Statistics for the week ending Monday 26 February 2007

Max (Celsius)

Min (Celsius)

Rainfall (mm)

AIRHEAD

30.8

23.2

7.6

TRAVELLERS

30.9

22.4

9.2

RESIDENCY

27.3

19.2

18.5

GEORGETOWN

32.1

23.4

9.8

ST. HELENA

24.2

17.7

10.0

FALKLANDS

17.9

2.3

14.8

UK (Brize Norton)

11.6

5.5

26.0

ASCENSION:

Noticeably cloudier on several afternoons and typically with the odd overnight shower. However one or two sharp showers over the weekend brought most of the week’s rainfall, with the 7.6 mm at the airhead falling in the earlier hours of Sunday morning. The residency experienced the typical lower max, lower min and much higher rainfall.

ST. HELENA:

After a very cloudy January, with only a total of 79 hours of sunshine, February has seen just as much in the last two weeks alone. Otherwise a much more showery week compared to previous, but with similar temperatures.

UK:

A wet week in the UK, although the cloudy skies kept the minimum temperature above 5 Celsius, which is in sharp comparison to this months earlier min of –6.0 Celsius in the first week of February.

FALKLANDS:

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Breezy south-westerly and westerly winds persisted through much of the week, bring frequent bands of rain and showers through the week. The strong winds on Saturday delayed the airbridge movement by 24 hours.