Station 33: Skomer Island
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 SKOMER ISLAND
at 51° 44' N, 5° 17' W
| Year |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
mean |
| 1985 |
|
|
|
8.2 |
10.0 |
12.5 |
13.9 |
15.0 |
15.0 |
14.3 |
|
|
|
| 1986 |
|
|
6.2 |
6.8 |
8.8 |
11.6 |
13.5 |
14.4 |
13.8 |
13.1 |
11.4 |
|
|
| 1987 |
|
|
|
8.4 |
10.0 |
11.5 |
13.8 |
|
14.9 |
14.0 |
12.2 |
9.8 |
|
| 1988 |
|
|
8.1 |
9.3 |
10.8 |
12.7 |
13.9 |
15.1 |
14.9 |
13.7 |
12.3 |
|
|
| 1989 |
|
|
9.1 |
9.0 |
11.0 |
12.5 |
14.2 |
15.8 |
15.6 |
14.8 |
12.4 |
|
|
| 1990 |
|
|
9.2 |
9.2 |
11.1 |
12.8 |
14.4 |
16.1 |
15.6 |
14.3 |
12.6 |
|
|
| 1991 |
|
|
7.7 |
8.5 |
10.1 |
11.7 |
14.1 |
15.3 |
16.0 |
14.1 |
12.0 |
|
|
| 1992 |
|
|
8.7 |
8.9 |
10.9 |
12.9 |
14.0 |
15.3 |
14.9 |
13.3 |
11.1 |
|
|
| 1993 |
|
|
7.9 |
|
10.8 |
12.9 |
14.4 |
15.1 |
15.1 |
13.7 |
11.7 |
|
|
| 1994 |
|
|
8.2 |
8.6 |
10.3 |
12.2 |
14.1 |
15.3 |
14.8 |
13.8 |
13.1 |
|
|
| 1995 |
|
|
8.7 |
9.5 |
10.8 |
12.5 |
14.5 |
16.4 |
15.8 |
15.0 |
13.9 |
|
|
| 1996 |
|
|
|
8.3 |
9.7 |
12.0 |
14.0 |
15.5 |
15.4 |
14.3 |
12.4 |
|
|
| 1997 |
|
|
8.6 |
9.6 |
11.1 |
12.8 |
14.4 |
15.8 |
16.1 |
15.9 |
12.4 |
11.6 |
|
| 1998 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
13.7 |
15.6 |
15.5 |
14.3 |
14.1 |
|
|
| 1999 |
|
|
|
|
|
8.1 |
|
8.9 |
|
10.9 |
|
13.2 |
|
| 2000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2001 |
|
|
|
9.2 |
11.2 |
13.2 |
14.5 |
15.8 |
14.8 |
|
12.0 |
|
|
| 2002 |
|
|
|
9.4 |
10.4 |
13.4 |
14.3 |
14.6 |
15.1 |
14.7 |
|
|
|
| 2003 |
|
|
|
8.6 |
9.9 |
13.6 |
15.0 |
16.5 |
16.3 |
14.1 |
|
|
|
| 2004 |
|
|
|
8.9 |
10.6 |
13.3 |
14.5 |
16.1 |
15.7 |
14.8 |
|
|
|
| 2005 |
|
9.1 |
8.6 |
9.3 |
11.2 |
13.0 |
14.6 |
15.1 |
15.8 |
14.7 |
11.5 |
|
|
| 2006 |
|
|
|
8.5 |
10.3 |
12..1 |
14.7 |
16.8 |
16.2 |
15.7 |
|
|
|
| 2007 |
|
|
|
9.8 |
11.4 |
13.7 |
15.5 |
17.6 |
16.2 |
15.7 |
|
|
|
| 2008 |
|
|
|
10.2 |
11.8 |
14.2 |
16.3 |
17.7 |
16.4 |
15.4 |
|
|
|
| mean |
|
|
8.3 |
8.9 |
10.6 |
12.5 |
14.4 |
15.4 |
15.4 |
14.3 |
12.3 |
11.5 |
|
| count |
|
|
11 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
22 |
22 |
22 |
22 |
15 |
3 |
|
| sd |
|
|
0.87 |
0.73 |
0.69 |
1.20 |
0.62 |
1.69 |
0.65 |
1.07 |
0.84 |
1.70 |
|
Source: Cefas and The Wildlife Trust, West Wales