Diary of Highlights

1st to 3rd
Cold at times, with rain or sleet showers feeding down from the north-west, although it did turn milder with south-westerly winds for a time on the 2nd. A very active cold front was the feature of this period, moving southwards on the 3rd. This brought some heavy bursts of rain, severe gale force winds, and quite a large and sudden temperature drop.

4th to 10th
The week started with reports of a waterspout near Aberystwyth on the 4th, and in the unstable air there were plenty of showers which continued on the 5th. The clouds then thickened on the 6th, this brought some rain to the area during the 7th and 8th, although not large amounts. The week ended on a quieter note, with dry and mostly sunny conditions, after early mist and fog.

11th to 17th
Dry with some sunshine, although with early morning frost and fog patches at times and persistent cloud on other days. Trawsgoed (Ceredigion) recorded a temperature of 18.2 °C on the 12th which was one of the highest known February temperatures recorded in Wales. The February record is 18.6 °C which occurred at Velindre (Powys), on the 23rd February 1990. A minimum of -4 °C was recorded in many areas on Sunday morning with Capel Curig (Conwy) recording -8.3°C.

18th to 25th
This week continued the dry trend, with some sunshine, but also overnight frost and fog at times. Temperatures at Capel Curig dropped to -7.4 °C on the 19th. Cloud spread from the west on the 23rd, but it remained mostly dry, with just a little patchy rain in the west. A cold front moved south-east across Wales on the 24th, bringing the first significant rainfall in nearly two weeks.

26th to 29th
The final week was a contrast to previous weeks, with unsettled weather spreading from the west and north-west, bringing rain and severe gales, with Capel Curig recording a gust of 94 m.p.h. on the 29th.