METEOROLOGICAL DATA FOR 2012 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 | 6.2| 8.9| 13.4| 8.6| 13.3| 13.7| 16.5| 18.2| 16.1| 10.1| 8.0| 5.0| 11.5| | -Daily Minimum | 0.8| 2.1| 3.7| 2.6| 4.9| 7.9| 10.2| 10.8| 8.0| 3.4| 2.1| 0.3| 4.7| | -Monthly | 3.5| 5.5| 8.6| 5.6| 9.1| 10.8| 13.4| 14.5| 12.1| 6.7| 5.1| 2.7| 8.1| | -Monthly Dewpt. | 0.4| 2.1| 3.7| 2.7| 4.8| 7.9| 10.1| 11.3| 7.5| 4.5| 3.0| 1.3| 4.9| | Extremes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Highest | 12.5| 16.9| 22.4| 13.3| 24.5| 19.8| 21.7| 24.4| 25.4| 15.8| 13.9| 12.2| 25.4| | -Date | 12| 28| 25| 8| 27| 30| 24| 18| 8| 21| 7| 29| SEP 8| | -Lowest | -5.8| -6.9| -2.0| -1.8| -1.4| 1.4| 5.5| 1.8| 0.1| -2.3| -2.8| -6.4| -6.9| | -Date | 16| 3| 6| 5| 7| 3| 21| 31| 23| 17| 3| 13| FEB 3| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |DEGREE DAYS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Heating Base 65°F | 818| 663| 538| 680| 505| 396| 270| 209| 334| 639| 705| 865| 6622| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Cooling Base 65°F | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 3| 0| 0| 0| 4| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |SOLAR RADIATION (W/m2) | 23.3| 48.3| 116.6| 114.1| 209.9| 153.1| 147.8| 141.0| 121.0| 62.9| 30.5| 10.8| 98.3| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |NUMBER OF DAYS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sunrise to Sunset | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Clear | 31| 29| 31| 30| 31| 30| 31| 31| 30| 31| 30| 31| 366| | -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| 14| 9| 26| 13| 23| 19| 15| 18| 24| 19| 25| 224| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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| 1| 1| | -Minimum | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 32°F and below | 10| 8| 3| 5| 2| 0| 0| 0| 1| 7| 9| 13| 58| | 0°F and below | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |PRESSURE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Average | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Monthly |1008.0|1018.7|1019.6|1002.2|1014.2|1005.8|1007.2|1008.0|1004.7|1003.6| 999.5| 998.7| 1007.5| | Extremes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Highest |1034.2|1036.6|1032.9|1025.2|1030.4|1017.7|1019.1|1025.0|1023.9|1027.0|1018.4|1028.1| 1036.6| | -Date | 31| 7| 27| 30| 12| 1| 25| 10| 5| 23| 14| 11| FEB 7| | -Lowest | 953.2| 989.1| 992.8| 972.8| 995.3| 986.3| 997.1| 993.4| 982.8| 969.0| 966.7| 964.9| 953.2| | -Date | 3| 18| 7| 10| 14| 29| 1| 27| 25| 31| 2| 15| JAN 3| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Average | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Monthly | 81.5| 79.8| 74.0| 83.3| 76.1| 84.1| 82.8| 83.0| 76.7| 86.8| 86.5| 89.2| 82.0| | -Local Time | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hour 01 | 83| 82| 83| 88| 85| 91| 91| 91| 84| 90| 88| 90| 87| | Hour 07 | 85| 84| 84| 90| 85| 91| 88| 91| 83| 92| 90| 90| 88| | Hour 13 | 78| 74| 60| 77| 65| 75| 75| 73| 64| 81| 81| 88| 74| | Hour 19 | 82| 80| 71| 79| 70| 80| 81| 80| 77| 85| 88| 88| 80| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |PRECIPITATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Water Equivalent | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Total | 47.6| 22.3| 9.9| 95.8| 22.0| 87.9| 59.6| 83.5| 53.8| 80.4| 40.0| 153.2| 755.7| | -Greatest (24 hrs) | 11.9| 8.9| 5.1| 12.4| 5.6| 26.6| 14.2| 28.4| 25.7| 29.2| 7.9| 33.0| 33.0| | -Date | 3-4| 8-9| 6-7| 2-3| 7-8| 21-22| 7-8| 14| 24-25| 11-12| 25| 14-15|DEC 14-15| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 | 273| 272| 261| 347| 71| 44| 1| 153| 290| 315| 243| 170| 291| | -Speed | 2.8| 2.4| 1.1| 1.3| 0.6| 1.6| 1.3| 1.1| 1.3| 0.8| 1.1| 0.9| 0.6| | Average Speed | 5.2| 4.6| 3.8| 2.5| 1.8| 4.1| 3.2| 3.0| 3.6| 2.3| 3.1| 4.6| 3.5| | 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 | NW| NW| SSE| NE| NNW| E| SW| S| NNE| N| S| ESE| NW| | -Speed | 51| 39| 32| 31| 31| 28| 29| 30| 38| 29| 35| 39| 51| | -Date | 3| 24| 7| 3| 15| 8| 22| 27| 25| 26| 22| 14| JAN 3| 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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| 7.1| 10.0| 12.5| 14.1| 16.1| 18.2| 18.1| 16.4| 12.2| 8.7| 5.1| 12.1| | -Daily Minimum | 1.3| 1.1| 2.3| 4.2| 5.8| 8.7| 11.0| 10.5| 8.7| 5.6| 2.9| -0.6| 5.1| | -Monthly | 3.9| 4.1| 6.2| 8.3| 10.0| 12.4| 14.6| 14.3| 12.5| 8.9| 5.8| 2.2| 8.6| | -Monthly Dewpt. | 1.4| 1.4| 2.0| 4.1| 5.5| 8.7| 10.7| 10.7| 8.8| 6.2| 3.6| 0.3| 5.3| | Extremes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Record Highest | 12.8| 16.9| 22.4| 24.4| 24.5| 26.8| 28.7| 26.6| 25.4| 19.5| 15.8| 15.3| 28.7| | -Year | 2007| 2012| 2012| 2007| 2012| 2011| 2009| 2007| 2012| 2007| 2007| 2011| JUL 2009| | -Record Lowest | -15.6| -12.9| -6.9| -2.0| -1.4| 1.4| 4.2| 1.8| 0.1| -2.3| -7.0| -18.9| -18.9| | -Year | 2010| 2009| 2010| 2008| 2012| 2012| 2011| 2012| 2012| 2012| 2010| 2010| DEC 2010| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |MEAN DEGREE DAYS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Heating Base 65°F | 728| 718| 668| 532| 459| 311| 206| 217| 306| 518| 670| 886| 6218| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Cooling Base 65°F | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 5| 1| 1| 0| 0| 0| 7| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |SOLAR RADIATION (W/m2) | 16.3| 44.0| 103.9| 152.3| 198.1| 182.6| 175.2| 142.9| 107.6| 58.0| 25.9| 11.6| 101.5| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |MEAN NUMBER OF DAYS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sunrise to Sunset | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Clear | 26.5| 28.3| 31.0| 30.0| 31.0| 30.0| 30.7| 31.0| 30.0| 31.0| 30.0| 30.8| 360.3| | -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 | 17.8| 18.0| 14.5| 13.2| 15.3| 17.2| 18.0| 18.8| 16.0| 19.2| 20.8| 18.0| 206.8| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 | 0.7| 0.2| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.2| 3.0| 4.0| | -Minimum | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 32°F and below | 12.5| 9.8| 6.3| 2.5| 0.7| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.2| 2.0| 6.8| 15.2| 56.0| | 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 |1007.6|1007.8|1009.1|1010.8|1010.5|1010.8|1006.7|1006.7|1009.1|1007.1|1002.5|1004.3| 1007.8| | Extremes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Record Highest |1037.9|1041.6|1036.7|1036.8|1030.4|1032.3|1024.0|1025.2|1036.5|1034.0|1031.2|1040.6| 1041.6| | -Year | 2011| 2008| 2011| 2007| 2012| 2011| 2011| 2007| 2009| 2009| 2008| 2008| FEB 2008| | -Record Lowest | 953.2| 965.2| 962.7| 972.8| 982.7| 986.3| 981.0| 985.1| 971.8| 969.0| 951.6| 951.3| 0.0| | -Year | 2012| 2007| 2008| 2012| 2007| 2012| 2011| 2007| 2011| 2012| 2010| 2011| JAN 1970| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Average | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Monthly | 83.8| 83.4| 76.6| 76.8| 75.8| 80.1| 80.2| 81.2| 79.8| 83.7| 85.8| 86.8| 81.2| | -Local Time | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hour 01 | 85| 86| 83| 84| 85| 89| 89| 89| 86| 87| 87| 88| 86| | Hour 07 | 86| 87| 85| 87| 84| 87| 88| 90| 88| 89| 88| 88| 87| | Hour 13 | 82| 77| 65| 66| 64| 70| 70| 71| 70| 76| 81| 84| 73| | Hour 19 | 84| 84| 76| 71| 70| 76| 76| 77| 77| 83| 86| 86| 79| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |PRECIPITATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Water Equivalent | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Mean | 47.3| 57.3| 39.4| 42.0| 53.1| 64.7| 73.8| 84.8| 60.9| 68.8| 71.3| 67.0| 730.5| | -Maximum Monthly | 90.42| 87.90| 52.24| 95.77| 101.00| 87.87| 110.39| 107.81| 81.01| 140.28| 138.45| 153.18| 153.18| | -Year | 2008| 2010| 2011| 2012| 2007| 2012| 2010| 2008| 2009| 2009| 2007| 2012| DEC 2012| | -Minimum Monthly | 3.79| 20.83| 9.87| 9.12| 7.62| 26.60| 47.67| 61.62| 53.43| 23.07| 26.59| 38.72| 0.00| | -Year | 2007| 2008| 2012| 2011| 2008| 2010| 2011| 2010| 2008| 2007| 2011| 2010| JAN 1970| | -Greatest (24 hrs) | 28.7| 33.8| 16.8| 19.8| 37.1| 26.6| 43.2| 41.4| 55.9| 47.8| 42.6| 33.0| 55.9| | -Year | 2008| 2010| 2010| 2008| 2007| 2012| 2010| 2007| 2009| 2009| 2009| 2012| 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| 250| 276| 307| 229| 36| 3| 187| 257| 235| 209| 257| 267| | -Speed | 1.9| 1.3| 1.4| 0.6| 0.1| 1.1| 1.1| 0.2| 1.1| 0.9| 1.3| 1.2| 0.7| | Average Speed | 4.0| 3.6| 4.1| 3.3| 3.2| 3.3| 3.1| 2.8| 3.1| 3.1| 3.8| 3.8| 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 | NW| SW| W| NNW| SW| NNW| SSW| NW| ESE| SSE| NW| WSW| W| | -Speed | 51| 40| 51| 38| 48| 32| 36| 41| 38| 48| 48| 51| 51| | -Year | 2012| 2011| 2011| 2010| 2011| 2010| 2010| 2011| 2010| 2010| 2009| 2011| MAR 2011| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ *NOTE: Length of record: January 2004 to December 2012. 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.