Epping Weather Station

Monthly Summary: August 2006 (Daily Readings)

Temperature °C
  Date or compared to 1971-2000 average
Mean Maximum
20.8
-1.1
Mean Minimum
12.7
+0.1
Monthly Mean
16.7
-0.6
Highest Maximum
27.9
6th
Lowest Maximum
15.7
12th
Highest Minimum
17.6
7th
Lowest Minimum
8.9
25th
Lowest Grass Min
7.8
25th
Wind mph
Mean wind speed
4.9
Strongest Gust
31
Date
1st
Dominant Direction
W
Direction at 0900
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
CALM
No of mornings
5
1
2
1
0
4
14
4
0
Precipitation mm
Date or compared to 1971-2000 average
Monthly Total
76.6
150
Wettest Day
19.3
12th
Rain Days (>0.2mm)
19
Wet Days (>1mm)
12
Sunshine hours
Monthly Total
163.6
% Average
82
Days with no sun
0
Sunniest day
12.20
Date
8th
Number of days with
Air Frost
0
Ground Frost
0
Snow/sleet falling (0000-2400GMT)
0
>50% snow cover at 0900
0
Fog at 0900 (vis <1000m)
0
Thunder heard
5
Hail <5mm diameter
0
Hail > 5mm diameter
0

 

Miscellaneous Data
Mean Relative Humidity at 0900
79
Mean Air Pressure at 0900
1012.6
Lowest Pressure
1000.0mb
Date
18th
Highest Pressure
1024.6mb
Date
8th
Hours of air frost
0
Mean soil temp °C (20cm depth)
17.1
Greatest snow depth (0900)
n/a
Date
Particular days/events

Thunder on 13th,17th,18th,21st and 29th

 

 

Month as a whole

Coolest August since 1993
Lowest mean maximum temperature since 1993, 5th lowest on record (since 1979)

Annual rainfall so far 412.1mm (99.6% normal for this period)

 

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