Max (Celsius)

Min (Celsius)

Rainfall (mm)

AIRHEAD     

30.4

24.2

0.3

TRAVELLERS

31.1

21.3

0.1

RESIDENCY           

27.0

19.0

4.3

GEORGETOWN

31.0

22.0

0.0

St. helena           

23.4

16.8

7.2

FALKLANDS

25.6

6.3

4.6

UK (Brize Norton)

14.1

3.9

24.0

ASCENSION:

It was a mainly, dry, hot and sunny week here on the island with very little rainfall at either the Airhead or on Traveller’s Hill. Maximum temperatures through the period were between 29 and 30 degrees Celsius with overnight lows averaging out at around 24 degrees.

ST. HELENA:

It was slightly wetter on St. Helena with a total of just over 7mm of rain, all due to showery activity through the week. Otherwise, max and min temperatures were in or around average for this time of the year.

UK:

Monday saw a warm front moving up from the south-west and by midday the associated band of rain was over northern England and much of Scotland. Drier weather followed behind but most places remained dull and cloudy. Overnight saw a further band of rain moving eastwards across Ireland and into Wales, north-west England and western Scotland. Flood chaos hit Wales and south Cumbria on Tuesday as torrential rain caused havoc. By 1800 GMT, a 24 hour total of 166mm of rain had fallen on Capel Curig in north-west Wales. Despite the rain, temperatures were exceptionally mild for February with a max of 17 C recorded at Lossiemouth in the Moray Firth. Overnight Wednesday was much calmer with just a few showers in the north and western parts of the UK and with the brisk south-westerly winds, everywhere had a mild night. But the rain was never far away as the next weather system ploughed in from the south-west and once again Wales bore the brunt. Over Scotland, the rain was more showery in nature. On Thursday there was a 3-way split to the weather. The southern counties saw the wettest of the weather as yesterday’s rain that affected Wales, finally sank south. Central areas remained mainly dry but across Scotland the showers were relentless. On Friday the rain continued to affect the southern counties but by now was much patchier in nature. The mild weather of recent days continued and several temperature records were broken. Showers continued to affect the western side of the UK. The weekend was the winds turn from a mild south-westerly to a strong and chilly north-westerly as gale force winds and frequent snow showers affected some areas. At Weybourne on the north Norfolk coast, winds were consistently gusting up to and above 50 KT (57 mph) ! and Aviemore in the west Highlands of Scotland managed a max temperature of 0⁰C for the day !!

FALKLANDS:

Each day from Monday through to Friday was very similar weather-wise down across the islands. A trailing frontal system lay close to or across the region giving rise to outbreaks of rain on and off through the week. Rainfall amounts however, never really amount to much.The wind was also a notable feature with strong westerly winds an almost permanent feature. On Saturday however, the wind began to ease and began to swing round to the north. This being a much milder direction saw the daily maximums creep up from the high teens at the start of the week to the mid-twenties by the end. However, on Sunday, despite the dry conditions, the wind started to increase again to near gale force.