Station 8
Lowestoft
Figure 'a': Monthly mean surface temperature for the entire duration of the record at the station which are derived from simple averaging of all the monthly data.
Monthly Mean Sea Temperature for LOWESTOFT at 52° 27' N, 1° 45' E
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 10.5 | 14.7 | 16.2 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 14.2 | 8.6 | 5.6 |
| 1967 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 6.3 | 7.6 | 11.6 | 14.7 | 17.8 | 18.4 | 16.1 | 13.9 | ||
| 1968 | 3.7 | 4.1 | ||||||||||
| 1969 | 10.5 | 13.9 | 17.8 | 18.6 | 16.5 | 14.3 | 8.7 | 4.8 | ||||
| 1970 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 11.3 | 14.7 | ||||||
| 1971 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 8.0 | 12.3 | 14.9 | 18.0 | 18.5 | 17.4 | 13.8 | 8.4 | 6.6 |
| 1972 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 6.4 | 8.3 | 11.7 | 14.0 | 16.9 | 17.1 | 15.1 | 11.8 | 8.7 | 6.6 |
| 1973 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 6.2 | 7.7 | 11.8 | 16.0 | 18.2 | 18.7 | 18.0 | 12.1 | 8.0 | 4.5 |
| 1974 | 4.7 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 8.8 | 12.0 | 15.2 | 16.3 | 17.6 | 15.6 | 10.5 | 8.1 | 6.6 |
| 1975 | 6.5 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 7.5 | 10.7 | 14.9 | 17.8 | 20.5 | 17.5 | 12.6 | 9.0 | 5.9 |
| 1976 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 8.3 | 12.1 | 16.8 | 20.5 | 19.8 | 16.5 | 14.5 | 9.8 | 5.4 |
| 1977 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 6.9 | 7.6 | 11.2 | 13.9 | 16.0 | 17.1 | 15.8 | 13.6 | 9.4 | 6.5 |
| 1978 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 5.4 | 7.4 | 10.7 | 14.5 | 15.7 | 17.1 | 15.7 | |||
| 1979 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 7.4 | 10.7 | 15.0 | 17.1 | 17.6 | 16.2 | 13.7 | 9.0 | 7.0 |
| 1980 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 8.4 | 11.6 | 15.6 | 16.0 | 17.8 | 16.6 | 12.4 | 8.2 | 5.6 |
| 1981 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 6.3 | 8.5 | 11.6 | 15.0 | 16.7 | 17.8 | 17.2 | 12.0 | 8.8 | 4.0 |
| 1982 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 6.2 | 8.8 | 12.6 | 16.2 | 18.0 | 18.4 | 17.1 | 13.4 | 10.3 | 6.3 |
| 1983 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 6.2 | 7.9 | 12.1 | 14.9 | 18.8 | 19.2 | 16.0 | 13.2 | 9.3 | 6.5 |
| 1984 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 8.1 | 11.3 | 14.3 | 16.8 | 19.0 | 16.4 | 13.5 | 10.8 | 7.5 |
| 1985 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 5.0 | 7.8 | 10.5 | 13.6 | 17.5 | 17.2 | 16.2 | 14.1 | 7.8 | 6.6 |
| 1986 | 4.2 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 6.4 | 11.8 | 15.5 | 18.4 | 17.3 | 14.6 | 13.0 | 9.6 | 7.1 |
| 1987 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 8.3 | 11.4 | 14.2 | 17.8 | 17.4 | 16.1 | 12.9 | 9.5 | 6.5 |
| 1988 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 8.2 | 12.7 | 15.0 | 16.7 | 17.7 | 15.5 | 12.8 | 8.5 | 6.7 |
| 1989 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 13.0 | 16.0 | 19.0 | 18.9 | 17.3 | 13.8 | 9.6 | 6.9 |
| 1990 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 9.3 | 13.7 | 15.6 | 17.8 | 19.4 | 15.8 | 13.2 | 9.4 | 6.0 |
| 1991 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 6.4 | 8.9 | 11.2 | 13.6 | 17.9 | 19.4 | 17.3 | 12.9 | 8.7 | 5.8 |
| 1992 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 6.5 | 8.6 | 13.3 | 16.8 | 18.1 | |||||
| 2010 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 5.1 | 8.7 | 11.8 | 15.6 | 19.0 | 17.7 | 16.2 | 13.3 | 9.3 | 3.6 |
| 2011 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 6.2 | 10.6 | 13.7 | 16.2 | 17.5 | 17.8 | 16.5 | 14.4 | 11.6 | 7.3 |
| 2012 | 9.1 | 8.9 | 11.7 | 11.0 | ||||||||
| mean | 4.6 | 4.5 | 5.9 | 8.1 | 11.8 | 15.0 | 17.6 | 18.2 | 16.4 | 13.2 | 9.1 | 6.1 |
| count | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 24 |
| sd | 1.43 | 1.48 | 1.46 | 1.12 | 0.92 | 0.90 | 1.09 | 0.99 | 0.79 | 0.94 | 0.90 | 1.02 |
Source: Cefas
