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Max (Celsius) | Min (Celsius) | Rainfall (mm) |
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AIRHEAD | 29.7 | 22.5 | 4.9 |
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TRAVELLERS | 29.0 | 21.5 | 31.9 |
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RESIDENCY | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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30.8 | 22.7 | 20.5 |
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21.0 | 15.5 | 16.6 |
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6.9 | -0.3 | 19.9 |
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24.7 | 5.0 | 30.6 |
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ASCENSION: | A fine week for the airhead with broken cloud and sunny spells but only a few kilometres away at Travellers it was different story. Here heavy showers on most nights helped produce over an inch or rainfall. | ||||
A showery week with occasional broken cloud. Showers were recorded on every day apart from Tuesday. | |||||
A fine warm start to the week with temperatures reaching 25 in many places. The weekend then turned cloudy and wet. | |||||
A cold unsettled week with periods of sleety rain and strong winds. | |||||
As detailed last week by
1. A photocopier left on standby overnight wastes enough energy to make 30 cups of tea.
2. A computer screen left on overnight for a year creates enough CO2 to fill a double-decker bus.
3. A fridge door left open for 30 minutes a day wastes enough energy in a year to power a lighthouse for nearly 4 days.
4. Washing clothes at 30 °C instead of 60 °C can use around 40% less electricity.
5. 85% of electricity used by a VCR is consumed while not actually in use.Climate facts and predictions
1. The 17 warmest years have all occurred in the last 20 years.
2. Global average temperature has risen by more than 0.7 °C over the last 100 years.
If we do nothing the global average temperature will increase by 2 to 3 °C this century
Issued by Wyn D. Poynt at 1700Z, Met Office Ascension, Contact Met Office Tel 00247 3317
Email: ascensionstaff@metoffice.gov.uk
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