17.15c. (1994-2023 avg)
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A.V.G air temp so far THIS YEAR is 17.23c.
Which is 5.28c warmer than AVG for a year.
AVG is 11.95c.............(1994-2023 avg)
DOWN 0.18c on last week.
6th warmest ON RECORD FOR WEEK 7.***
This time last year the avg was 17.82c
RECORD WARM YEAR WAS 1998 = 12.36c.(all years)

***NOTE== This is for the years since 2012.
Before 2012. I did not have a weekly breakdown of avg years temps.
The avg over the last 30 years can only be done at the end of the year.
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Ground avg temps for THIS February is 18.5c.
DOWN 0.1c from last week.
2nd Warmest on record for week 7.
And 0.5c colder Than the same week in February 2023.
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SUN IS colder THAN AVG.
1.21c colder than AVG.
warmer than last week by 0.26c.
4th Coldest on record for week 7.
And 1.36c warmer than last February 2023.
And 0.81c warmer THAN in February 2022.

Solar Cycle 25 STARTED ON THE 20/4/20.
Solar MAX should be in 2026.
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RAINFALL we have had 6.4mm rain this February.
lowest on record.
LOWEST ON RECORD IS 9.4 IN 2015
MOST ON RECORD IS 142.3 IN 2014
avg February rainfall is 53mm.
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Air Temp taken in SUNLIGHT (NOT SHADE TEMP).
Warmest DAY this February so far is 48.6c on day 7.
The record WARM February day was 58.1c in 2019.
Coldest night on the grass this February was 0.3c on day 12 new record
COLDEST February GRASS TEMP ON RECORD IS 0.3c in 2024.
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WE HAD 0 AIR FROSTS THIS February.
WHICH IS AVG.
AVG is 0 AIR frosts.
WE HAD 0 GRASS FROSTS THIS February so far.
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.....................WIND-RUN.....................
Chch has had so far 3238KM of wind-run this February so far.
lowest on record.
Avg For February is 5507KM.
February Most were in 2019= 6934KM.
February LOWEST was in 2011=4711KM.
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...SOLAR CYCLE25 A.V.G SUNSPOT NUMBER.....
The A.V.G for the cycle so far 114.7 spots.
UP 0.2 a.v.g spots from last week.
Most A.V.G sunspots in cycle25 is 115.9 on the 13/10/22.
LOWEST A.V.G was at the start of cycle25 with 0 on 20/4/20.
Most sunspots are expected in 2025.
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...............SOLAR CYCLE 25............
LAST WEEKS SUNSPOT NUMBER WAS 134 up 16 FROM a year AGO.
most was 2023 189 spots(118 this time last year)
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