Ascension : The Met Office Weather Report
Submitted by The Islander (Met Office) 05.01.2012 (Article Archived on 19.01.2012)

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Statistics for the week ending Monday 9-Jan-12

Past Week’s Weather

UK

Another ‘mobile’ week for much of the UK with Atlantic weather fronts crossing the country on most days. Not only was it mild by day (Brize had a maximum temperature of 12°C on the 31^st) it was also mild overnight too. On two occasions the night minimum was over 10°C and close by at 9.7°C on a third.

Falklands

Another relatively warm week for the Falklands; on Friday a brisk westerly wind from the South American mainland helped to push up the temperature to 23.6°. Minimum temperatures were also on the high side; not even a ground frost was recorded last week.

Ascension

Although Georgetown once again managed to sneak passed the 30°C barrier the Airhead did not – the highest recorded at the Air Base was 28.6° on the 29^th.  Rainfall pattern was reasonable straightforward although the 0.5 mm recorded at the Airhead came in one short, sharp shower on Monday morning

St. Helena

As you would expect for a marine location there was not much difference in temperatures last week; the range of maximum temperature was around 1.7 whilst that of night time minima was only around 1.4°C. Showers were noted on most days last week, but these were generally light – the total for the week only added up to 3.2 mm.