Wellington weather

In folk-lore there's an old phrase “February fill-dyke”, believed to refer to the filling of ditches by all the melting snow or rain during the month, ...

The total rainfall of 10mm (0.4 inch) was just 14% of the average. In the end, the mean temperature of 6.4C (43.5F) made it tenth-warmest in this area since 1960. It was mostly cloudy with some drizzle early and late on both February 2 and 3, but also very mild for the time of year. This brought to an end a thirty-day period with only 3mm of rain, all the more remarkable in view of the record-breaking wet spell that had immediately preceded it. Daytime temperatures were still above average, but the clear night skies resulted in some hard frosts, with a minimum in Wellington of minus 4.3C (24.3F) on the night of February 7/8. This rarely applies in our region, where February’s average rainfall is about the same as September’s, and only April claims a larger share of all the driest months on record in England.