Key:
WW = West Wales
Lwn = Llanwnnen
AG = Aldermans Green, Coventry
LL = Long Lawford
CL = Church Lawford
CC = Capel Curig
MH = Milford Haven
Mids = Midlands
CITE = Coton-in-the-Elms, Derbyshire
COL = Climatological Observers Link
PWS = Personal weather station
Quite cold early month with unusually high pressure:
Wed 2nd highest pressure for some years nationwide, here at Llanwnnen the weather station reported 1045mbar, its highest pressure since commencing in Summer 2012. Bablake, Coventry 1045mbar also which was the highest since 1992..also a cold day, thankfully quite sunny WW at least! Maxima Libanus, Powys 2.1c, Llanwnnen 3.6c, Shawbury 3.2c, Coventry 4.8c, Nottingham 5.1c, Mona 7.2c
Thu 3rd cold again maxima Libanus +0.7c, Tirabad 1.7c, various Midlands 3.1c, Lwn 3.2c, Aberporth 3.4c Valley 6.6c...
Fri 4th clear allowed hard frost especially Wales (Llanwnnen -7.2c, Tirabad -7c, Pershore -6c, Nottingham -0.1c, Valley 4.7c). Some places barely above freezing with the calm high pressure inversion..maxima Llysdinam & Tirabad 0.7c, Astwood Bank 0.8c, Lwn 1.0c, Pershore 1.7c, Hereford 4.5c, Valley 6.3c
Mostly mild second week, a very dry start to January, mid month totals (to 15th):
Aberdaron 1.4mm
Trawsgoed 9.2mm
Llanwnnen 12.5mm
CL 2.0mm
Bablake 0.8mm
Pershore 0.4mm
Change to colder weather mid month:
Thu 17th wintry showers in places, sprinkling coverings in Coventry, some other parts of Midlands, Snowdonia and Brecon Beacons. Plenty of sunshine especially Midlands, WW clouded over (Wellesbourne 7.1 hrs, Lwn est 5 hrs)
Fri 18th wintry showers in places again especially Welsh hills and N Midlands where it settled in places (max generally 3 to 7c)
Tue 22nd wintry showers quite widespread. coverings in places, Llanwnnen had 4cm slushy covering in the morning that quickly melted..
Wed 23rd Midlands sunny, Bablake 7.3 hrs was sunniest January day since 2011 (7.8 hrs); Wellesbourne 7.2 hrs. Wintry showers in places giving some slight accumulations
Fri 25th mild/ very mild interlude, maxima Pershore 13.1c, Mumbles 12.7c, Lwn 10.2c, Nottingham 10.3c, Aberporth 9.8c
Fri 18th wintry showers in places again especially Welsh hills and N Midlands where it settled in places (max generally 3 to 7c)
Tue 22nd wintry showers quite widespread. coverings in places, Llanwnnen had 4cm slushy covering in the morning that quickly melted..
Wed 23rd Midlands sunny, Bablake 7.3 hrs was sunniest January day since 2011 (7.8 hrs); Wellesbourne 7.2 hrs. Wintry showers in places giving some slight accumulations
Fri 25th mild/ very mild interlude, maxima Pershore 13.1c, Mumbles 12.7c, Lwn 10.2c, Nottingham 10.3c, Aberporth 9.8c
Sun 27th back to cold weather to end the month; gales up to 70mph for some Welsh coasts today (Lwn c 50 mph), wintry showers in places..
Tue 29th rain turned to sleet or snow in many places pm giving generally slight accumulations, with more appreciable depths to some hilly areas of Wales; slushy sprinkles to Llanwnnen, Coventry and Rugby for example..
Thu 31st hard frost widely, Coventry min -6.3c since 2010 (-7.0c) here at Lwn min -6.9c only the lowest reading since last October! Other minima Tirabad -9.3c, Pershore -8.2c, CITC -8.0c. Sleet and snow affected parts of the regions, in the main amounts negligible. Freezing fog persisted parts of N Midlands where temperatures stayed below zero (maxima Tirabad & Watnall -0.3c, Lwn 1.3c, Wellesbourne 2.2c, Milford Haven 4.2c)
Nature notes:
Quite a bit of Gorse in flower still much of the month.
Quite a few Daff spikes by mid month, some 'mini' versions in bloom (early variety?).
First Snowdrops out well Fish & Anchor mid month (always the first here on a steep SW facing bank).
Great Tits increasingly heard to 'Teacher' as the month progresses.
Fair few Daisy in flower on lawns and fields throughtout the month, the odd Dandelion.
Hazel catkins out.
Fri 25th Blackbird singing after dusk Morrision, Carmarthen
Many Snowdrop in bloom month end
January 2019 summary
Dry with temperatures close to average; rather dull
Rainfall totals
Valley 38.0mm (50%)
CC 149.2mm (51%)
Aberdaron 41.4mm (50%)
Trawsgoed 84.8mm (70%)
Aberporth 54.2mm (65%)
Llanwnnen 95.4mm (67%)
MH c 75mm
Mumbles c 110mm
Nottingham 29.0mm
Shawbury 34.2mm (61%)
Coleshill c 26mm
Coventry, Bablake 30.8mm (52%)
CL 30.8mm (55%)
Pershore 20.0mm (38%)
Hereford c 23mm
Shobdon 28.8mm (37%)
PWS
Llangeitho 86.4mm
Talsarn, Abermeurig Bont 69.1mm
Llanelli 72.1mm
Longford 30mm
Bulkington 17.8mm
Dunchurch 26.9mm
Crick 23.1mm
Daventry c 28mm
Radford Semele 30.7mm
Shirley 25.9mm
Edgbaston 27.2mm
Harborne 35.3mm
Alvechurch 37.3mm
Malvern 26.7mm
Sunshine totals
Valley 34.8 hrs (60%)
Aberdaron 39.3 hrs
Aberporth 31.9 hrs (52%)
Lwn 32 hrs (74%)
Nottingham 58.2 hrs
Shawbury 36.3 hrs
Coventry, Bablake 54.6 hrs (87%)
Great Tits increasingly heard to 'Teacher' as the month progresses.
Fair few Daisy in flower on lawns and fields throughtout the month, the odd Dandelion.
Hazel catkins out.
Fri 25th Blackbird singing after dusk Morrision, Carmarthen
Many Snowdrop in bloom month end
January 2019 summary
Dry with temperatures close to average; rather dull
Rainfall totals
Valley 38.0mm (50%)
CC 149.2mm (51%)
Aberdaron 41.4mm (50%)
Trawsgoed 84.8mm (70%)
Aberporth 54.2mm (65%)
Llanwnnen 95.4mm (67%)
MH c 75mm
Mumbles c 110mm
Nottingham 29.0mm
Shawbury 34.2mm (61%)
Coleshill c 26mm
Coventry, Bablake 30.8mm (52%)
CL 30.8mm (55%)
Pershore 20.0mm (38%)
Hereford c 23mm
Shobdon 28.8mm (37%)
PWS
Llangeitho 86.4mm
Talsarn, Abermeurig Bont 69.1mm
Llanelli 72.1mm
Longford 30mm
Bulkington 17.8mm
Dunchurch 26.9mm
Crick 23.1mm
Daventry c 28mm
Radford Semele 30.7mm
Shirley 25.9mm
Edgbaston 27.2mm
Harborne 35.3mm
Alvechurch 37.3mm
Malvern 26.7mm
Sunshine totals
Valley 34.8 hrs (60%)
Aberdaron 39.3 hrs
Aberporth 31.9 hrs (52%)
Lwn 32 hrs (74%)
Nottingham 58.2 hrs
Shawbury 36.3 hrs
Coventry, Bablake 54.6 hrs (87%)
