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Daily weather diary for Ashford Co. Wicklow January 2006
All readings at 0900GMT except sunshine and wind which are 0000-2400GMT    
    Max Min Mean   Wind Mean Grass     Rainfall Rainfall Days Air Ground Day Day Day Day Hours  
Date Rain Temp Temp Temp Sun Gust Wind Min   Summary 0.2mm 1.0mm without Frost Frost with with with Sleet gale Date
  mm °C °C °C Hrs Mph Mph °C     or more or more Sun     Hail Thunder Fog Snow gusts  
1-Jan 0.0 9.8 7.0 8.4 2.7 37 13.4 2.9   Breezy, most of sunshine in morning                     1-Jan
2-Jan 0.0 10.9 2.7 6.8 0.0 20 6.1 -1.6   Cool at dawn, cloud spilled in after to leave no sunshine, highest temp just before midnight.     1   1           2-Jan
3-Jan 0.0 10.8 3.1 7.0 0.3 21 4.4 2.0 Cloud cleared to give hazy sunshine all day, most too weak to be recorded. Frost after dark.                     3-Jan
4-Jan 0.0 8.0 -0.2 3.9 0.2 16 2.3 -3.9   Cool and cloudy. Frost in the morning. Wind light.       1 1           4-Jan
5-Jan Tr 5.9 0.5 3.2 0.0 32 10.0 -3.1 Cool and cloudy. A slight shower in evening. Breezy at times     1   1           5-Jan
6-Jan Tr 6.4 4.4 5.4 1.0 17 2.0 1.7   A short spell of sunshine in morning, Cool with light wind and a little of very light drizzle.                     6-Jan
7-Jan 3.2 5.6 1.3 3.5 0.0 10 1.0 -1.8 Very murky, cold though practically calm. 1 1 1   1           7-Jan
8-Jan Tr 6.5 2.9 4.7 1.3 20 3.3 1.0   Rain just after midnight. The gloom continued till mid afternoon. A sharp frost followed sunset           1         8-Jan
9-Jan 5.5 10.9 -2.0 4.5 0.0 31 8.9 -5.9 Heavy frost, cleared slowly. Temp gradually rose throughout day, with a little rain after dark. 1 1 1 1 1           9-Jan
10-Jan 5.1 12.7 0.9 6.8 0.0 44 17.3 -2.0   Mild, wet, stronger winds in afternoon. Cold front passed just before midnight. 1 1 1   1         7 10-Jan
11-Jan 1.2 9.5 5.2 7.4 5.7 36 9.0 1.4 Almost cloudless all day. Wind generally a light breeze 1 1                 11-Jan
12-Jan 5.6 11.2 1.6 6.4 0.0 49 21.6 -2.6   Rain and drizzle during morning daylight, otherwise cloudy and windy. Mild. 1 1 1   1         14 12-Jan
13-Jan 8.1 10.8 9.1 10.0 0.0 52 19.0 7.7 Windy till late afternoon, wet during much of daylight hours. 1 1 1             15 13-Jan
14-Jan 0.5 9.6 -0.4 4.6 5.4 33 7.4 -3.1   Frost at dawn. Sunny until it generally clouded over during afternoon. 1     1 1           14-Jan
15-Jan 13.2 9.9 1.2 5.6 0.0 42 15.7 -2.6 Rain arrived at about dawn. Turned into showers late afternoon. Windy to start, eased later 1 1 1   1         2 15-Jan
16-Jan 0.6 8.4 3.2 5.8 0.1 19 4.8 -0.6   Dry cloudy morning, damp afternoon. 1       1           16-Jan
17-Jan Tr 12.5 2.9 7.7 0.0 31 7.1 0.8 Cloudy though bright at times. Warm front passed late evening with a marked rise in temp.     1               17-Jan
18-Jan Tr 13.8 7.7 10.8 0.7 36 10.6 3.8   Mostly cloudy and very mild. Breezy at times.                     18-Jan
19-Jan 1.7 12.9 11.6 12.3 0.1 44 12.7 6.1 Record high min for January, got quite windy late in day. 1 1               3 19-Jan
20-Jan Tr 9.4 4.9 7.2 6.2 50 14.1 1.4   Cold front passed at 0130, strong wind, big fall in temp, dewpoint with heavy shower.                   2 20-Jan
21-Jan 0.0 11.3 3.0 7.2 5.1 17 3.1 -2.2 Sunny, wind calm or light. Frost set in quickly after sunset.         1           21-Jan
22-Jan 0.0 9.7 -0.9 4.4 0.1 16 3.4 -4.4   Frosty start, cloudy day and mild in light wind. Slight frost at dusk, which lifted by midnight.       1 1           22-Jan
23-Jan Tr 7.6 0.9 4.3 0.0 26 9.8 -1.8 Cloudy, in fact very murky, highest temp during the early night hours.     1   1           23-Jan
24-Jan 0.0 7.5 4.8 6.2 0.0 8 1.4 3.4   Another gloomy day, with very little wind. No frost, though cool.     1               24-Jan
25-Jan 0.0 7.8 3.8 5.8 0.0 19 5.8 0.9 Although not quite as gloomy, no sign of sunshine.     1               25-Jan
26-Jan 0.0 6.8 5.3 6.1 3.4 19 6.2 1.2   Sunny spell in morning, cloudy afternoon, with the cloud preventing any frost.                     26-Jan
27-Jan 1.3 7.3 5.5 6.4 0.2 26 8.1 1.4 Cloudy, frost free, some light showers in off the Irish Sea in evening and into night. 1 1                 27-Jan
28-Jan Tr 8.5 4.6 6.6 4.5 24 8.5 2.4   Light showers before dawn, some good sunny spells, grass frost before midnight.                     28-Jan
29-Jan Tr 8.3 0.4 4.4 7.8 17 5.1 -5.5 Cloud free all day. Frost at night particularly deep after dusk.         1           29-Jan
30-Jan 0.0 7.6 -3.5 2.1 4.5 10 2.1 -8.4   Lowest temp since Mar 2004, cloudy morning, cleared to give sunny afternoon. Very frosty       1 1           30-Jan
31-Jan 0.0 6.1 -2.7 1.7 0.0 16 4.3 -6.6   Gloomy all day. No frost.     1 1 1           31-Jan
Total 46.0       49.3           11 9 13 6 16 1       43 Total
Avg   9.2 2.9 6.0 1.6   8.0 -0.6                           Avg
High 13.2 13.8 11.6 12.3 7.8 52.0 21.6 7.7                         High
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Low   5.6 -3.5 1.7   8 1.0 -8.4                         Low
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