In the early hours of January 12th 2014, the temperature at Bracken House dipped below 0°C, this was the first time an air frost has been recorded here since November 26th 2013.
The spell of 46 days without any sub-zero temperatures is easily the longest spell recorded here in the Winter period which runs from the beginning of December until the end of February. The previous best period of above zero Winter temperatures was one of 26 days, between December 15th 2012 and January 9th 2013.
Llamas, Toadhole, Selston. Llamas being bred in the shadow of an old colliery spoil heap. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
In November 2013, meteorologically classed as Autumn, there were five days of sub-zero temperatures, with the lowest being -2.3°C on the 19th. The temperature in the early hours of January 12th only fell to -0.7°C at 04:39. The record low in the Winter period at Bracken House is the -11.6°C recorded on December 7th 2010.
With almost half of the Winter period now past, we are on course for the mildest Winter recorded here. The average temperature, as at 11:00 on January 12th, is 5.7°C. This compares to the mean Winter temperature of 3.5°C. The previous mildest Winter was the period from December 2011 until November 2012 when the average temperature was 4.7°C.
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