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Swanston Weather Station
August 2016 (Means and totals to date are at foot of table)
 
  0900 GMT readings
 Daily  Readings (See notes at foot of page)
Weather in previous 24h (to 0900 on date)Blue >50% snow cover @09
Date
Date
Pressure
(mb)
Temp (°C)
Relative
Humidity (%)
Wind Speed
(mph)
Wind
Direction
Soil Temp
at 20cm
(°C)
SnowDepth(cm) or
Pentlands, Lammermuirs, Moorfoots snowline(ft)
1Maximum Temperature (°C)
2Minimum Temperature (°C)
3Rainfall
(mm)
4GrassMin Temp
(°C)
5Sunshine (Hours)

Solar
Rad'n High
( W/m2)
7ET
(mm)
6Max Wind
Speed (mph)
1
1015.5
14.7
70
9
W
16.0
-
20.1
9.9
0.0
8.3
9.38
1078
3.3
21
 Sunny periods 31st July. Clear am 1st August
1
2
1009.4
13.6
90
5
ESE
15.5
-
17.9
9.1
0.2
4.4
1.25
749
1.7
27
 Sunny periods 1st. Fog am 2nd
2
3
997.1
16.1
87
15
WSW
16.0
-
18.9
14.1
1.3
12.3
2.39
872
2.5
28
 Mainly cloudy 2nd. Drizzle am 3rd
3
4
1000.7
16.6
82
11
WNW
16.5
-
17.3
13.3
1.3
12.3
2.74
849
1.9
21
 Rain late pm 3rd and early am 4th
4
5
1016.8
12.8
90
5
W
16.0
-
17.6
11.5
1.2
11.3
2.23
898
2.4
22
 Sunny intervals 4th then cloudy pm. Showers am 5th
5
6
1023.1
15.8
75
5
W
16.0
-
21.5
10.5
0.5
8.5
4.37
1129
3.1
47
 Mainly cloudy 5th, heavy shower @ 1840GMT. Clear am 6th
6
7
1012.6
15.9
71
14
W
16.0
-
17.4
13.8
1.7
12.5
5.81
974
3.7
48
 Sunny intervals 6th. Gusty WSW winds overnight 6th/7th
7
8
1014.7
12.7
76
12
W
16.0
-
16.8
10.4
0.0
8.6
6.84
1071
3.8
43
 Sunny intervals 7th, showers later,windy. Clear am 8th..
8
9
1023.0
13.4
70
11
WNW
15.5
-
15.3
9.2
0.8
7.1
3.49
954
2.0
24
 Sunny intervals 8th. Clear am 9th
9
10
1023.8
12.1
80
5
WNW
14.5
-
14.1
5.6
15.9
0.8
3.55
584
1.4
26
 Sunny intervals/light showers 9th. Clear/cold am 10th
10
11
1014.2
14.1
94
15
W
15.0
-
16.8
10.8
0.5
10.4
0.00
443
1.4
33
 Sunny intervals am 10th, rain pm. Rain am 11th
11
12
1013.6
16.5
85
24
WSW
15.5
-
17.5
12.9
2.1
11.8
4.56
986
2.7
44
 Cloudy and dull 11th. Sunny intervals am 12th
12
13
1016.3
15.2
83
9
W
15.5
-
16.6
12.9
0.0
11.7
5.42
954
2.3
29
 Showers pm 12th. Broken cloud am 13th
13
14
1024.3
12.9
85
6
W
15.0
-
16.3
11.4
0.0
10.6
0.01
387
1.5
17
 Sunny intervals 13th. Cloudy am 14th
14
15
1025.2
15.9
73
8
ESE
15.0
-
19.6
9.4
0.0
4.5
12.69
889
3.1
13
 Cloudy and dull 14th. Clear skies am 15th
15
16
1020.1
19.0
77
2
SSW
15.0
-
22.9
11.2
0.0
7.6
14.00
721
3.6
21
 Prolonged sunshine 15th. Fog early 16th then sunny
16
17
1015.1
17.0
78
2
ESE
16.0
-
21.0
10.7
0.1
5.6
13.02
731
3.7
13
 Unbroken sunshine 16th. Fog early 18th then sunny
17
18
1013.2
13.1
98
3
SE
16.0
-
19.9
11.0
0.0
6.1
3.81
884
1.9
19
 Prolonged sunshine 17th. Fog am 18th
18
19
1005.6
13.8
86
11
SE
16.0
-
14.8
11.9
7.6
10.8
0.42
257
1.1
23
 Sunny intervals 18th, haze. Cloudy am 19th
19
20
994.9
15.1
86
8
SSE
15.5
-
15.5
11.6
5.4
9.5
2.55
654
1.0
21
 Rain pm 19th. Clear skies clouding over am 20th
20
21
1008.1
14.6
88
12
W
15.0
-
18.6
12.8
0.4
11.5
6.74
1011
2.6
26
 Rain pm 20th. Clear am 21st
21
22
1013.0
16.7
95
9
WSW
16.0
-
20.8
13.8
tr
12.9
6.13
1020
2.7
28
 Sunny intervals 21st. Cloud am 22nd, rain at times
22
23
1022.6
13.6
84
5
ESE
16.0
-
18.1
11.3
0.6
8.4
0.15
573
1.2
14
 Sunny intervals 22nd. Clear then cloudy am 23rd
23
24
1020.0
15.8
69
8
WNW
16.0
-
21.2
12.4
0.0
10.5
12.50
768
3.6
18
 Cloudy and dull 23rd. Clear then sunny am 24th
24
25
1018.7
12.7
95
5
E
16.0
-
14.8
11.3
0.0
6.1
0.00
404
0.8
14
 Prolonged sunshine 24th. Fog/low cloud am 25th
25
26
1011.9
14.8
77
14
WSW
15.5
-
18.4
11.2
0.0
8.4
9.75
905
3.2
31
 Easterlies with haar 25th. Clearer with westerly winds am 26th.
26
27
1019.3
16.7
74
3
WSW
15.0
-
19.2
11.3
0.0
9.0
6.84
953
2.5
16
 Sunny periods 26th. Clear am 27th
27
28
1013.1
13.4
94
5
E
15.5
-
18.4
12.7
0.0
11.0
1.38
921
1.5
14
 Sunny intervals 27th. Cloudy am 28th
28
29
1019.5
14.1
80
9
W
16.0
-
19.2
10.6
0.0
9.2
10.46
703
3.7
36
 Mainlycloudy 28th. Clear then sunny am 29th
29
30
1020.2
16.6
80
11
WSW
16.0
-
22.3
13.8
0.0
14.3
6.99
858
3.7
42
 Sunny periods 29th. Cloudy later and am 30th
30
31
1012.1
15.5
78
13
WSW
16.0
-
17.4
13.3
0.1
12.2
4.54
898
2.7
39
 Sunny intervals 31st with gusty winds/wave pm. Blustery am 31st
31
 
   
Total/
Mean
              
18.3
11.5
39.7
0.8
164.01
1129
76.3
48
  
Date
 
Pressure
(mb)
Temp
(°C)
Relative
Humidity
(%)
Wind
Speed (mph)
Wind
Direction
Soil Temp
at 20cm
(°C)
Snow Depth(cm)
or
Pentlands Snow line(ft)
1 Mean Maximum
Temperature
(°C)
2Mean Minimum
Temperature
(°C)
3Total Rainfall
(mm)
4GrassMin'm
Temperature
(°C)
5Total Sunshine
(Hours)
Solar
Rad'n High
( W/m2)
7Total ET
(mm)
6Maximum
Wind Speed
(mph)
 
  0900 GMTreadings
Daily Readings (see notes below)  
    

 

Notes
1. For the 24 hours from 0900UTC* on the date to 0900UTC* on the following day. (The maximum temperature is generally in the afternoon*)
2. For the 24 hours ending at 0900UTC* on the date. (The minimum temperature is generally just after sunrise*)
*Where a maximum is overnight or minimum is during the day the figure is shown in italics. This often occurs in winter
3. For the 24 hours from 0900UTC* on the date to 0900UTC* on following day. SEPA = Scottish Environmental Protection Agency/UKMO 5" diameter gauge
4. For the period from sunset on previous day to 0900UTC* on the date
5.For the period sunrise to sunset on the date
6. For the period 0000UTC*-2400UTC* on the date i.e the Calendar Day
7. Total evapotranspiration on the date (in mm).
* UTC is Universal Time Coordinated. It has been adopted by the UK Met.Office in place of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). When British Summer Time is in force UTC is BST minus one hour ,e.g.1000BST=0900UTC

 

 

 

 

 


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