METEOROLOGICAL DATA FOR 2010 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 | 3.4| 4.0| 8.6| 12.2| 13.6| 17.4| 18.9| 17.7| 15.1| 11.6| 6.2| 2.6| 10.9| | -Daily Minimum | -1.4| -1.2| 1.9| 3.9| 5.0| 9.6| 10.9| 10.1| 8.9| 5.7| 0.9| -4.2| 4.2| | -Monthly | 1.0| 1.4| 5.3| 8.0| 9.3| 13.5| 14.9| 13.9| 12.0| 8.7| 3.6| -0.8| 7.6| | -Monthly Dewpt. | -0.5| -0.5| 1.4| 3.3| 5.0| 9.4| 10.6| 10.0| 9.1| 6.2| 1.5| -2.4| 4.4| | Extremes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Highest | 9.9| 6.9| 13.9| 18.4| 22.9| 23.7| 23.4| 23.8| 21.2| 15.7| 12.3| 13.0| 23.8| | -Date | 27| 13| 17| 16| 22| 23| 18| 20| 9| 5| 2| 22| AUG 20| | -Lowest | -15.6| -8.6| -6.9| -1.8| 0.1| 4.6| 4.6| 5.4| 2.2| -0.4| -7.0| -18.9| -18.9| | -Date | 8| 22| 3| 2| 3| 15| 23| 31| 27| 25| 27| 3| DEC 3| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |DEGREE DAYS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Heating Base 65°F | 959| 845| 720| 548| 494| 251| 185| 239| 335| 531| 792| 1058| 6957| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Cooling Base 65°F | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |SOLAR RADIATION (W/m2) | 17.7| 53.0| 99.2| 158.8| 196.5| 187.6| 191.2| 149.7| 102.8| 63.7| 28.5| 11.1| 105.0| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |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 | 24| 23| 13| 14| 21| 12| 19| 21| 19| 18| 22| 12| 218| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 | 3| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 12| 16| | -Minimum | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 32°F and below | 18| 14| 8| 2| 1| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 11| 21| 76| | 0°F and below | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |PRESSURE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Average | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Monthly |1012.8|1002.0|1009.7|1013.4|1014.7|1014.6|1006.8|1008.0|1008.9|1005.9|1001.5|1011.2| 1009.1| | Extremes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Highest |1035.2|1028.4|1031.4|1030.3|1029.1|1026.7|1017.8|1023.7|1021.0|1023.0|1024.4|1036.9| 1036.9| | -Date | 25| 12| 9| 10| 21| 15| 23| 15| 2| 11| 30| 14| DEC 14| | -Lowest | 989.7| 985.3| 982.3| 985.5|1001.2|1002.8| 986.6| 990.5| 985.2| 969.3| 951.6| 986.8| 951.6| | -Date | 29| 16| 31| 1| 27| 11| 16| 24| 15| 29| 11| 17| NOV 11| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Average | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Monthly | 88.4| 88.5| 77.8| 74.4| 76.0| 77.2| 77.1| 80.6| 84.6| 84.1| 85.8| 89.2| 82.0| | -Local Time | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hour 01 | 89| 90| 83| 82| 87| 86| 85| 89| 89| 87| 87| 90| 87| | Hour 07 | 89| 92| 86| 84| 86| 86| 88| 91| 90| 88| 88| 90| 88| | Hour 13 | 88| 83| 69| 64| 63| 67| 67| 69| 78| 77| 81| 87| 74| | Hour 19 | 88| 89| 77| 68| 69| 72| 72| 74| 82| 85| 85| 89| 79| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |PRECIPITATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Water Equivalent | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Total | 78.2| 87.9| 44.1| 32.9| 55.5| 26.6| 110.4| 61.6| 68.7| 57.3| 77.8| 38.7| 739.7| | -Greatest (24 hrs) | 16.0| 33.8| 16.8| 8.4| 10.9| 9.6| 43.2| 15.2| 13.2| 15.0| 15.7| 15.5| 43.2| | -Date | 15-16| 25-26| 30-31| 30| 21| 8-9| 21| 23-24| 29| 1-2| 18-19| 9| JUL 21| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 | 288| 18| 315| 300| 356| 9| 210| 346| 258| 226| 115| 317| 324| | -Speed | 0.2| 1.9| 2.7| 1.6| 2.0| 1.3| 1.1| 1.6| 0.1| 1.7| 0.6| 2.8| 0.9| | Average Speed | 5.0| 3.4| 5.0| 4.7| 4.1| 3.9| 3.4| 3.1| 4.7| 3.7| 4.8| 3.5| 4.1| | 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 | S| ESE| W| NNW| NE| NNW| SSW| NNW| ESE| SSE| SE| N| SSE| | -Speed | 47| 30| 39| 38| 28| 32| 36| 37| 38| 48| 41| 36| 48| | -Date | 16| 16| 19| 20| 30| 11| 4| 29| 7| 1| 17| 16| OCT 1| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+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 | 6.7| 6.7| 9.3| 12.7| 14.1| 16.5| 18.9| 18.4| 16.3| 12.5| 8.2| 4.7| 12.1| | -Daily Minimum | 1.8| 0.6| 1.9| 4.3| 5.9| 9.0| 11.3| 10.6| 8.6| 5.7| 2.4| -1.2| 5.1| | -Monthly | 4.3| 3.6| 5.6| 8.5| 10.0| 12.8| 15.1| 14.5| 12.4| 9.1| 5.3| 1.7| 8.6| | -Monthly Dewpt. | 1.8| 1.1| 1.6| 4.1| 5.7| 9.0| 11.0| 10.7| 8.9| 6.3| 3.0| 0.0| 5.3| | 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 | -15.6| -12.9| -6.9| -2.0| 0.1| 3.1| 4.6| 4.5| 1.7| -1.5| -7.0| -18.9| -18.9| | -Year | 2010| 2009| 2010| 2008| 2010| 2008| 2010| 2007| 2009| 2009| 2010| 2010| DEC 2010| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |MEAN DEGREE DAYS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Heating Base 65°F | 671| 739| 698| 525| 457| 292| 177| 206| 311| 510| 699| 912| 6194| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Cooling Base 65°F | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 7| 1| 0| 0| 0| 0| 9| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |SOLAR RADIATION (W/m2) | 13.3| 43.8| 102.2| 153.7| 190.1| 187.6| 179.5| 142.7| 103.8| 57.4| 25.4| 11.4| 100.9| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |MEAN NUMBER OF DAYS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sunrise to Sunset | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Clear | 24.3| 28.3| 31.0| 30.0| 31.0| 30.0| 30.5| 31.0| 30.0| 31.0| 30.0| 30.8| 357.8| | -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 | 17.3| 18.3| 16.0| 11.8| 15.0| 16.0| 19.0| 19.0| 14.5| 18.3| 22.5| 17.3| 204.8| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 | 1.0| 0.3| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.3| 4.3| 5.8| | -Minimum | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 32°F and below | 12.0| 11.3| 7.5| 2.3| 0.3| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 1.3| 7.5| 16.0| 58.0| | 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| 0.3| 0.3| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |MEAN PRESSURE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Average | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Monthly |1006.8|1006.1|1005.0|1012.3|1010.4|1012.6|1006.0|1006.6|1012.2|1008.6|1002.0|1008.2| 1008.1| | Extremes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Record Highest |1035.2|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 | 2010| 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| 986.6| 985.1| 984.8| 969.3| 951.6| 969.6| 0.0| | -Year | 2009| 2007| 2008| 2009| 2007| 2008| 2010| 2007| 2009| 2010| 2010| 2008| JAN 1970| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Average | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Monthly | 84.2| 84.0| 76.7| 76.3| 76.8| 79.7| 79.6| 80.5| 80.7| 83.3| 85.4| 87.9| 81.3| | -Local Time | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hour 01 | 85| 86| 82| 84| 86| 89| 88| 88| 87| 87| 87| 89| 87| | Hour 07 | 86| 88| 85| 87| 85| 87| 88| 90| 89| 89| 87| 89| 87| | Hour 13 | 83| 77| 66| 65| 66| 69| 69| 70| 71| 75| 80| 86| 73| | Hour 19 | 85| 85| 76| 71| 71| 75| 75| 76| 78| 83| 86| 88| 79| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |PRECIPITATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Water Equivalent | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Mean | 51.3| 65.6| 43.6| 36.8| 62.9| 54.2| 84.0| 80.8| 64.5| 71.1| 90.3| 49.2| 754.3| | -Maximum Monthly | 90.42| 87.90| 51.31| 77.98| 101.00| 65.14| 110.39| 107.81| 81.01| 140.28| 138.45| 63.56| 140.28| | -Year | 2008| 2010| 2008| 2008| 2007| 2009| 2010| 2008| 2009| 2009| 2007| 2008| OCT 2009| | -Minimum Monthly | 3.79| 20.83| 38.79| 15.97| 7.62| 26.60| 53.59| 61.62| 53.43| 23.07| 45.84| 38.72| 0.00| | -Year | 2007| 2008| 2009| 2009| 2008| 2010| 2008| 2010| 2008| 2007| 2008| 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 | 219| 358| 304| 283| 12| 11| 240| 332| 290| 226| 244| 311| 303| | -Speed | 0.7| 0.8| 2.2| 0.5| 0.9| 0.9| 0.4| 0.8| 0.3| 1.2| 0.5| 1.7| 0.6| | Average Speed | 3.8| 3.1| 4.2| 3.4| 3.0| 3.1| 2.8| 2.5| 2.6| 2.8| 3.8| 3.2| 3.2| | 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| N| SSE| NNW| SW| NNW| SSW| NNW| ESE| SSE| NW| WNW| NW| | -Speed | 47| 36| 41| 38| 32| 32| 36| 37| 38| 48| 48| 37| 48| | -Year | 2010| 2008| 2007| 2010| 2007| 2010| 2010| 2010| 2010| 2010| 2009| 2008| NOV 2009| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ *NOTE: Length of record: January 2004 to December 2010. 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.