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Edgbaston High School for Girls Preparatory Dept,
Birmingham, UK

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Students: the whole of class 5d - form captains = jayshri patel, lois hamilton
 
Latitude 52 28'n; longitude 1 55.5'w; height above sea level 152m.
 
Edgbaston high school is approximately 2.5km south west of Birmingham 
city centre.  It is in a pleasant area of mixed residential, educational and 
office accommodation.  The school stands next to Birmingham botanical gardens 
and faces south, overlooking playing fields, railway and canal to Birmingham 
university about 1.5km away.
 
Observations at 10.40am
 
The measurements are made in a playground area surrounded by school 
buildings.  The site is not good but we have had problems with theft and 
vandalism when we tried other more suitable sites.
 
Instruments to be used - rain gauge, maximum and minimum thermometer in 
stevenson screen, barometer with a check to Birmingham university weather 
station.
 
The weather expected in late January and early February is a mixture of 
approximately half the days with rain and cloud and half drier with cloud and 
sunny periods.  It tends to be damp and dismal most of the daylight hours.  
occasionally there are sleet or snow showers but these are rare.  If the sky 
clears at night there is generally a frost.
 
average daily maximum temperature = 5 to 6 degrees c.
average daily minimum temperature = 2 degrees c.
average relative humidity = 80% approximately
average precipitation in january = 74mm with 17 rain days
average precipitation in february = 54mm with 15 rain days
 
(taken from p375, Edgbaston reservoir records, Birmingham, in world 
weather guide by E.A. Pearce and C.G. smith, published by Hutchinson
 
Please also note our website address is http://www.edgbastonhigh.bham.sch.uk
 
We look forward to hearing from again soon.
 
Cecelia Hamilton
Sue Alderson (year 5 teacher)