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KILKENNY
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monthly and annual mean and extreme values
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1961-1990
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TEMPERATURE (degrees Celsius)
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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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7.7
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7.9
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10.0
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12.4
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15.1
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18.1
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19.9
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19.6
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17.2
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13.9
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10.1
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8.4
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13.4
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mean daily min.
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1.4
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1.6
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2.3
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3.4
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5.6
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8.4
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10.4
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9.9
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7.9
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6.1
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2.8
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2.1
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5.2
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mean
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4.6
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4.8
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6.1
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7.9
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10.3
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13.3
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15.2
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14.7
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12.6
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10.0
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6.4
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5.3
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9.3
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absolute max.
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14.1
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15.1
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18.5
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23.5
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26.0
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31.5
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31.4
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30.5
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25.6
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22.2
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17.4
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14.8
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31.5
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absolute min.
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-14.1
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-11.1
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-7.9
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-5.4
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-3.7
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0.5
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2.3
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1.2
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-1.6
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-4.4
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-7.0
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-10.8
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-14.1
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mean no. of days with air frost
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10.8
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8.7
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7.4
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4.1
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0.8
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.4
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2.0
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8.4
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10.5
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53.0
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mean no. of days with ground frost
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18.2
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14.9
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14.3
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12.4
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7.3
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2.0
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0.4
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0.8
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3.4
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6.8
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14.2
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16.8
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111.5
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RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%)
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mean at 0900UTC
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88
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87
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85
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79
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76
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76
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78
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82
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85
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88
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89
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89
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84
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mean at 1500UTC
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80
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74
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68
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64
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64
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65
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65
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66
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69
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76
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78
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82
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71
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SUNSHINE (hours)
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mean daily duration
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1.71
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2.29
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3.32
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4.85
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5.47
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5.15
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4.65
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4.50
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3.82
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2.71
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2.22
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1.48
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3.51
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greatest daily duration
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8.2
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9.7
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12.1
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14.0
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15.8
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16.3
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16.0
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14.2
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11.8
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10.2
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9.0
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7.3
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16.3
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mean no. of days with no sun
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11
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8
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6
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3
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2
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2
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2
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2
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3
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6
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9
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12
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65
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RAINFALL (mm)
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mean monthly total
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87
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65.7
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62.8
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51.6
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61.9
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50.5
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52.7
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70.7
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72.5
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85.5
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74
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88
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822.9
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greatest daily total
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31.5
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32.3
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29.9
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24.5
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23.9
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30
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66.4
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49.8
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30
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34.6
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29
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45.8
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66.4
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mean no. of days with >= 0.2mm
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19
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15
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17
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15
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17
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14
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13
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15
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15
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18
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17
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18
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192
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mean no. of days with >= 1.0mm
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15
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11
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12
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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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11
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13
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12
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13
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137
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mean no. of days with >= 5.0mm
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7
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5
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5
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4
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5
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4
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3
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4
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5
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6
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5
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6
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58
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WIND (knots)
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mean monthly speed
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7.4
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7.4
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7.7
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6.7
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6.4
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5.8
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5.6
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5.6
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5.9
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6.4
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6.4
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7.1
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6.5
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max. gust
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77
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72
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60
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53
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54
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45
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46
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56
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65
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74
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56
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65
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77
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max. mean 10-minute speed
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44
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39
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36
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33
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32
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28
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27
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29
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40
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45
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35
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40
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45
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mean no. of days with gales
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0.5
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0.3
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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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0.0
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0.1
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0.1
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0.3
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1.4
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WEATHER (mean no. of days with...)
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snow or sleet
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5.1
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5.0
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3.1
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0.8
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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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0.5
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2.6
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17.3
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snow lying at 0900UTC
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1.7
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1.5
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0.4
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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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0.0
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0.1
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0.4
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4.1
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hail
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1.1
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1.0
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2.7
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2.4
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1.3
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0.5
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0.1
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0.1
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0.1
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0.3
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0.4
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0.3
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10.4
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thunder
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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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0.8
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0.9
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1.1
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0.8
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0.3
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0.2
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0.0
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0.1
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5.0
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fog
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4.6
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2.9
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2.3
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2.0
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2.4
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2.3
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2.6
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4.6
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5.6
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5.9
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4.3
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4.9
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44.4
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