Monthly Weather Events - Valentia

Weather events for VALENTIA OBSERVATORY up to 29-Feb-2024

Number of days with Rainfall > 10mm.

Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2024 5 6 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
2023 8 2 10 3 2 5 6 4 8 11 4 6
2022 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 3 9 10 16 7
2021 6 10 2 0 8 1 0 5 3 9 2 5

Number of days with a maximum 10-min. mean wind speed >= 15m/s

Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2024 3 1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
2023 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 5
2022 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1
2021 1 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3

Number of days with Minimum Temperature < 0 deg. C

Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2024 9 0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
2023 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2022 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
2021 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

An objective and measurable approach was adopted in relation to what is considered to be a weather event which could trigger a delay event, i.e. the contractor gets additional time. A delay event is triggered when a weather event exceeds a defined threshold (90th percentile) value in any given month.

Weather events are:

  • Number of days per month with a rainfall amount > 10mm.
  • Number of days per month with a maximum 10-min. mean wind speed >=15m/s.
  • Number of days per month with a minimum temperature < 0 deg. C.