FEBRUARY		2005
Weather Report, Climatic conditions Recorded from Raymond Terrace
Using a WM-918 Electronic Weather Station, and Nylex Rain Gauge 1000.
© 2005	by:  Grant Burgess		Circulation:	22 +	Frequency:  Monthly		Issue #:	110
My Daily Min/Max Air Temperatures & Rainfall Readings can be found Weekly
in the Port Stephens Examiner.          Circulation: 26 765
The Average Max Temp was			30.28	°C	The Avg Max Wind Gust was			28.23	km/h
(which is 0.45 °C Above average)					(which is 0.46 km/h Above average)
The Highest Max Temp was			39.7	°C	The Prevailing Wind Direction was			S
(recorded on the 8th at 1545)					(the average wind direction is S)
The Lowest Max Temp was			21.6	°C	The Max Wind Gust was			45.7	km/h
(recorded on the 10th at 1715)					(recorded from the SE on the 10th at 1433p)
The Average Min Temp was			18.06	°C	The Avg Daily Wind Run was			130.95	km
(which is 0.01 °C Above average)					The Max Daily Wind Run was			258.7	km
The Highest Min Temp was			21.6	°C	(recorded on the 19th)
(recorded on the 26th at 0718)					The Min Daily Wind Run was			52.1	km
The Lowest Min Temp was			11.8	°C	(recorded on the 22nd)
(recorded on the 4th at 0620)
					The Avg Min Wind Chill was			16.57	°C
The Avg Max Relative Humidity was			95.21	%	(which is 0.60 °C Below average)
(which is 0.47 % Above average)					The Min Wind Chill was			8	°C
The Avg Min Relative Humidity was			43.93	%	(A Record For Feb)
(which is 2.31 % Below average)					(recorded on the 3rd at 0808)
The Avg Max Dew-Point was			20.50	°C	The Total Monthly Rainfall was			140.6	mm
(which is 0.35 °C Below average)					(which is 0.66 mm Above average)
The High Max Dew-Point was			25.5	°C	The Median Monthly Rainfall is			107.00	mm
(recorded on the 3rd at 1710p)					The Number of Rain Days was			8	days
The Avg Min Dew-Point was			13.74	°C	(which is 2.57 days Below average)
(which is 0.92 °C Below average)					The Cumulative Yearly Rainfall is			205.1	mm
The Low Min Dew-Point was			3.7	°C	(which is 8.21 mm Above average)
(A Record For Feb)					The Highest Daily Rainfall was			60.4	mm
(recorded on the 2nd at 0659n)					(recorded on the 10th)
The Avg Max Heat Index was			32.06	°C	PHENOMENA:  (Number of Days with)
The High Max Heat Index was			43.1	°C	Thunderstorms	6	Avg =	2.88
(recorded on the 19th at 1540)					Distant Ts’s	10	Avg =	5.50
					Hail	0	Avg =	0.11
The Avg Min Grass Temp was			14.85	°C	Dew	18	Avg =	17.43
The Min Grass Temp was			7.6	°C	Fog	2	Avg =	6.57
(recorded on the 4th)					Frost	0	Avg =	0.00
					SEASONAL STATISTICS: (Summer)
					The Average Max Temp was			29.47	°C
					(which is 0.49 °C Below average)
					The Average Min Temp was			17.72	°C
					(which is 0.14 °C Above average)
					The Total Rainfall was			295.8	mm
					(which is 26.67 mm Above average)
					The Number of Rain days was			35	days
					(A Record For Summer)
					(which is 6.57 days Above average)
Hail Reports
Sun 20 Feb 2005 ~ Small hail & very heavy rain was observed near Maitland by Tim Grugeon.
Jimmy Deguara who is a stormchaser apparently reported 8.5cm hail near Belford (about 50km to the W). Some of his
video footage shown on channel nine's "A Current Affair" showed the giant hail falling and even cracking the front
windscreen of his car! This day saw another intense storm track W to E through Lake Macquarie seperated by under
30km. Radar loops show the two supercell storms moving virtually side by side with a similar intensity. I would be
very interested in hearing reports from the S storm as I suspect this too would have produced large & possibly giant
hail (S of Cessnock). The big surprise is that our home escaped both severe storms, one to the S, the other to the N.