August 2011 Summary Temperature |
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Mean | 6.4 C |
Mean Maximum | 12.4 C |
Mean Minimum | 1.4 C |
Maximum High | 20.9 C (24th) |
Maximum Low | 6.7 C (28th) |
Minimum High | 4.5 C (15th) |
Minimum Low | -2.4 C (1st) |
Wind Speed and Direction | |
Maximum Gust | 58 km/h (7th) |
Mean | 5.2 km/h |
Wind Run | 3649 km |
Max Daily Windrun | 413 km (15th) |
Prevailing Direction | East Nth East |
Barometer | |
Maximum | 1032.1 hPa (21st) |
Minimum | 993.4 hPa (6th) |
Mean | 1015.8 hPa |
Max Daily Change | -17.8 hPa (6th) |
Rainfall | |
Days with Measured Rainfall (Greater than 0.2mm) |
12 |
Max Daily Rainfall | 24.5 mm (16th) (Snow) |
Monthly Rainfall | 63.5 mm |
Humidity | |
Maximum |
100 % (Several days) |
Minimum | 29 % (24th) |
August Daily Observations | ||||||||||||
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Temperature | Wind | Rainfall | Barometer | |||||||||
Date | Min | Max | Mean | Mean (Km/h) | Gust (Km/h) | Run (km) | Prevailing Dir | 10 Minute Max (mm) | Total (mm) | Min (hPa) | Max (hPa) | Change (hPa) |
1 | -2.4 | 11.1 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 18 | 57 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 1019.7 | 1022.4 | +2.7 |
Some morning cloud, sunny with light winds | ||||||||||||
2 | -1.8 | 14.6 | 4.7 | 0.7 | 14 | 15 | East Nth East | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1019.9 | 1023.4 | +3.5 |
Morning fog and frost. Sunny after the fog cleared with light breezes. (0,5mm of rain from frost condensation.) | ||||||||||||
3 | -2.0 | 13.3 | 4.3 | 1.0 | 13 | 23 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 1020.7 | 1023.9 | -3.2 |
Some cloud from late morning to midday but mostly sunny with light winds. | ||||||||||||
4 | -1.8 | 13.4 | 5.5 | 1.6 | 21 | 35 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 1014.4 | 1020.5 | -6.1 |
Morning frost, cloudy from early afternoon with a few spots of rain. Winds turning southerly in the evening. | ||||||||||||
5 | 5.1 | 11.5 | 7.8 | 3.4 | 23 | 79 | East Nth East | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1011.5 | 1018.3 | -6.8 |
Early showers clearing before dawn. Cloud increasing from mid morning, light winds. | ||||||||||||
6 | 3.6 | 15.0 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 36 | 189 | East Nth East | 0.5 | 0.5 | 993.4 | 1011.2 | -17.8 |
Cloudy morning with a southerly change. Cloud clearing, sunny and mild in the afternoon. | ||||||||||||
7 | -1.4 | 9.9 | 5.4 | 7.4 | 58 | 167 | South Sth West | 0 | 0 | 993.6 | 1006.1 | +12.5 |
Cloud increasing during the morning with a strong cold southerly change with a few spots of rain. Cloud clearing in the afternoon with another spell of strong winds. Wind easing in the evening with frost later. | ||||||||||||
8 | -2.1 | 17.2 | 5.6 | 1.6 | 27 | 38 | South Sth West | 0 | 0 | 1003.1 | 1013.6 | +10.5 |
Morning frost. Clear and sunny, mild afternoon, light southerly winds. | ||||||||||||
9 | -0.6 | 11.5 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 27 | 135 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 1013.5 | 1019.2 | +5.7 |
Morning frost and mist. Clear and sunny with a cool NE wind. | ||||||||||||
10 | 0.3 | 10.4 | 5.8 | 3.6 | 25 | 82 | South West | 0 | 0 | 1009.6 | 1016.5 | -6.9 |
Morning fog. Clear and sunny after the clearance of fog, light southerly winds. | ||||||||||||
11 | 1.4 | 12.2 | 6.4 | 3.9 | 18 | 87 | East Nth East | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1012.4 | 1015.5 | -3.1 |
Cloud increasing during the day, a few showers in the evening. | ||||||||||||
12 | 6.1 | 9.3 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 30 | 178 | East Nth East | 0.5 | 2.0 | 1009.2 | 1013.3 | -4.1 |
Morning showers and drizzle. Overcast with cool NE winds. | ||||||||||||
13 | 4.7 | 8.8 | 6.9 | 3.1 | 21 | 88 | South Sth West | 0 | 0 | 1004.2 | 1009.3 | -5.1 |
Morning drizzle. Overcast with cool southerly winds. | ||||||||||||
14 | 0.3 | 10.8 | 4.5 | 10.2 | 57 | 233 | South Sth West | 0.5 | 1.5 | 996.9 | 1004.2 | -7.3 |
Some cloud but a mostly sunny morning. Thunder storm just after midday with snow pellets whitening the hills and streets. Temperature dropped from 10.8C to 4C in less than 30 minutes with this storm. Sunny but cold after it passed. Hail and snow flurries at night. | ||||||||||||
15 | -1.5 | 4.5 | 0.8 | 18.7 | 58 | 413 | South Sth West | 1.0 | 8.0 | 999.6 | 1007.1 | +7.5 |
Very cold with snow and hail approx 10cm of snow in our back yard. Schools and work places closed. 8mm of "rain" collected when the snow in the rain gauge partially melted. | ||||||||||||
16 | 0.1 | 6.1 | 2.3 | 10.7 | 44 | 246 | South Sth West | 1.5 | 24.5 | 1005.5 | 1020.1 | +14.6 |
Further snow overnight, 15 to 18cm here. Some thawing as the temperature increased. Rain showers and sleet in the afternoon with cold southerly winds. Rain fall total mostly from melting snow in the rain gauge. | ||||||||||||
17 | 0.8 | 5.6 | 3.1 | 11.1 | 35 | 225 | South Sth West | 1.0 | 14.0 | 1020.1 | 1022.7 | +2.6 |
Showers with sleet and hail, cold southerly winds | ||||||||||||
18 | 3.6 | 7.5 | 4.8 | 8.3 | 39 | 172 | South Sth West | 0.5 | 8.5 | 1022.1 | 1028.3 | +6.2 |
Showers and cold southerly winds. | ||||||||||||
19 | 1.6 | 8.0 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 28 | 124 | South Sth West | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1027.2 | 1030.2 | -3.0 |
Early showers clearing but remaining mostly cloudy with cold southerly winds. | ||||||||||||
20 | -1.6 | 12.1 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 14 | 21 | South Sth West | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1024.8 | 1029.0 | -4.2 |
Clear and sunny with light breezes. Rain recorded from frost condensation. | ||||||||||||
21 | -0.8 | 13.6 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 30 | 69 | South Sth West | 0 | 0 | 1024.3 | 1032.1 | +7.8 |
Some cloud but mostly sunny with southerly breezes. | ||||||||||||
22 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 7.1 | 1.8 | 15 | 41 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 1026.3 | 1031.8 | -5.5 |
Morning fog clearing to a sunny day with light NE breezes. | ||||||||||||
23 | 0.5 | 12.4 | 6.7 | 5.9 | 40 | 135 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 1020.7 | 1031.8 | -11.1 |
Clear and sunny with a fresh cool NE wind in the afternoon. | ||||||||||||
24 | -0.3 | 20.9 | 9.2 | 2.6 | 24 | 59 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 1017.7 | 1022.6 | -4.9 |
Mild with variable breezes turning NE in the afternoon with cloud increasing from mid afternoon. | ||||||||||||
25 | 1.7 | 18.2 | 8.7 | 2.0 | 18 | 46 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 1017.7 | 1021.6 | -3.9 |
Clear and sunny, light breezes tending NE. | ||||||||||||
26 | 1.1 | 14.9 | 8.0 | 4.1 | 32 | 94 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 1010.5 | 1019.3 | -8.8 |
High cloud increasing during the day but clearing late afternoon. NE winds. | ||||||||||||
27 | 5.0 | 18.2 | 11.2 | 4.5 | 30 | 101 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 1010.8 | 1022.2 | +11.4 |
Some cloud but mostly sunny. Southerly breezes turn NE from late afternoon. | ||||||||||||
28 | 6.7 | 13.7 | 9.8 | 6.3 | 26 | 143 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 1020.1 | 1024.7 | +4.6 |
Mostly cloudy but some sunny intervals, cool NE wind. | ||||||||||||
29 | 5.6 | 13.8 | 9.7 | 4.3 | 22 | 98 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 1010.8 | 1023.6 | -12.8 |
Overcast with NE winds briefly turning southerly in the evening. | ||||||||||||
30 | 5.5 | 18.4 | 11.4 | 5.0 | 37 | 1114 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 1003.4 | 1010.7 | -7.3 |
Mostly cloudy but cloud breaking late afternoon with a southerly change with a few spots of rain but remaining mostly dry. | ||||||||||||
31 | 4.6 | 12.3 | 8.5 | 6.0 | 34 | 136 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 999.4 | 1010.4 | -11.0 |
Sunny with some high cloud, cool NE wind. |