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Submitted by The Islander (Met Office) 08.01.2009 (Article Archived on 22.01.2009)

Statistics for the week ending Monday 05 Jan 2009

	Max (Celsius)	Min (Celsius)	Rainfall (mm)
AIRHEAD	29.1	22.6	0.5
TRAVELLERS	30.4	21.2	0.5
RESIDENCY	25.9	18.6	1.2
GEORGETOWN	31.1	22.2	NIL
ST. HELENA	21.8	11.6`	1.6
FALKLANDS	16.2	0.5	6.2
UK (Brize Norton)	5.4	-6.6	0.2

Ascension: Typical conditions for this time of the year; overnight cloud developing over Green Mountain giving early morning showers although rainfall amounts were rather slender; Partly cloudy skies gave some dramatic sunsets particularly on Sunday 4^th January. Weather for the coming week is expected to be very similar; overnight cloud will lead to light showers developing – more especially over the Mountain.

St Helena: Sunny spells and partly cloudy skies characterised the weather on St. Helena this last week – though the showers only amounted to 1.6mm for the week.  Slightly more in the way of sunshine though, with a total of 37.6 hours for the week.

UK: A wintry scene across the UK with fog and frost very much in charge; freezing fog was very much in evidence across the Midlands last Wednesday & Thursday persisting all day in some places. Temperatures were as low as -12°C in parts of Scotland. The week ended with snow showers across the south-east.

Falklands:  A bright and breezy week for the Falklands to see in the New Year – if not a tad on the cool side. Top temperature of the week was only 16.2°C and there was a ground frost last Monday morning. It was a week of sunny spells and scattered showers – though the total accumulation only amounted to 6.2 mm.