February Summary;

  • February was warmer than my 14 year average temperature with 16.6C, my average is 16.1C. The warmest February is 2005 with 17.9C. Twenty three days reached or exceeded 20C, my average is 17, 6 days reached or exceeded 25C, equalling my average. Two days reached or exceeded 30C, my average is 1.
  • Wind run was below my average of 4982 with 4278km.
  • The barometer recorded below average pressure for the month with 1012.4hPa, average is 1014.7.
  • It was wetter than average with 185% of expected rainfall (40.6mm) with 75mm. About half of this fell in about 90 minutes on the 12th when I recorded 37mm with a peak intensity of 54mm/hour (9mm on 10 minutes).
February 2014 Summary
Temperature
Mean 16.6 C
Mean Maximum 22.6 C
Mean Minimum 12.2 C
Maximum High 34.7 C (18th)
Maximum Low 15.9 C (20th)
Minimum High 16.0 C (5th)
Minimum Low 5.5 C (24th)
Wind Speed and Direction
Maximum Gust 47 km/h (22nd)
Mean 6.7 km/h
Wind Run 4278 km
Max Daily Windrun 302 km (26th)
Prevailing Direction East Nth East
Barometer
Maximum 1025.0 hPa (6th)
Minimum 992.9 hPa (23rd)
Mean 1012.4 hPa
Max Daily Change +20.0 hPa (23rd)
Rainfall
Days with Measured Rainfall
(Greater than 0.2mm)
7
Max Daily Rainfall 37.0 mm (12th)
Monthly Rainfall 75.0 mm
Humidity
Maximum 99 % (9th)
Minimum 22 % (22nd)

 

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 11.8 20.7 16.3 4.6 22 102 East Nth East 0 0 1012.2 1017.2 +5.0
Overcast in the morning but cloud breaking later in the afternoon, light NE winds.
2 11.4  21.8  16.1  4.1  29  93  East Nth East  1017.0  1022.7  +5.7 
Cloud breaking in the afternoon, light NE winds.
3 12.6  22.0  17.0  7.8  33  179  East Nth East  1019.8  1022.9  -3.1 
Clear and sunny, NE winds.
4 14.5  27.3  18.7  10.0  35  226  East Nth East  1007.8  1019.7  -11.9 
Clear and sunny for much of the day. Cloud increasing from mid afternoon. A southerly change arriving about 5pm along with low cloud in the evening but remaining dry.
5 11.8  16.0  14.2  10.8  37  235  South Sth West  1008.2  1022.8  +14.6 
Overcast with a few light showers from midday, cool with southerly winds.
6 7.8  20.7  14.4  4.9  30  111  East Nth East  1022.7  1025.0  +2.3 
Few clouds in the morning but sunny. Light variable breezes in the morning and NE winds in the afternoon.
7 11.8  19.1  15.1  9.8 38  224 East Nth East  0 0 1018.2  1024.5  -6.3 
 
8 12.0  21.5 16.1  7.4  29  167  South Sth West  0.5  0.5  1015.9  1019.0  +3.1 
Cloud breaking mid morning with sunny intervals. Becoming overcast by late afternoon with drizzle in the evening. Southerly winds.
9 12.1  19.1  14.7  11.4  33  260  South Sth West  0.5  1.5  1019.2  1022.9  +3.7 
Drizzle clearing by mid morning and cloud breaking in the afternoon. Southerly winds.
10 12.4  21.8  15.2  5.3  26  120  South Sth West  1010.5  1022.3  -11.8 
Overcast in the morning with a few spots of drizzle. Cloud breaking to a sunny afternoon with southerly winds easing and turning NE from mid afternoon.
11 12.1 20.7 15.5 4.5 27 103 East Nth East 0 0 1001.7 1010.6 -8.9
Overcast for much of the morning but cloud breaking and clearing from early afternoon. NE winds.
12 11.9 22.8  15.7 3.3 26 103 South Sth West 9.0 37.0 999.7 1003.0 +3.3
Partly cloudy in the morning with southerly winds. Cloud increasing in the afternoon and winds dying away. A few spots of rain from late afternoon turning to heavy rain for over an hour a little before 6pm. More rain fell in an hour than had fallen to date this year. Street turned into a river but quickly drained away after the rain stopped.
13 9.5  20.8  15.3  2.3  21  53  East Nth East  0.5  1.5  995.9  1002.9  -7.0 
Showers clearing before dawn to a sunny morning. Cloud increasing later in the morning to be overcast in the afternoon with a few spots of rain and light showers in the evening. Light winds tending NE.
14 13.3  24.2  16.9  4.0  23  92  East Nth East  0.5  1.5  998.3  1007.5  +9.2 
Showers clearing before dawn and cloud breaking from mid morning. Light southerly winds turning NE in the afternoon.
15 13.1  20.9  16.6  5.5  29  125  East Nth East  1007.2  1016.6  +9.4 
Some high cloud with sunny intervals, NE winds.
16 11.9  25.0  17.2  5.9  33  134  East Nth East  1016.6  1019.6  +3.0 
Morning cloud clearing from mid morning to a sunny day. Cloud returning from late afternoon. Light breezes in the morning, NE winds from early afternoon.
17 15.9  27.4  20.8  7.3  28  165  East Nth East  1009.3  1016.8  -7.5 
Overcast with high cloud, NE winds in the morning turning warm north to NW from early afternoon.
18 15.6  34.7  23.8  6.6  32  148  East Nth East  1006.7  1018.6  +11.9 
Clear and sunny. Very warm with variable winds.
19 14.5  22.3  17.5  5.0  25  114  East Nth East  1017.8  1019.8  +2.0 
Mostly cloudy in the morning, breaking in the afternoon with NE winds.
20 15.9 23.9  18.0  4.8  24  108  East Nth East  1015.5  1019.0  -3.5 
Low cloud with a few spots of drizzle in the morning breaking and clearing by midday. A mostly sunny afternoon with NE winds.
21 15.6  21.7  17.8  4.4  28  101  East Nth East  996.1  1015.8  -19.7 
Mist and drizzle in the morning with low cloud hanging around until mid afternoon and finally clearing, high cloud remaining for the day. Maximum temperature recorded at 10:50pm with a change to northerly breezes.
22 15.6  32.8  23.5  7.0  47  156  East Nth East  993.0  997.4  -4.4 
Clear morning with very warm northerly breezes turning southerly from midday but remaining very warm, few clouds in the afternoon with a cooler NE change from mid afternoon.
23 6.6  20.5  13.6  6.0  39  134  South Sth West  3.0  15.5  992.9  1020.9   +20.0
Morning showers with a cool southerly change. Showers and cloud clearing later in the morning and winds turning NE. Thunderstorm with continuous thunder later in the afternoon. A short period of heavy rain and some hail but nothing exceptional from the storm. Story in the Press
24 5.5  26.9  14.6  7.7  40  172  East Nth East  1003.3  1013.6  -10.3 
Clear and sunny with NE winds easing in the afternoon and turning warm nor'west followed by a southerly change in the evening. Maximum temperature recorded at 6pm.
25 9.9  17.3  13.4  6.5  35  148  East Nth East  1013.0  1022.9  +9.9 
Overcast with low cloud lifting from midday. Southerly breezes turning NE from mid morning.
26 13.3  20.0  16.2  13.2  46  302  East Nth East  1019.0  1022.9  -3.9 
Low cloud with a few spots of rain in the morning. Cloud breaking later in the morning to a sunny afternoon with fresh NE winds.
27 15.5  22.2  18.0  9.6  31  220  East Nth East  1005.7  1019.5  -13.8 
Morning cloud clearing to a mostly sunny day, high cloud increasing from late afternoon. NE winds.
28 7.4 18.3  12.5  9.1  45  199  South Sth West  2.5  17.5  1002.4  1015.0  +12.6 
Cloud increasing in the morning with rain by early afternoon with some heavy falls. Fresh cold southerly winds.


February 2014  Temperature Graph
February 2014  Wind Dir Graph
February 2014  Wind Dir % Graph
February 2014  Wind Speed Graph
February 2014  Rainfall Graph
February 2014  Barograph
February 2014  Humidity Graph