METEOROLOGICAL DATA FOR 2011 Garioch
Latitude: 57° 17' 25" N Longitude: 2° 23' 23" W Elevation: 240 ft Time Zone: GMT +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ | | JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC | Year| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |TEMPERATURE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Average | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Daily Maximum | 5.3| 7.1| 9.5| 16.0| 15.0| 16.7| 16.9| 16.8| 17.0| 13.4| 11.4| 6.8| 12.7| | -Daily Minimum | -0.1| 1.7| 2.4| 5.2| 6.5| 8.5| 10.2| 9.9| 9.8| 7.7| 5.7| 0.8| 5.7| | -Monthly | 2.6| 4.4| 5.9| 10.6| 10.7| 12.6| 13.6| 13.3| 13.4| 10.5| 8.5| 3.8| 9.2| | -Monthly Dewpt. | 0.4| 2.0| 2.2| 5.4| 5.4| 8.4| 9.9| 10.0| 9.6| 7.3| 6.5| 0.5| 5.6| | Extremes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Highest | 10.4| 13.7| 14.9| 23.7| 17.6| 26.8| 21.4| 21.3| 24.4| 19.5| 15.0| 15.3| 26.8| | -Date | 15| 24| 21| 10| 9| 3| 3| 3| 30| 5| 26| 26| JUN 3| | -Lowest | -6.7| -2.9| -0.8| -0.6| -0.7| 4.2| 4.2| 4.2| 5.1| 2.4| -1.6| -5.3| -6.7| | -Date | 9| 11| 12| 27| 4| 17| 13| 12| 16| 20| 7| 16| JAN 9| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |DEGREE DAYS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Heating Base 65°F | 869| 692| 679| 409| 418| 302| 260| 270| 259| 428| 520| 806| 5912| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Cooling Base 65°F | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 2| 0| 0| 2| 0| 0| 0| 4| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |SOLAR RADIATION (W/m2) | 21.6| 40.4| 97.9| 184.9| 218.2| 192.1| 185.3| 145.7| 109.2| 55.7| 23.7| 13.5| 107.3| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |NUMBER OF DAYS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sunrise to Sunset | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Clear | 31| 28| 31| 30| 31| 30| 31| 31| 30| 31| 30| 31| 365| | -Partly Cloudy | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| | -Cloudy | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Precipitation | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | .01 inches or more | 19| 21| 14| 6| 19| 16| 13| 22| 20| 18| 16| 14| 198| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Snow, Ice pellets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1.0 inches or more | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Thunderstorms | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Heavy Fog, visibility| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1/4 mile or less | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Temperature | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Maximum | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 90°F and above | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| | 32°F and below | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| | -Minimum | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 32°F and below | 17| 6| 5| 1| 1| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 2| 14| 46| | 0°F and below | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |PRESSURE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Average | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Monthly |1010.1|1004.0|1015.1|1013.6|1007.4|1008.8|1008.9|1005.9|1000.9|1005.0|1007.5| 994.3| 1006.8| | Extremes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Highest |1037.9|1031.6|1036.7|1029.3|1019.7|1032.3|1024.0|1018.3|1018.3|1025.1|1029.4|1025.1| 1037.9| | -Date | 22| 28| 22| 26| 4| 3| 28| 9| 15| 13| 13| 27| JAN 22| | -Lowest | 980.6| 981.7| 981.6| 992.0| 982.9| 995.6| 981.0| 989.8| 971.8| 986.4| 977.8| 951.3| 951.3| | -Date | 5| 3| 10| 2| 23| 18| 17| 8| 12| 18| 29| 13| DEC 13| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Average | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Monthly | 84.5| 84.7| 78.5| 72.7| 71.4| 77.8| 80.2| 82.1| 79.4| 82.0| 86.6| 79.9| 80.0| | -Local Time | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hour 01 | 87| 86| 85| 81| 81| 86| 88| 90| 86| 85| 88| 81| 85| | Hour 07 | 87| 88| 86| 86| 80| 85| 88| 91| 88| 86| 90| 81| 86| | Hour 13 | 81| 79| 69| 58| 59| 67| 71| 70| 69| 74| 82| 75| 71| | Hour 19 | 84| 84| 77| 65| 65| 74| 74| 78| 76| 82| 86| 80| 77| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |PRECIPITATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Water Equivalent | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Total | 30.8| 59.1| 52.2| 9.1| 44.9| 83.7| 47.7| 102.0| 53.7| 48.1| 26.6| 52.0| 609.9| | -Greatest (24 hrs) | 7.1| 10.9| 15.5| 4.1| 15.5| 14.0| 15.2| 20.1| 17.3| 11.9| 7.4| 15.2| 20.1| | -Date | 13| 15-16| 15| 23-24| 7-8| 29-30| 10-11| 10-11| 16-17| 25-26| 3| 8|AUG 10-11| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Snow, Ice pellets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Total | 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| | -Greatest (24 hrs) | 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| | -Date | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |WIND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Resultant | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Direction | 291| 184| 262| 215| 228| 47| 20| 316| 215| 205| 184| 263| 229| | -Speed | 1.6| 2.7| 1.6| 1.4| 2.4| 0.2| 1.8| 1.0| 2.4| 2.5| 3.4| 3.9| 1.3| | Average Speed | 3.5| 4.8| 4.0| 3.9| 5.0| 3.4| 4.4| 3.8| 4.2| 5.0| 4.5| 5.8| 4.4| | Maximum One-minute | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Average | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Direction | N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| | -Speed | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| | -Date | 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| JAN 1| | Peak Gust | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Direction | SW| SW| W| WSW| SW| SW| N| NW| WNW| W| W| WSW| W| | -Speed | 31| 40| 51| 34| 48| 32| 31| 41| 38| 38| 46| 51| 51| | -Date | 16| 4| 10| 5| 23| 1| 23| 28| 14| 18| 27| 8| MAR 10| 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MEANS AND EXTREMES* Garioch
Latitude: 57° 17' 25" N Longitude: 2° 23' 23" W Elevation: 240 ft Time Zone: GMT +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ | | JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC | Year| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |TEMPERATURE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Average | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Daily Maximum | 6.4| 6.7| 9.4| 13.3| 14.3| 16.6| 18.5| 18.1| 16.4| 12.6| 8.8| 5.1| 12.2| | -Daily Minimum | 1.4| 0.8| 2.0| 4.5| 6.0| 8.9| 11.1| 10.5| 8.8| 6.1| 3.1| -0.8| 5.2| | -Monthly | 3.9| 3.8| 5.7| 8.9| 10.1| 12.7| 14.8| 14.3| 12.6| 9.4| 5.9| 2.1| 8.7| | -Monthly Dewpt. | 1.5| 1.3| 1.7| 4.3| 5.7| 8.8| 10.8| 10.6| 9.0| 6.5| 3.7| 0.1| 5.3| | Extremes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Record Highest | 12.8| 15.0| 17.3| 24.4| 23.1| 26.8| 28.7| 26.6| 24.4| 19.5| 15.8| 15.3| 28.7| | -Year | 2007| 2008| 2009| 2007| 2009| 2011| 2009| 2007| 2011| 2007| 2007| 2011| JUL 2009| | -Record Lowest | -15.6| -12.9| -6.9| -2.0| -0.7| 3.1| 4.2| 4.2| 1.7| -1.5| -7.0| -18.9| -18.9| | -Year | 2010| 2009| 2010| 2008| 2011| 2008| 2011| 2011| 2009| 2009| 2010| 2010| DEC 2010| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |MEAN DEGREE DAYS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Heating Base 65°F | 710| 729| 694| 502| 449| 294| 193| 219| 300| 493| 663| 890| 6138| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Cooling Base 65°F | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 6| 1| 1| 0| 0| 0| 8| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |SOLAR RADIATION (W/m2) | 14.9| 43.2| 101.3| 160.0| 195.7| 188.5| 180.7| 143.3| 104.9| 57.1| 25.0| 11.8| 102.2| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |MEAN NUMBER OF DAYS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sunrise to Sunset | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Clear | 25.6| 28.2| 31.0| 30.0| 31.0| 30.0| 30.6| 31.0| 30.0| 31.0| 30.0| 30.8| 359.2| | -Partly Cloudy | 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| | -Cloudy | 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Precipitation | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | .01 inches or more | 17.6| 18.8| 15.6| 10.6| 15.8| 16.0| 17.8| 19.6| 15.6| 18.2| 21.2| 16.6| 203.4| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Snow, Ice pellets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1.0 inches or more | 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Thunderstorms | 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Heavy Fog, visibility| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1/4 mile or less | 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Temperature | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Maximum | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 90°F and above | 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| | 32°F and below | 0.8| 0.2| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.2| 3.4| 4.6| | -Minimum | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 32°F and below | 13.0| 10.2| 7.0| 2.0| 0.4| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 1.0| 6.4| 15.6| 55.6| | 0°F and below | 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.2| 0.2| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |MEAN PRESSURE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Average | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Monthly |1007.5|1005.7|1007.0|1012.5|1009.8|1011.8|1006.6|1006.5|1010.0|1007.8|1003.1|1005.5| 1007.8| | Extremes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Record Highest |1037.9|1041.6|1036.7|1036.8|1029.3|1032.3|1024.0|1025.2|1036.5|1034.0|1031.2|1040.6| 1041.6| | -Year | 2011| 2008| 2011| 2007| 2009| 2011| 2011| 2007| 2009| 2009| 2008| 2008| FEB 2008| | -Record Lowest | 965.0| 965.2| 962.7| 982.5| 982.7| 989.5| 981.0| 985.1| 971.8| 969.3| 951.6| 951.3| 0.0| | -Year | 2009| 2007| 2008| 2009| 2007| 2008| 2011| 2007| 2011| 2010| 2010| 2011| JAN 1970| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Average | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Monthly | 84.3| 84.1| 77.1| 75.6| 75.7| 79.3| 79.7| 80.8| 80.5| 83.0| 85.6| 86.3| 81.0| | -Local Time | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hour 01 | 85| 86| 83| 83| 85| 88| 88| 89| 87| 87| 87| 87| 86| | Hour 07 | 86| 88| 85| 86| 84| 87| 88| 90| 89| 88| 88| 87| 87| | Hour 13 | 82| 78| 66| 64| 64| 69| 70| 70| 71| 75| 81| 84| 73| | Hour 19 | 85| 85| 76| 70| 70| 75| 75| 76| 77| 83| 86| 86| 79| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |PRECIPITATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Water Equivalent | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Mean | 47.2| 64.3| 45.3| 31.2| 59.3| 60.1| 76.7| 85.0| 62.4| 66.5| 77.6| 49.8| 725.4| | -Maximum Monthly | 90.42| 87.90| 52.24| 77.98| 101.00| 83.70| 110.39| 107.81| 81.01| 140.28| 138.45| 63.56| 140.28| | -Year | 2008| 2010| 2011| 2008| 2007| 2011| 2010| 2008| 2009| 2009| 2007| 2008| OCT 2009| | -Minimum Monthly | 3.79| 20.83| 38.79| 9.12| 7.62| 26.60| 47.67| 61.62| 53.43| 23.07| 26.59| 38.72| 0.00| | -Year | 2007| 2008| 2009| 2011| 2008| 2010| 2011| 2010| 2008| 2007| 2011| 2010| JAN 1970| | -Greatest (24 hrs) | 28.7| 33.8| 16.8| 19.8| 37.1| 20.1| 43.2| 41.4| 55.9| 47.8| 42.6| 22.6| 55.9| | -Year | 2008| 2010| 2010| 2008| 2007| 2008| 2010| 2007| 2009| 2009| 2009| 2008| SEP 2009| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Snow,Ice pellets,Hail| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Mean | 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| | -Maximum Monthly | 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| | -Year | 2007| 2007| 2007| 2007| 2007| 2007| 2007| 2007| 2007| 2007| 2007| 2007| JAN 1970| | -Minimum Monthly | 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| | -Year | 2007| 2007| 2007| 2007| 2007| 2007| 2007| 2007| 2007| 2007| 2007| 2007| JAN 1970| | -Greatest (day) | 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| | -Year | 2007| 2007| 2007| 2007| 2007| 2007| 2007| 2007| 2007| 2007| 2007| 2007| JAN 1970| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |WIND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Resultant | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Direction | 272| 186| 286| 232| 245| 17| 9| 322| 222| 211| 190| 277| 250| | -Speed | 1.0| 0.9| 1.8| 0.8| 0.9| 0.6| 0.8| 0.9| 1.2| 1.8| 1.8| 2.6| 0.8| | Average Speed | 3.7| 3.4| 4.2| 3.5| 3.4| 3.2| 3.1| 2.8| 3.0| 3.2| 4.0| 3.7| 3.4| | Maximum One-minute | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Average | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Direction | W| NW| N| W| E| W| NW| S| N| N| W| WNW| NW| | -Speed | 24| 34| 31| 17| 17| 20| 18| 16| 16| 0| 23| 24| 34| | -Year | 2008| 2008| 2008| 2008| 2008| 2008| 2008| 2008| 2008| 2007| 2007| 2007| FEB 2008| | Peak Gust | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Direction | S| SW| W| NNW| SW| NNW| SSW| NW| ESE| SSE| NW| WSW| W| | -Speed | 47| 40| 51| 38| 48| 32| 36| 41| 38| 48| 48| 51| 51| | -Year | 2010| 2011| 2011| 2010| 2011| 2010| 2010| 2011| 2010| 2010| 2009| 2011| MAR 2011| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ *NOTE: Length of record: January 2004 to December 2011. PRECIPITATION +------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ | Year | JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC | Annual | +------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ | 2004 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2005 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
STATION LOCATION AND INSTRUMENTATION
Garioch
+-------------------------+----------+----------+------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | | Elevation Above (ft) | | | | | | +------+----------------------------------------------+ | | | | | | | Ground | | | | | Latitude | Longitude | Sea +-----+-----+-----+---------+-------+----------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Location | Occupied | Occupied | North | West | Level| Wind| Sun | Temp| Humidity| Rain | Barometer| | | From | To | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-------------------------+----------+----------+------------+------------+------+-----+-----+-----+---------+-------+----------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Morven |01/01/2007| |57° 17' 25" |2° 23' 23" W| 240| 240| 240| 240| 240 | 240 | 240 | |Inverurie | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-------------------------+----------+----------+------------+------------+------+-----+-----+-----+---------+-------+----------+ Notes: Units are: Temperature=°C, Wind=mph, Pressure=Millibars, Precipitation=mm.
INSTRUMENTATION DETAIL
The following equipment is used for measuring meteorological data at this station: Davis Vantage Pro, Vantage Pro Plus, Vantage Pro2, Vantage Pro2 Plus Wind: Electronic sensors: Large cups: Instantaneous speed to 120 mph and direction to nearest 7°, greater of 2 mph or ±5%. Small cups: Instantaneous speed to 175 mph and direction to nearest 7°, greater of 3 mph or ±5%. Temperature: Electronic sensor: -40° to 140°F, ±1°F. Humidity: Electronic sensor: 0 to 100% RH, ±3%. Barometer: Electronic sensor: 26.00 to 32.00 inches Hg, ±0.05". Rainfall: 6.5-inch diameter electronic tipping bucket rain gauge. Resolution 0.01", ±4%. Sunshine: Electronic sensor: 0 to 1600 W/m^2, 5%. UV: Electronic sensor: 0 to 16 Index, 8%. Snow, ice pellets, glaze and other meteorological phenomenon not recorded by the Weather Computer are manually observed and recorded in the station record.