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CORK AIRPORT
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monthly and annual mean and extreme values
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1962-1991
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TEMPERATURE (degrees
Celsius) |
jan
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feb
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mar
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apr
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may
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jun
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jul
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aug
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sep
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oct
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nov
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dec
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year
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mean daily max.
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7.6
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7.5
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9.3
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11.3
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13.8
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16.6
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18.5
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18.2
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16.0
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13.1
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9.9
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8.5
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12.5
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mean daily min.
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2.6
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2.5
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3.1
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4.2
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6.5
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9.2
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11.1
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10.9
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9.4
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7.5
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4.5
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3.7
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6.3
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mean
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5.1
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5.0
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6.2
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7.7
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10.2
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12.9
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14.8
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14.5
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12.7
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10.3
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7.2
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6.1
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9.4
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absolute max.
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12.6
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13.5
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15.5
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20.5
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23.6
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25.7
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28.7
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27.5
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24.7
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19.0
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15.9
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13.6
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28.7
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absolute min.
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-8.5
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-8.6
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-6.1
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-2.4
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-0.9
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2.4
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4.8
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4.9
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2.3
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-0.4
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-3.3
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-5.9
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-8.6
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mean no. of days with air frost
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6.7
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5.6
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3.4
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1.8
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0.1
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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2.4
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3.9
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24.0
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mean no. of days with ground frost
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15.0
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12.7
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12.0
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9.4
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2.9
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0.2
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0.0
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0.0
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0.4
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2.6
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9.5
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12.2
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76.8
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RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%) |
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mean at 0900UTC
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90
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90
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88
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83
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81
|
81
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83
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86
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88
|
91
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90
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90
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87
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mean at 1500UTC
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84
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80
|
75
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71
|
71
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72
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72
|
73
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76
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82
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83
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86
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77
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SUNSHINE (hours) |
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mean daily duration
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1.70
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2.28
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3.51
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5.21
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6.02
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5.73
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5.40
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5.14
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4.13
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2.80
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2.16
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1.56
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3.80
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greatest daily duration
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7.3
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9.3
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11.8
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13.8
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15.4
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15.9
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15.4
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14.2
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12.8
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9.9
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8.5
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6.7
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15.9
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mean no. of days with no sun
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11
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9
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6
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4
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2
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3
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2
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2
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4
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7
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9
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12
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69
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RAINFALL (mm) |
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mean monthly total
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148.3
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115.9
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97.1
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70.2
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84.1
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67.7
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65.4
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89.9
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97.4
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125.8
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108.7
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136.5
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1207
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greatest daily total
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55.1
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48.2
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39.3
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44.9
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49.3
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43.3
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83.8
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64.8
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51.8
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86.7
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69.9
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52.2
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86.7
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mean no. of days with >= 0.2mm
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20
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17
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18
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14
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16
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15
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14
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16
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16
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19
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19
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20
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204
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mean no. of days with >= 1.0mm
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16
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13
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13
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10
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12
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10
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9
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11
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12
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15
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14
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16
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151
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mean no. of days with >= 5.0mm
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9
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8
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6
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4
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6
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5
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4
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5
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6
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8
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7
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8
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75
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WIND (knots) |
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mean monthly speed
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12.9
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12.6
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12.3
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11.0
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10.6
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9.5
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9.1
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9.2
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10.3
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11.2
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11.6
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12.4
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11.1
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max. gust
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94
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83
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70
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63
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60
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51
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57
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54
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64
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75
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66
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68
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94
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max. mean 10-minute speed
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58
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54
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44
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41
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41
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36
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40
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38
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45
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48
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46
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46
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58
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mean no. of days with gales
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3.2
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2.2
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1.7
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0.7
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0.4
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0.1
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0.1
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0.2
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0.7
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1.2
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1.8
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2.5
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15.0
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WEATHER (mean
no. of days with...) |
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snow or sleet
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4.5
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4.7
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3.0
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1.1
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0.2
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.6
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2.3
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16.4
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snow lying at 0900UTC
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2.7
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1.8
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0.4
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.6
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5.6
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hail
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1.0
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1.1
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1.9
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1.9
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1.1
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0.3
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0.1
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0.1
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0.1
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0.4
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0.3
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0.6
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8.8
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thunder
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0.4
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0.1
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0.1
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0.2
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0.4
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0.5
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0.8
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0.5
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0.2
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0.4
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0.1
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0.1
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3.7
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fog
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7.4
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7.3
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7.9
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5.9
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7.7
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8.6
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8.5
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9.8
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10.7
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10.4
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7.3
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8.0
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99.5
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