Donnerstag, 1. März 2018
Meteorological report for February (Maribor)
Although it is commonly considered that January is the coldest month of the year, this was not the case this year as February was much colder. With the exception of 1st February, which was nearer the temperature in January, the other days were cooler than the long-standing average. The difference between the highest (1st February) and the lowest (28th February) measured temperature in the month was as high as 31.78 °C. Last week in February, it was the coldest in the last thirty years.
The average monthly temperature was also significantly lower than the average of the period from 1981 to 2010, it was - 1,41 °C, and it was 3,11 °C lower than the long-term average. The long-term average for February is 1.7 °C in Maribor. However, if we compare only the average temperature of the last week with the average of the period from 1981 to 2010, it was found that it was lower by as much as 8.28 °C.
In February, the average temperature was nine times above the freezing point (0 °C). From 22nd to 28th February the maximum temperature did not exceed 0 °C. The minimum daily temperature was below the freezing point. The lowest temperature in February was - 20.2 °C, and the highest temperature was 11.58 °C.



Precipitation data show that February was rich in precipitation. The first part of the month was rainy, while in the second part there was a lot of snow, which the measuring device did not detect. We can say that the precipitation was much higher than the graph shows. Precipitation during February was above average. The measuring device detected 78.6 mm of precipitation, which is about twice as long as the long-term average (38 mm of precipitation). The meteorological station in the center of Maribor detected 121 mm of precipitation. Most precipitation fell in the first half of the month.



According to the data of the meteorological station in the center of Maribor, there was 106.8 cm of snowfall in February.



The average relative humidity in February was 86.42 %, which is approximately the same as in January.

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