BABLAKE WEATHER STATION, Coventry

seasonal Averages and Totals for Winter 2022-23

*Anomaly figures compare values to 30 year averages*

Anomaly

Date

Temperatures

(ยบ C)

Seasonal mean

5.2

+0.4

Warmest day

16.1

17/2

Coldest day

-0.7

13/12

Average maximum

8.5

+0.9

Warmest night

9.8

18/2

Coldest night

-6.7

15/12

Average minimum

1.9

-0.1

Lowest Grass Minimum

-10.0

15/12

Rainfall

(mm)

Total

129.4

74%

Rain days > 0.2mm

51

Wettest day

13.2

19/12

Wet days>1.0mm

24

Very wet days >5mm

8

Longest dry spell

7 days

Sunshine

(hr)

Total

266.1

127%

Sunniest day

8.5

20/2

Days without sunshine

14

Longest period without sun

3 days

Days with:

Air frosts

28

Snowfall

4

Ground frosts

48

Snow lying

2

Fog

2

Gales

0

Thunder

0

Hail

2

Brief comments on Winter 2022-23 in Coventry

This was the coldest winter since 2020/21

It was the driest winter since 2016/17

It was the sunniest winter since 2007/08, the sunniest winter on records dating back to 1894/95.

Winter 2007/08 was the only winter with more sunshine than winter 2022/23.