The Climate of Fair Isle 1974-1998

Number of Days -

WINTER

SPRING

SUMMER

AUTUMN

Year

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

TOTAL

MAX

MIN

DEC-FEB

MAR-MAY

JUN-AUG

SEP-NOV

Gale

1974

14

2

3

0

1

0

0

0

3

6

7

22

58

22

0

4

0

16

(10 min

1975

19

4

2

3

2

2

0

1

4

6

11

13

67

19

0

45

7

3

21

mean speed

1976

18

12

20

8

1

1

2

1

6

14

10

3

96

20

1

43

29

4

30

=>34 knots)

1977

12

7

15

8

2

0

0

4

9

10

13

16

96

16

0

22

25

4

32

1978

19

9

9

4

0

3

0

0

10

8

18

13

93

19

0

44

13

3

36

1979

16

9

20

3

1

3

1

2

9

14

13

21

112

21

1

38

24

6

36

1980

11

7

11

8

0

0

2

3

4

13

9

21

89

21

0

39

19

5

26

1981

16

15

10

3

2

1

0

0

6

3

11

4

71

16

0

52

15

1

20

1982

3

7

7

1

2

0

0

3

6

7

8

9

53

9

0

14

10

3

21

1983

24

5

6

1

0

0

0

0

1

13

2

7

59

24

0

38

7

0

16

1984

13

8

2

0

0

0

0

0

1

2

3

3

32

13

0

28

2

0

6

1985

2

1

0

5

0

0

0

0

0

1

4

3

16

5

0

6

5

0

5

1986

5

0

7

0

0

1

0

0

1

4

8

12

38

12

0

8

7

1

13

1987

3

1

8

0

0

0

0

1

0

2

2

2

19

8

0

16

8

1

4

1988

10

6

3

0

0

0

1

0

3

2

5

8

38

10

0

18

3

1

10

1989

9

13

6

0

0

0

0

0

2

1

1

4

36

13

0

30

6

0

4

1990

11

10

11

3

0

0

0

0

4

3

2

8

52

11

0

25

14

0

9

1991

8

2

1

2

1

0

0

0

2

8

7

8

39

8

0

18

4

0

17

1992

7

8

3

1

2

0

0

1

3

4

11

5

45

11

0

23

6

1

18

1993

22

9

7

2

0

0

0

0

0

5

8

7

60

22

0

36

9

0

13

1994

11

8

20

1

2

0

0

0

3

1

10

14

70

20

0

26

23

0

14

1995

17

8

6

0

0

1

0

0

3

14

2

5

56

17

0

39

6

1

19

1996

5

11

4

0

1

2

0

0

1

4

6

3

37

11

0

21

5

2

11

1997

3

17

9

3

1

0

0

0

3

1

6

4

47

17

0

25

13

0

10

1998

7

7

7

2

0

1

0

0

0

7

4

9

44

9

0

17

9

1

11

Year

Mean

11.4

7.4

7.9

2.3

0.7

0.6

0.2

0.6

3.4

6.1

7.2

9.0

56.9

11.4

0.2

28.5

11.2

1.8

17.9

1

Highest

24

17

20

8

2

3

2

4

10

14

18

22

112

24

2

52

29

6

36

Period=

Year

1983

1997

1976

1976

1975

1978

1976

1977

1978

1976

1978

1974

1979

1974-98

Lowest

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

2

16

2

0

6

2

0

4

Year

1985

1986

1985

1974

1978

1974

1974

1974

1985