Statistics for the week ending Monday 29^th January 2007

Max (Celsius)

Min (Celsius)

Rainfall (mm)

AIRHEAD

30.3

23.4

0.2

TRAVELLERS

N/a

N/a

N/a

RESIDENCY

26.2

18.4

5.5

GEORGETOWN

31.1

21.9

0.0

ST. HELENA

23.5

16.6

7.8

FALKLANDS

18.4

4.2

6.1

UK (Brize Norton)

10.0

-1.9

1.0

ASCENSION:

Despite a couple of cloudy days over the Island there was very little measurable rainfall, apart from the very top of Green Mountain. Wednesday and Sunday saw plenty of blue skies and the temperature pushing over 30 C.

ST. HELENA:

After a fine start to the week it remained fairly cloudy till the weekend when prolonged sunny spells pushed the temperature upto 23.5 C. Only 22 hours of sunshine was recorded during the week.

UK:

Although high pressure was mostly in charge over the UK with this week, cloud and rain, occasionally snow affected the north as well as eastern coastal areas. These made a couple of intrusions further inland giving several centimetres of lying snow on Wednesday morning across Southern UK.

FALKLANDS:

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A reasonable week down south with a pleasant and sunny start to the week, but a cloudy and rainy day on Friday was followed by a cool Saturday.