August 2011 Summary
Temperature
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
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.

August 2011 Temperature Graph
August 2011 Wind Dir Graph
August 2011 Wind Dir % Graph
August 2011 Wind Speed Graph
August 2011 Rainfall Graph
August 2011 Barograph
August 2011 Humidity Graph