[Dave K]

Safe to say, a very cold start to the month for many. It is the coldest first 6 days of February here in my site records beating 2009 and 1991. Simple mean only 0.20 °C which is -5.30 °C against average back to 1985.

[Dave W]

Yes Hadley CET is -0.1C to the 6th and thats 4.6C below average. Looks like it will be one of those rare weeks when the CET is below freezing.

[Uskys]

Mean is -1.2°C which is -4.4°C of the long term average here

[Richie]

Maximum: 4.3c ------ Day 01
Minimum: -5.3c ------ Day 04

Lowest Maximum: 0.8c ------- Day 04
Highest Minimum: 2.1c ------ Day 01

Mean Maximum: 2.5c
Mean Minimum: -2.1c

1 Min Mean: 0.1c

Mean: 0.2c

Air Frosts: 5

[Lightning Hunter]

To 1700 on the 7th here:

Mean temp = -0.21°C (5.76°C below Feb average)

Mean max = 3.1°C
Mean min = -3.6°C

[Andy Mayhew]

A cold first week

Mean (1 minute) 0.0
Mean (min+max) 0.3

Mean Minimum -3.4
Mean Maximum 4.0

Air frosts 5

[summer '85]

Here's a list of a sub-zero first week of February that I could find

1772: -0.8
1773: -1.1
1795: -1.1
1799: -3.0
1830: -3.7
1838: -0.4
1841: -3.3
1855: -0.2
1895: -2.9
1907: -0.7
1912: -0.1
1917: -3.3
1947: -0.7
1954: -2.8
1956: -1.0
1963: -2.0
1991: -0.8
1996: -0.4

[Ian Williams]

Cold first 9 days here with 7 out of 9 air frosts -only had one in January and none in December. Mean temp after 9 days just shy of +1.9C which is around 5 degrees below average to this date

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[summer '85]

Its the 4th consecutive winter that one of the winter months has recorded a sub-zero CET after the first 10 days

January 2009, January 2010, December 2010 and February 2012

[ChrisP]

Data for 1st to 10th:

Mean = -1.8C
Min = -6.0C
Max = 3.3C

3 ice days
10 air frosts

[Dave W]

Hadley CET for 1-10th February was -0.3C that is -4.6 below average provisionally.

[HSEA2]

Averages till 9am this morning

Mean Mx: 0.6c
Mean Mn: -6.4c
Mean: -2.9c

High Max: 3.7c (6th)
Low Max: -4.9c (11th)
High Min: -0.2c (6th)
Low Min: -16.3c (11th)


Dont think i'll record a colder 12 day period than this again! Also its rare for East Anglia to be below the CET figures.

[Richie]

Maximum: 4.3c ------ Day 01
Minimum: -7.8c ------ Day 11

Lowest Maximum: 0.2c ------- Day 11
Highest Minimum: 2.1c ------ Day 01

Mean Maximum: 2.0c
Mean Minimum: -2.9c

1 Min Mean: -0.3c

Mean: -0.4c

Air Frosts: 10

[P.K.]

Mean for the month running at -1.9C so far which is 6.1C below the long term mean.

[jcbmetman]

For 1st-12th inc : Mean max 1.8C; mean min -2.1C; mean -0.2C
Highest max 3.6C on 12th Lowest max 0.5C on 4th
Highest min 0.5C on 6th Lowest min -7.6C on 11th

[Dave K]

A simple mean anomaly of -5.50 °C for the first 12 days of February - I think we can call that a cold spell...

1991 is the only February 1st - 12th period colder than that in my site records as 1986 didn't really bite until mid-month.

[HSEA2]

Even if the 'severe' cold never reached us, it got close...




http://www.deredacti...20211_cold_wave




Saturday was the 13th consecutive day with maximum temperatures during the day staying below zero degrees Celsius (32 Fahrenheit) in Ukkel (Brussels). Sunday should add another day, but after that it's the end of the blistering cold.

The previous cold wave, in January 1997, continued for 12 days. This was also the case for January 1987.





coldest start to February since 1917
Taking into account the first 10 days of this month, Belgium is having the coldest start to February since 1917. Average maximum temperatures during the past ten days reached -2.6 degrees Celsius, compared to -2.7 in 1917.

[Ian Williams]

Still 4C below my rolling 16 year average but it has increased by 1C since the 9th. Have included todays figures as i think the maximum of 9.5C today has been achieved and the temp is now falling, currently 8.8C

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This post has been edited by Ian Williams: 14 February 2012 - 15:48

[Andy Mayhew]

After 14 days:

Mean (1 minute) 0.8c
Mean (min+max) 1.0c

Mean Minimum -2.6c
Mean Maximum 4.5c

Minimum -7.5c (4th)
Maximum 10.4c (14th)

Air frosts 10

[Dave W]

Mid Feb CET mean was +0.7C or -3.3C .. & it should get back to about -1.5C below average by the end of the month looking at forecast temps so pretty much as I predicted.