METEOROLOGICAL DATA FOR 2009 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 | 5.6| 6.0| 10.3| 12.8| 15.5| 16.4| 19.6| 19.4| 17.5| 12.4| 9.1| 3.9| 12.4| | -Daily Minimum | -0.1| 1.0| 2.1| 4.9| 5.7| 8.7| 11.4| 11.6| 8.8| 6.7| 3.4| -1.5| 5.2| | -Monthly | 2.7| 3.5| 6.2| 8.8| 10.6| 12.6| 15.5| 15.5| 13.1| 9.5| 6.3| 1.2| 8.8| | -Monthly Dewpt. | 0.9| 1.2| 2.1| 5.2| 5.9| 8.9| 11.4| 11.3| 9.0| 7.4| 4.2| 0.1| 5.6| | Extremes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Highest | 12.7| 13.9| 17.3| 17.3| 23.1| 23.6| 28.7| 22.9| 22.6| 17.5| 13.5| 9.4| 28.7| | -Date | 11| 17| 31| 20| 28| 1| 1| 6| 8| 28| 19| 6| JUL 1| | -Lowest | -5.3| -12.9| -4.3| 0.3| 0.8| 4.0| 7.9| 8.3| 1.7| -1.5| -3.6| -10.0| -12.9| | -Date | 2| 9| 5| 12| 11| 9| 21| 25| 14| 18| 9| 22| FEB 9| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |DEGREE DAYS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Heating Base 65°F | 862| 741| 667| 505| 424| 306| 169| 152| 277| 484| 644| 949| 6180| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Cooling Base 65°F | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 20| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 20| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |SOLAR RADIATION (W/m2) | 16.2| 37.8| 104.0| 137.3| 217.1| 198.1| 189.9| 148.2| 115.2| 51.7| 28.9| 11.4| 104.7| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |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 | 18| 20| 14| 8| 18| 17| 23| 18| 6| 26| 25| 20| 213| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 | 1| 1| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 4| 6| | -Minimum | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 32°F and below | 18| 10| 7| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 5| 20| 61| | 0°F and below | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |PRESSURE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Average | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Monthly |1000.5|1010.2|1004.2|1009.3|1010.8|1015.5|1004.5|1005.4|1013.8|1009.2| 989.1|1001.7| 1006.2| | Extremes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Highest |1033.8|1025.6|1035.2|1024.0|1029.3|1027.5|1018.9|1016.9|1036.5|1034.0|1018.1|1035.6| 1036.5| | -Date | 2| 19| 17| 20| 12| 23| 1| 7| 10| 16| 9| 12| SEP 10| | -Lowest | 965.0| 984.9| 963.7| 982.5| 983.5| 998.2| 987.7| 986.5| 984.8| 977.9| 964.4| 973.5| 963.7| | -Date | 19| 6| 4| 8| 8| 17| 22| 28| 3| 3| 25| 23| MAR 4| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Average | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Monthly | 86.3| 84.6| 76.1| 79.8| 74.5| 80.0| 79.3| 78.9| 76.7| 86.9| 86.6| 90.8| 81.7| | -Local Time | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hour 01 | 88| 87| 82| 85| 86| 89| 89| 87| 86| 90| 89| 92| 87| | Hour 07 | 89| 88| 84| 91| 83| 89| 88| 89| 86| 92| 88| 91| 88| | Hour 13 | 82| 80| 64| 70| 62| 69| 65| 69| 66| 79| 82| 89| 73| | Hour 19 | 87| 84| 76| 75| 68| 75| 75| 73| 72| 86| 89| 90| 79| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |PRECIPITATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Water Equivalent | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Total | 32.9| 70.6| 38.8| 16.0| 87.5| 65.1| 98.8| 66.2| 81.0| 140.3| 99.2| 48.6| 845.0| | -Greatest (24 hrs) | 8.4| 13.7| 10.9| 5.3| 25.9| 18.0| 19.1| 19.3| 55.9| 47.8| 42.6| 9.4| 55.9| | -Date | 25| 2-3| 27-28| 6-7| 15-16| 17| 17-18| 14-15| 3-4| 21-22| 1-2| 23| SEP 3-4| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 | 167| 308| 279| 148| 146| 71| 352| 195| 285| 195| 232| 328| 216| | -Speed | 2.2| 1.0| 1.7| 1.7| 1.0| 0.5| 0.5| 0.8| 0.7| 0.8| 1.9| 1.0| 0.5| | Average Speed | 2.9| 2.3| 3.4| 2.6| 2.7| 2.2| 2.3| 2.0| 1.6| 3.1| 4.3| 3.5| 2.7| | Maximum One-minute | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Average | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Direction | NNW| WNW| SSE| SSE| S| NNW| SSE| N| N| N| N| N| S| | -Speed | 1| 2| 2| 3| 4| 0| 2| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 4| | -Date | 1| 8| 1| 1| 1| 3| 2| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| MAY 1| | Peak Gust | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Direction | SSE| WNW| WNW| SSE| E| SSE| N| WNW| WSW| W| NW| SSW| NW| | -Speed | 35| 33| 41| 25| 32| 21| 28| 29| 27| 36| 48| 31| 48| | -Date | 17| 25| 14| 7| 15| 16| 9| 28| 22| 3| 1| 1| NOV 1| 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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 | 7.8| 7.5| 9.6| 12.8| 14.2| 16.2| 18.9| 18.6| 16.7| 12.7| 8.8| 5.4| 12.4| | -Daily Minimum | 2.9| 1.2| 1.9| 4.4| 6.2| 8.8| 11.5| 10.8| 8.5| 5.7| 2.9| -0.2| 5.4| | -Monthly | 5.4| 4.4| 5.7| 8.6| 10.2| 12.5| 15.2| 14.7| 12.6| 9.2| 5.9| 2.6| 8.9| | -Monthly Dewpt. | 2.6| 1.6| 1.6| 4.3| 6.0| 8.8| 11.2| 10.9| 8.8| 6.3| 3.5| 0.8| 5.5| | Extremes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Record Highest | 12.8| 15.0| 17.3| 24.4| 23.1| 24.1| 28.7| 26.6| 22.8| 19.5| 15.8| 13.8| 28.7| | -Year | 2007| 2008| 2009| 2007| 2009| 2008| 2009| 2007| 2008| 2007| 2007| 2007| JUL 2009| | -Record Lowest | -5.6| -12.9| -5.8| -2.0| 0.5| 3.1| 7.3| 4.5| 1.7| -1.5| -6.9| -10.0| -12.9| | -Year | 2008| 2009| 2008| 2008| 2008| 2008| 2007| 2007| 2009| 2009| 2008| 2009| FEB 2009| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |MEAN DEGREE DAYS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Heating Base 65°F | 575| 703| 691| 518| 445| 305| 174| 195| 303| 502| 667| 863| 5940| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Cooling Base 65°F | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 10| 2| 0| 0| 0| 0| 12| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |SOLAR RADIATION (W/m2) | 11.8| 40.8| 103.1| 152.0| 188.0| 187.6| 175.6| 140.3| 104.2| 55.3| 24.3| 11.5| 99.5| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |MEAN NUMBER OF DAYS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sunrise to Sunset | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Clear | 22.0| 28.3| 31.0| 30.0| 31.0| 30.0| 30.3| 31.0| 30.0| 31.0| 30.0| 30.7| 355.3| | -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 | 15.0| 16.7| 17.0| 11.0| 13.0| 17.3| 19.0| 18.3| 13.0| 18.3| 22.7| 19.0| 200.3| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 | 0.3| 0.3| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 1.7| 2.3| | -Minimum | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 32°F and below | 10.0| 10.3| 7.3| 2.3| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 1.3| 6.3| 14.3| 52.0| | 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| 0.0| 0.0| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |MEAN PRESSURE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Average | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Monthly |1004.9|1007.5|1003.4|1011.9|1009.0|1011.9|1005.8|1006.1|1013.4|1009.4|1002.2|1007.3| 1007.7| | Extremes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Record Highest |1033.8|1041.6|1035.7|1036.8|1029.3|1029.7|1021.2|1025.2|1036.5|1034.0|1031.2|1040.6| 1041.6| | -Year | 2009| 2008| 2007| 2007| 2009| 2007| 2008| 2007| 2009| 2009| 2008| 2008| FEB 2008| | -Record Lowest | 965.0| 965.2| 962.7| 982.5| 982.7| 989.5| 987.7| 985.1| 984.8| 977.9| 964.4| 969.6| 0.0| | -Year | 2009| 2007| 2008| 2009| 2007| 2008| 2009| 2007| 2009| 2009| 2009| 2008| JAN 1970| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Average | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Monthly | 82.8| 82.5| 76.4| 76.9| 77.0| 80.5| 80.4| 80.5| 79.4| 83.0| 85.2| 87.5| 81.0| | -Local Time | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hour 01 | 83| 85| 82| 84| 86| 90| 90| 88| 86| 87| 87| 88| 86| | Hour 07 | 84| 86| 84| 87| 84| 87| 88| 89| 88| 89| 87| 88| 87| | Hour 13 | 81| 76| 64| 66| 66| 70| 70| 71| 69| 75| 80| 85| 73| | Hour 19 | 83| 83| 76| 72| 72| 76| 76| 76| 76| 82| 86| 87| 79| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |PRECIPITATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Water Equivalent | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Mean | 42.4| 58.2| 43.5| 38.1| 65.4| 63.4| 75.1| 87.2| 63.1| 75.6| 94.5| 52.7| 759.2| | -Maximum Monthly | 90.42| 83.12| 51.31| 77.98| 101.00| 65.14| 98.78| 107.81| 81.01| 140.28| 138.45| 63.56| 140.28| | -Year | 2008| 2007| 2008| 2008| 2007| 2009| 2009| 2008| 2009| 2009| 2007| 2008| OCT 2009| | -Minimum Monthly | 3.79| 20.83| 38.79| 15.97| 7.62| 61.21| 53.59| 66.20| 53.43| 23.07| 45.84| 45.97| 0.00| | -Year | 2007| 2008| 2009| 2009| 2008| 2008| 2008| 2009| 2008| 2007| 2008| 2007| JAN 1970| | -Greatest (24 hrs) | 28.7| 29.2| 10.9| 19.8| 37.1| 20.1| 22.6| 41.4| 55.9| 47.8| 42.6| 22.6| 55.9| | -Year | 2008| 2007| 2009| 2008| 2007| 2008| 2008| 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 | 210| 252| 287| 149| 118| 16| 339| 237| 295| 228| 264| 285| 260| | -Speed | 1.3| 0.7| 1.7| 0.6| 0.6| 0.6| 0.6| 0.4| 0.6| 0.7| 1.5| 0.6| 0.5| | Average Speed | 3.4| 3.0| 3.9| 2.9| 2.7| 2.8| 2.6| 2.3| 2.0| 2.5| 3.5| 3.0| 2.9| | 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 | WSW| N| SSE| W| SW| NNW| WNW| WNW| NNW| W| NW| WNW| NW| | -Speed | 44| 36| 41| 30| 32| 27| 29| 29| 30| 36| 48| 37| 48| | -Year | 2008| 2008| 2007| 2007| 2007| 2008| 2008| 2009| 2007| 2009| 2009| 2008| NOV 2009| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ *NOTE: Length of record: January 2004 to December 2009. 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.