January 2018 LLanwnnen, Ceredigion, Wales
Wed 3rd storm Elinor wind damage locally max gusts Capel Curig 76mph, Pembrey 75mph, Coleshill 61mph (CL 54mph, Llanwnnen 46mph). Thunder and hail squall affected central MIdlands in early hours, Coventry residents awoken by hail bashing the windows and loud thunder
Mild unsettled start to the year colder by first weekend:
Sun 7th rare sunny day, 6 or 7 hrs widely, cold though (Aberporth 7.1 hrs, Llanwnnen 7 hrs est, Coventry 6.7 hrs)
Thu 18th the storm with no name or was it Ffion, David, Friederike or Georgina? Some damaging winds (Capel Curig 93mph, Little Rissington 67mph and selected Aberporth 74mph, Coleshill 62mph, Coventry 58mph, CL 56mph, Trawsgoed 53mph, Llanwnnen 48mph)
Sat 20th recent rather cold spell; wide temp variation today with mild incursion into SW Wales, cold with some sleet and snow N Wales and Midlands (max Coventry, Bablake 1.8c, Coleshill 2.1c, Capel Curig 2.5c, Mumbles 11.2c)
Sun 21st swansong of the colder snap with temporary wet snow for much of the Midlands (local accumulations of several cms) before the milder air arrived; a wet mild day for WW with flooding in many areas (Gogerddan 46.4mm wettest in UK, Llanwnnen 36.7mm 24 hours to midnight, Hereford 18.6mm)
Tue 23rd very mild especially Midlands (Hereford & Wellesbourne 13.6c, Trawsgoed 11.8c, CL & Nottingham 12.8c, Mumbles 9.8c)
Wed 24th very mild during night into morning, 13c exceeded around dawn much of Midlands (day max Shobdon 13.5c, Trawsgoed 11.8c, Capel Curig 8.4c)
Thu 25th heavy showers with hail and thunder WW in particular, inc here at Llanwnnen (TL and hail 1130-1200 and possibly 1245 -1300..
Sun 28th very mild, exceptionally mild parts of Midlands (Pershore 14.8c, Trawsgoed 12.2c, Mumbles 9.3c)
Monthly summary
Rather mild and rather wet/ wet; sunshine average or rather above
Rainfall totals
Valley 85.6mm (113%)
Capel Curig 318.4mm = wettest place in UK
Aberdaron 92.6mm
Trawsgoed 155.7mm
Llangeitho PWS 176.5mm
Aberporth 117.2mm
Abermeurig, Talsarn PWS 133.6mm
Llanwnnen 178.7mm (124%)
Pembrey 132.6mm (123%)
Llanelli PWS 119.6mm
Mumbles 143.4mm (150%)
MH 134.4mm
Nottingham 73.4mm
Alvechurch PWS 86.2mm (127%)
Harborne PWS 77.2mm
Coleshill 68.1mm
Coventry, Bablake School 66.4mm (111%)
Long Lawford 60.6mm (112%)
Church Lawford 62.4mm (111%)
Dunchurch PWS 56.9mm
Crick PWS 54.4mm
Radford Semele PWS 80.5mm
Pershore 65.8mm
Hereford 75.4mm
Shawbury 65.8mm (117%)
Sunshine:
Valley 59.5 hrs
Aberdaron 70.6 hrs
Aberporth 52.5 hrs
Llanwnnen 52 hours (118%)
Nottingham 49.7 hrs
Coventry, Bablake School 67.3 hrs (106%)
Shawbury 55.6 hrs (110%)
Shobdon 57.8 hrs
Nature notes:
Fri 5th Great Tit "teacher" call quite determinedly.
First week, quite a bit of fresh hedgerow foliage inc Primrose, Celandine, Foxglove (lasted from Autumn?).
Daff spikes emerged usual spot end of Bro Grannell, Llanwnnen; Bluebell spikes in garden
Mid month few Snowdrop in flower; first Daffs as usual just before Carmarthen; tits active (notice this and tends to mean no more real cold and Spring on the way); quite a bit of resh groth inc ferns and budding; first sole Celandine flower
Late month plentiful Snowdrop bloom; Blackbird snatches and some proper Song Thrush song; plentiful Hazel catkins, some since beginning of month. MIstle Thrush heard occasionally much of the month.
