Table 3.
Monthly averages of sunshine, air temperature and rainfall for the growing season 2012Deviations from 30-year averages are shown in parentheses.
| Month | Sunshine | Mean temperatures (°C) | Rainfall Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MJ m–2 d–1 | Hours | (%) | Max | Min | mm | (%) | |||
| January | 2.8 | 82.2 | (+20) | 8.5 | (+1.8) | 2.5 | (+1.3) | 58.0 | (–12) |
| February | 5.3 | 109.3 | (+29) | 6.4 | (–0.1) | 0.1 | (–0.8) | 24.7 | (–25) |
| March | 10.2 | 193.5 | (+79) | 12.8 | (+2.9) | 3.1 | (+0.4) | 34.7 | (–16) |
| April | 12.2 | 150.1 | (–11) | 11.5 | (–1.1) | 3.3 | (–0.7) | 168.6 | (+114) |
| May | 15.3 | 175.6 | (–19) | 16.1 | (+0.1) | 7.9 | (+1.0) | 52.6 | (–2) |
| June | 15.2 | 144.9 | (–53) | 17.6 | (–1.5) | 10.0 | (+0.3) | 166.5 | (+113) |
| July | 15.6 | 172.3 | (–33) | 19.8 | (–2.0) | 11.6 | (–0.2) | 128.4 | (+79) |
| August | 14.3 | 176.5 | (–20) | 21.7 | (+0.2) | 12.8 | (+0.9) | 54.9 | (–9) |
| September | 11.8 | 179.6 | (+36) | 18.3 | (+0.0) | 8.4 | (–1.5) | 40.4 | (–17) |
| October | 5.8 | 86.0 | (–26) | 12.7 | (–1.4) | 6.7 | (–0.5) | 115.8 | (+34) |
| November | 3.2 | 76.9 | (+6) | 9.4 | (–0.3) | 3.6 | (–0.2) | 100.4 | (+24) |
| December | 2.1 | 68.2 | (+14) | 7.5 | (+0.6) | 1.4 | (–0.2) | 114.2 | (+45) |