February Weather Summary

  • Temperature was just above my average of 16.0C with 16.4C. The maximum temperature of 28.5C was the lowest equal with Feb 2004. Ninteen days reached or exceeded 20C, my average is 17, 7 days reached or exceeded 25C, my average is 6, No days reached or exceeded 30C, my average is 2.
  • Wind run was near equal to my average of 4941km with 4985km.
  • The barometer recorded above average pressure for the month with 1018.2hPa. The highest pressure of 1032.8hPa was the highest in 8 years of records.
  • Rainfall was well below my average of 42.2mm with 20mm recorded. My driest February was 2002 with 5.5mm over 4 days.
February 2013 Summary
Temperature
Mean 16.4 C
Mean Maximum 22.3 C
Mean Minimum 11.5 C
Maximum High 28.5 C (11th)
Maximum Low 15.8 C (28th)
Minimum High 15.9 C (5th)
Minimum Low 5.0 C (23rd)
Wind Speed and Direction
Maximum Gust 57 km/h (4th)
Mean 7.7 km/h
Wind Run 4941 km
Max Daily Windrun 343 km (5th)
Prevailing Direction East Nth East
Barometer
Maximum 1032.8 hPa (25th)
Minimum 996.2 hPa (4th)
Mean 1018.2 hPa
Max Daily Change +14.9 hPa (5th)
Rainfall
Days with Measured Rainfall
(Greater than 0.2mm)
3
Max Daily Rainfall 11.5 mm (4th)
Monthly Rainfall 20.0 mm
Humidity
Maximum 96 % (2nd)
Minimum 26 % (14th)

 

February Daily Observations
TemperatureWindRainfallBarometer
DateMinMaxMeanMean
(Km/h)
Gust
(Km/h)
Run (km)Prevailing Dir10 Minute Max (mm)Total (mm)Min (hPa)Max (hPa)Change (hPa)
1 15.1 24.3 19.3 7.6 29 172 East Nth East 0 0 1009.9 1018.4 -8.5
Some high cloud, sunny with NE wind.
2 14.4 26.3 18.5 9.0 31 206 East Nth East 0 0 1005.7 1011.8 -6.2
Morning low cloud clearing to a warm sunny day. Southerly winds turning NE from mid afternoon, cloud increasing from late afternoon.
3 14.5 26.9 19.5 9.2 30 209 East Nth East 0 0 1007.3 1013.6 +6.3
Variable cloud but a mostly sunny day. Southerly winds turning NE from mid afternoon.
4 10.6 19.5 16.4 10.1 57 233 East Nth East 1.5 11.5 996.2 1008.6 -12.4
Overcast with showers. NE winds turning southerly from mid afternoon, strengthening with rain from evening.
5 8.9 15.9 12.0 15.1 57 343 South Sth West 2.0 7.5 1007.4 1022.3 +14.9
Morning showers, some heavy with gusty southerly winds. Cloud breaking from mid morning and winds easing in the evening.
6 10.4 18.8 13.7 4.5 27 102 South Sth West 0.5 0.5 1021.5 1026.7 +5.2
Overcast with drizzle in the morning. cloud breaking to a mostly sunny afternoon. Light southerly winds.
7 8.1 19.8 14.8 6.9 35 158 East Nth East 0 0 1024.3 1026.8 +2.5
Clear and sunny, NE winds
8 14.2 19.6 16.3 12.3 38 280 East Nth East 0 0 1019.6 1026.7 -7.1
Cloud breaking in the morning and clearing for a time in the afternoon. Fresh NE wind.
9 11.8 27.8 17.7 5.0 21 113 East Nth East 0 0 1016.0 1019.7 -3.7
Early mist clearing to a sunny day with southerly winds turning NE from early afternoon.
10 13.4 25.1 18.2 9.6 37 220 East Nth East 0 0 1010.6 1018.3 -7.7
Morning low cloud and mist clearing to a mostly sunny day with some cloud around midday. NE winds freshening later in the afternoon.
11 14.9 28.5 19.3 9.7 46 221 South Sth West 0 0 1006.4 1014.4 +8.0
Light winds tending southerly and strengthening from midday with increasing cloud.
12 13.3 20.3 16.2 6.7 30 153 East Nth East 0 0 1006.6 1014.4 -7.8
Overcast with NE winds.
13 12.4 18.6 14.8 5.7 37 128 South Sth West 0 0 1005.7 1014.4 +8.7
Sunny morning with a southerly wind increasing from mid mid morning. Overcast in the afternoon with some drizzle. Wind turning NE in the evening.
14 8.3 25.1 17.2 4.8 30 109 East Nth East 0 0 1008.5 1014.0 -5.5
Some high cloud but mostly sunny with north to NE winds.
15 11.6 20.9 16.4 7.7 33 176 East Nth East 0 0 1011.9 1016.0 +4.1
Morning cloud clearing, sunny with sone high cloud in the afternoon
16 11.8 28.2 19.1 4.3 25 97 East Nth East 0 0 1011.3 1015.2 -3.9
Some high cloud but mostly sunny and warm. Light southerly wind turning NE from early afternoon then southerly again in the evening.
17 10.7 19.9 15.6 6.9 24 155 South Sth West 0 0 1015.4 1025.1 +9.7
Overcast with southerly winds.
18 7.9 21.4 15.5 5.3 29 120 East Nth East 0 0 1023.5 1026.7 -3.2
Clear and sunny, NE winds.
19 13.7 22.0 17.8 9.9 38 226 East Nth East 0 0 1020.4 1025.8 -5.4
Clear and sunny, NE wind freshening in the afternoon.
20 11.5 21.2 16.8 8.6 34 197 South Sth West 0 0 1017.8 1020.9 -3.1
Some cloud morning and evening but mostly sunny with southerly winds.
21 9.5 24.0 14.9 7.7 42 176 South Sth West 0 0 1015.9 1024.8 +8.9
Mostly cloudy with sunny intervals. Northerly breezes in the morning. A southerly change around midday but remaining dry.
22 7.8 18.8 13.5 6.6 22 149 South Sth West 0 0 1023.7 1026.1 -2.4
Overcast with light southerly winds for much of the day. Cloud breaking from mid afternoon.
23 5.0 20.5 12.8 4.4 25 100 South Sth West 0 0 1025.6 1029.7 +4.1
Few clouds, sunny with light southerly winds.
24 6.6 24.4 14.6 2.2 18 51 East Nth East 0 0 1028.3 1032.4 +4.1
Some cloud in the evening otherwise clear and sunny with light variable breezes in the morning tending NE in the afternoon.
25 13.6 19.8 16.0 8.3 34 189 East Nth East 0 0 1028.0 1032.8 -4.8
Morning cloud breaking by midday to a mostly sunny afternoon with some high cloud. NE winds.
26 13.6 22.0 17.6 9.1 31 209 East Nth East 0 0 1023.7 1029.1 -5.4
Morning cloud breaking to a sunny afternoon. NE winds.
27 12.4 23.6 17.5 5.6 34 128 East Nth East 0 0 1018.5 1025.7 -7.0
Morning cloud breaking to a sunny afternoon. NE winds.
28 15.8 21.7 18.3 13.5 40 309 East Nth East 0 0 1008.3 1018.6 -10.3
Morning cloud breaking, fresh NE winds in the afternoon.


February 2013 Temperature Graph
February 2013 Wind Dir Graph
February 2013 Wind Dir % Graph
February 2013 Wind Speed Graph
February 2013 Rainfall Graph
February 2013 Barograph
February 2013 Humidity Graph