Epping Weather Station

Monthly Summary: August 2008 (Daily Readings)

Temperature °C
   Date or compared to 1971-2000 average
Mean Maximum
20.7
-1.2
Mean Minimum
13.8
+1.2
Monthly Mean
17.2
-0.1
Highest Maximum
25.3
6th
Lowest Maximum
17.1
8th
Highest Minimum
17.5
29th
Lowest Minimum
9.2
23rd
Lowest Grass Min
8.1
15th, 23rd
Wind mph
Mean wind speed
5.1
Strongest Gust
33
Date
12th
Dominant Direction
SW
Direction at 0900
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
CALM
No of mornings
1
0
1
0
3
11
13
1
1
Precipitation mm
 Date or compared to 1971-2000 average
Monthly Total
59.5
116.6%
Wettest Day
15.8
11th
Rain Days (>0.2mm)
22
Wet Days (>1mm)
16
Sunshine hours
Monthly Total
133.22
% Average
66.6%
Days with no sun
1
Sunniest day
11.44
Date
2nd
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)
1
Thunder heard
4
Hail <5mm diameter
0
Hail > 5mm diameter
0

 
Miscellaneous Data
Mean Relative Humidity at 0900
81%
Mean Air Pressure at 0900
1010.4mb
Lowest Pressure
986.6mb
Date
12th
Highest Pressure
1021.8mb
Date
26th
Hours of air frost
0
Mean soil temp °C (20cm depth)
16.8
Greatest snow depth (0900)
n/a
Date
Particular days/events

31st - Thick fog at 0900

 

 

Month as a whole

Dullest August in my record of measuring sunshine since 2002.
February 2008 recorded more sunshine.

Lowest mean maximum and absolute maximum temperatures since 1993

 

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