The Statistics for Last Season- Winter 2007-08

Seasonal average temperature 5.6°C (+1.2°C)
Average maximum 8.9°C (+1.7°C)
Average minimum 2.2°C (+0.6°C)
Seasonal rainfall total  178.3 mm (106%)
Seasonal sunshine total 267.0hours (156%)

Temperature

· Only 7 winters have been milder than 2007-08 since temperature records were first kept in the city in 1892. All of these milder winters have occurred since 1973.

Rainfall

· With rainfall a little higher than the long term average, we find that only 3 winters have been wetter in the past 13 years, though 40 have recorded more rainfall since 1886.

· With just 3 days of snowfall, this has been the most snow-free winter in Coventry since 1974-75 (2).

· No mornings recorded any snow lying on the ground at 0900hr this winter – this is the first time this has happened in the city for 10 years.

Sunshine

· With sunshine records dating back to 1894, this has been the sunniest winter on record in Coventry, beating the previous record from 1999-2000 by two hours.

· There were six mornings with thick fog at 0900hr during this winter, the highest incidence of winter fog since 1995-96 (9).