Weather Statistics - January 2000

January 2000, was dry and sunny and generally mild. Mostly rather cold and frosty for the two weeks after the middle of the month. the closing days were very mild with severe gales in the North of England and Scotland.

Rainfall	53mm	60% of the average
Temperature	4.7C	0.9C above average
Sunshine	2.23 hrs per day (mean total 69 hrs)	139% of average

This has been the sunniest January since 1991.

Please note, the average figures are taken from the period 1961-1990