Winter 2015-16 ends. Post your stats here.

[RayProudfoot]

Winter 2015-16 is finished in the Northern Hemisphere and here are some stats from what has been the warmest winter for many years in the majority of the UK.

Warmest day 15.2°C on 19 December
Coldest night -3.7°C on 24 February
Wettest day 0.73" (18.5mm) on 26 December
Overall rainfall was 11.92" (303mm) - 3.85" (97.8mm) - 48% above the 30 year average.
A new station record of 19 days with rain ended on 17 January.
Average temperature was 7.1°C. A massive 2.5°C above the 30 year average.

In short, warm and wet.

[rich27gc]

Winter 2015-16 at Shap

Warmest day 13.5°C on 19 December
Coldest night -4.1°C on 16 January
Wettest day 108mm (4.25") on 5 December (New station record)
Overall rainfall was 1114.2mm (43.8")

New Station records during the winter : -
Longest wet period 51 days ending 15 January
Highest monthly rainfall - December

Average temperature was 5.2°C

So Ray I would agree with you warm and wet!

[grwkak]

For NE Ohio in the US (don't know my 30 year averages)

Warmest day 65.9 F/18.8 C on 20 February
Coldest night -3.1 F/19.5 C on 5 January
Wettest day 1.29 inches/32,8 mm on 24 February
Overall rainfall was 6.92 inches/175.8 mm.
Average temperature was 32.2 F/0.1 C

[RayProudfoot]

Winter 2015-16 at Shap
Overall rainfall was 1114.2mm (43.8")

Richard, did you really have 43.8" of rain in 3 winter months?

[rich27gc]

Yes Ray it would seem so, in December alone the weather station measured 648mm (25.5").
It was very wet in this part of the country, we still have bridge closures and roads impassable because by the amount of rain that fell.

[RayProudfoot]

Hi Richard,

I'm well aware of the horrendous weather you chaps had up there in Cumbria but needed to check the total. Absolutely staggered that you got more in December than the SE of England gets in a year!

Not a record that is likely to be broken for some time I imagine.

[rich27gc]

Hi Ray

This may be down to the inaccuracies of the fine offset weather station but as it's the only data I have I will have to go with it

[steve]

Winter 2015-6 on Sanday

Max temp 11.6C Dec 17th
Min temp -2.2C Jan 16th
Avg temp 4.4C
Wettest day 18.4mm Jan 10th
Total rain 378.6mm
Longest wet period 44 days
Total days with rain 86/91
Highest wind gust 94mph Jan 29th

[RayProudfoot]

Hi Ray

This may be down to the inaccuracies of the fine offset weather station but as it's the only data I have I will have to go with it

I can't imagine it's wildly out Richard. In any case most of us don't site our rain gauges optimally. Mine is at 5ft when it should be at 1ft. Even that will make a difference.

Steve, how small your temp deviation is. And not particularly wet either. Big difference is the wind which I failed to mention. 46mph on 30 December. I'm almost embarrassed to mention it!

[jdc]

Here is my summary:
Max temp 15.0C 19th December
Min temp -3.1C 24th February
Avg temp 4.9C
Wettest day 29.3mm 10th January
Total rain 293.6 mm
Days >0.2mm 72
Longest wet period 16 days (end 02/02)
Sunniest Day 9.4 hrs 23rd February
Total Sun 226.6 hrs
Highest wind gust 67 kts 29th January
Av. wind Speed 13.7 kts
Prevailing winds SW'ly.

As said mild and wet but did not feel it, probably due to winds.

[PaulMy]

Ours is considered very mild. We did have some cold days but the talk is about our record highs. Quite a number of snow days but not of vey high volumes. Driving conditions were only severely interrupted a few times.

Temp Max.: Dec 15.8° (a record) Jan 11.1° (record of 14.0° in 2013) Feb 15.3° (a record)
Temp Min: Dec -6.9° Jan -20.2° Feb -24.2° (record -29.8° Feb 2015)
Temp Mean: Dec 4.4° Jan -3.5° Feb -1.5° Season -0.2° (2008-2016 average -3.5°

We can't compare rain days due to long freezing periods, but
Snow fall: 34 of 91 days, 106.3 cm new snow (many days just traces and no accumulation)
Consecutive days of snow fall: 10 days, Feb 9 - 18
Snow on Ground: 53 of 91 days, sum of all snow on the ground 360.1 cm (often melted during the warm days)
Consecutive days snow on ground: 21 days, Jan 11 - 31 (in 2015 89 days consecutive days snow on the ground - Jan 3 to Apr 2)

But then today we are expecting a severe snow storm to arrive. Hopefully - March in like a Lion, Out like a Lamb...

Paul

[Hunter362]

El Niño gave us a very mild winter here in Central New York, one cold spell mid Feb, otherwise mild.

Temp Max: 66.6 F (12-24-2015)
Temp Min: -20.5 F (2-14-2016) Record
Mean: 32.3 F
Rain: 9.14 in
Max rain day: 1.75 in (2-16-2016)
Snow: 55.75 in 27 days of snow falling. Average season is:127 in

We can still get some good snowfall during March, so we don't usually call it over till the end of March,

[pernaczy]

Winter at Niesiolowice (northern Poland)
Temp.max 11,8 C on 23 Dec 2015
Temp.min -10,0 C on 3 Jan 2016
T avg 1,1 C
Wettest day 15,3mm on 26 Dec 2015
Total rain 122,7mm
Highest gust 83,2 km/h on22 Dec 2015
Snow NO SNOW-almost (understandable, it's Winter )