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Station 33: Skomer Island

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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      
mean     8.2 8.8 10.4 12.3 14.2 15.1 15.3 14.1 12.4 11.5  
count     10 16 17 18 18 18 18 18 14 3  
sd     0.87 0.68 0.64 1.22 0.36 1.66 0.60 1.02 0.84 1.70  

Source: Cefas and The Wildlife Trust, West Wales