During the first four days of January the
British Isles were covered by a south-easterly flow between
deep low pressure on the Atlantic and a massive anticyclone
over NE Europe where pressure on the 3rd reached 1064 mbar,
the highest in the region since 1972. The month was generally
quite wet, and Lyneham received a total of 95mm precipitation
for the first month of the year, which was 139% of the
30 year average. The maximum downpour for a 24 hour period,
fell on the 11th, where 25.8mm was recorded. There was
10 days with no sunshine recorded and only 52 hours of
sunshine for the whole month. The best month of sunshine
was recorded back in 1952 where clear skies allowed 88
hours of sunshine. Generally the month was quite warm,
in comparison for a winters January, thermometers peaked
12.2°C on the 18th of the month and fell to a minimum of
-0.07°C on the 3rd. |
