METEOROLOGICAL DATA FOR 2013 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| 6.3| 4.5| 10.1| 14.0| 17.1| 21.7| 20.3| 17.2| 16.1| 10.0| 9.4| 12.7| | -Daily Minimum | 0.7| -0.1| -0.9| 2.3| 5.3| 8.7| 12.4| 12.6| 10.2| 9.7| 3.2| 4.0| 5.7| | -Monthly | 3.0| 3.1| 1.8| 6.2| 9.7| 12.9| 17.0| 16.4| 13.7| 12.9| 6.6| 6.7| 9.2| | -Monthly Dewpt. | 0.9| 0.1| -1.0| 1.2| 5.4| 8.3| 12.4| 11.9| 9.7| 10.2| 3.4| 4.0| 5.6| | Extremes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Highest | 13.3| 10.9| 10.1| 16.1| 19.5| 21.6| 27.4| 25.1| 25.0| 22.9| 15.2| 13.4| 27.4| | -Date | 4| 27| 2| 22| 5| 30| 12| 15| 3| 8| 16| 13| JUL 12| | -Lowest | -7.2| -4.7| -6.7| -3.2| 0.7| 4.6| 5.6| 8.9| 3.2| 4.2| -0.1| -0.7| -7.2| | -Date | 23| 27| 11| 6| 2| 3| 2| 31| 16| 30| 9| 6| JAN 23| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |DEGREE DAYS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Heating Base 65°F | 847| 758| 914| 648| 477| 285| 88| 113| 214| 296| 621| 638| 5899| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Cooling Base 65°F | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 21| 12| 9| 0| 0| 0| 42| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |SOLAR RADIATION (W/m2) | 17.7| 55.5| 79.2| 164.3| 196.0| 203.6| 221.1| 160.2| 124.7| 40.6| 40.5| 26.6| 110.8| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |NUMBER OF DAYS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sunrise to Sunset | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Clear | 31| 28| 31| 30| 31| 30| 31| 31| 25| 31| 30| 31| 360| | -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 | 22| 18| 20| 17| 16| 8| 12| 18| 10| 20| 14| 15| 190| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 | 2| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 2| | -Minimum | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 32°F and below | 13| 14| 20| 11| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 3| 62| | 0°F and below | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |PRESSURE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Average | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Monthly |1004.3|1013.1|1010.9|1007.5|1005.4|1012.0|1014.2|1008.8|1008.0|1002.9|1007.4| 996.1| 1007.6| | Extremes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Highest |1025.4|1035.9|1030.5|1024.3|1022.0|1030.1|1033.3|1020.0|1020.4|1029.8|1034.7|1030.4| 1035.9| | -Date | 4| 26| 1| 19| 1| 3| 7| 28| 23| 11| 25| 1| FEB 26| | -Lowest | 967.1| 976.0| 985.6| 977.8| 985.7| 987.2| 992.9| 988.2| 979.5| 969.4| 969.8| 948.1| 948.1| | -Date | 27| 5| 17| 18| 14| 22| 3| 17| 15| 27| 3| 27| DEC 27| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Average | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Monthly | 85.6| 82.4| 81.9| 72.7| 75.6| 74.8| 76.5| 77.9| 78.4| 85.9| 82.4| 82.8| 79.7| | -Local Time | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hour 01 | 86| 87| 87| 81| 85| 85| 85| 87| 85| 89| 85| 83| 85| | Hour 07 | 85| 87| 87| 82| 78| 80| 87| 88| 88| 91| 87| 85| 85| | Hour 13 | 84| 73| 74| 61| 65| 65| 64| 65| 68| 79| 72| 81| 71| | Hour 19 | 87| 83| 81| 69| 76| 71| 71| 73| 71| 85| 82| 83| 78| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |PRECIPITATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Water Equivalent | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Total | 51.1| 40.7| 55.0| 24.8| 35.7| 34.3| 73.9| 66.4| 28.9| 109.1| 41.1| 77.7| 638.6| | -Greatest (24 hrs) | 9.9| 12.9| 12.5| 7.1| 11.7| 12.4| 38.6| 19.6| 7.6| 30.5| 17.0| 19.8| 38.6| | -Date | 25-26| 10-11| 17-18| 17| 17-18| 23-24| 23-24| 23-24| 15| 3| 2-3| 29-30|JUL 23-24| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 | 185| 270| 101| 246| 331| 9| 176| 228| 296| 169| 68| 138| 200| | -Speed | 1.4| 0.6| 2.7| 1.7| 1.3| 0.3| 0.6| 1.0| 1.6| 0.3| 0.1| 1.6| 0.3| | Average Speed | 4.1| 4.0| 4.4| 5.0| 5.4| 2.6| 2.4| 2.4| 3.4| 0.5| 0.4| 1.9| 3.0| | 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 | WSW| WNW| SE| WSW| NNW| SSE| WSW| SSW| N| SSW| N| SSW| WSW| | -Speed | 40| 35| 37| 41| 39| 27| 25| 30| 36| 21| 22| 32| 41| | -Date | 30| 4| 22| 16| 22| 11| 4| 2| 10| 2| 29| 27| APR 16| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+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 | 6.2| 7.0| 9.3| 12.2| 14.1| 16.2| 18.7| 18.4| 16.5| 12.8| 8.9| 5.7| 12.2| | -Daily Minimum | 1.3| 0.9| 1.8| 3.9| 5.7| 8.7| 11.2| 10.8| 8.9| 6.2| 2.9| 0.1| 5.2| | -Monthly | 3.7| 3.9| 5.5| 8.0| 9.9| 12.5| 14.9| 14.6| 12.7| 9.5| 5.9| 2.9| 8.7| | -Monthly Dewpt. | 1.3| 1.2| 1.6| 3.7| 5.5| 8.6| 10.9| 10.9| 8.9| 6.7| 3.6| 0.8| 5.3| | Extremes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Record Highest | 13.3| 16.9| 22.4| 24.4| 24.5| 26.8| 28.7| 26.6| 25.4| 22.9| 15.8| 15.3| 28.7| | -Year | 2013| 2012| 2012| 2007| 2012| 2011| 2009| 2007| 2012| 2013| 2007| 2011| JUL 2009| | -Record Lowest | -15.6| -12.9| -6.9| -3.2| -1.4| 1.4| 4.2| 1.8| 0.1| -2.3| -7.0| -18.9| -18.9| | -Year | 2010| 2009| 2010| 2013| 2012| 2012| 2011| 2012| 2012| 2012| 2010| 2010| DEC 2010| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |MEAN DEGREE DAYS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Heating Base 65°F | 745| 724| 703| 548| 461| 307| 189| 202| 293| 486| 663| 851| 6173| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Cooling Base 65°F | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 7| 3| 2| 0| 0| 0| 12| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |SOLAR RADIATION (W/m2) | 16.5| 45.7| 100.3| 154.0| 197.8| 185.6| 181.8| 145.4| 110.0| 55.5| 28.0| 13.8| 102.9| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |MEAN NUMBER OF DAYS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sunrise to Sunset | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Clear | 27.1| 28.3| 31.0| 30.0| 31.0| 30.0| 30.7| 31.0| 29.3| 31.0| 30.0| 30.9| 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 | 18.4| 18.0| 15.3| 13.7| 15.4| 15.9| 17.1| 18.7| 15.1| 19.3| 19.9| 17.6| 204.4| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 | 0.9| 0.1| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.1| 2.6| 3.7| | -Minimum | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 32°F and below | 12.6| 10.4| 8.3| 3.7| 0.6| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.1| 1.7| 6.0| 13.4| 56.9| | 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| 0.1| 0.1| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |MEAN PRESSURE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Average | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Monthly |1007.1|1008.6|1009.4|1010.3|1009.8|1011.0|1007.8|1007.0|1008.9|1006.5|1003.2|1003.2| 1007.7| | Extremes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Record Highest |1037.9|1041.6|1036.7|1036.8|1030.4|1032.3|1033.3|1025.2|1036.5|1034.0|1034.7|1040.6| 1041.6| | -Year | 2011| 2008| 2011| 2007| 2012| 2011| 2013| 2007| 2009| 2009| 2013| 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| 948.1| 0.0| | -Year | 2012| 2007| 2008| 2012| 2007| 2012| 2011| 2007| 2011| 2012| 2010| 2013| JAN 1970| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Average | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Monthly | 84.1| 83.3| 77.3| 76.2| 75.7| 79.4| 79.7| 80.7| 79.6| 84.0| 85.3| 86.2| 81.0| | -Local Time | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hour 01 | 85| 86| 83| 84| 85| 88| 88| 89| 86| 88| 87| 87| 86| | Hour 07 | 86| 87| 85| 86| 83| 86| 88| 90| 88| 89| 88| 87| 87| | Hour 13 | 82| 77| 67| 65| 64| 69| 69| 70| 69| 77| 79| 84| 73| | Hour 19 | 84| 84| 76| 71| 71| 75| 75| 76| 76| 83| 86| 86| 79| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |PRECIPITATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Water Equivalent | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -Mean | 47.8| 54.9| 41.6| 39.5| 50.6| 60.4| 73.8| 82.2| 56.3| 74.5| 67.0| 68.5| 717.3| | -Maximum Monthly | 90.42| 87.90| 55.00| 95.77| 101.00| 87.87| 110.39| 107.81| 81.01| 140.28| 138.45| 153.18| 153.18| | -Year | 2008| 2010| 2013| 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| 28.91| 23.07| 26.59| 38.72| 0.00| | -Year | 2007| 2008| 2012| 2011| 2008| 2010| 2011| 2010| 2013| 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 | 235| 256| 106| 261| 325| 30| 12| 222| 280| 221| 206| 185| 248| | -Speed | 1.2| 0.9| 0.7| 1.0| 0.6| 0.6| 0.2| 0.6| 1.3| 0.5| 0.6| 0.7| 0.4| | Average Speed | 4.0| 3.7| 4.1| 3.6| 3.5| 3.2| 3.0| 2.7| 3.1| 2.7| 3.3| 3.6| 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| WSW| SW| NNW| SSW| NW| ESE| SSE| NW| WSW| W| | -Speed | 51| 40| 51| 41| 48| 32| 36| 41| 38| 48| 48| 51| 51| | -Year | 2012| 2011| 2011| 2013| 2011| 2010| 2010| 2011| 2010| 2010| 2009| 2011| MAR 2011| +-------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ *NOTE: Length of record: January 2004 to December 2013. 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.