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August 2023 (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 & hours of air frost (to 0900 on date)
Date
Date
Pressure
(mb)
Temp (°C)
Relative
Humidity (%)
Wind Speed (mph)
Wind Direction
SoilTemp @ 20cm
(°C)
 SnowDepth(cm) or
Pentlands, Lammermuirs , Moorfoot Hills snowline(ft)
@ 0900 GMT
1Maximum Temp (°C)
2Minimum Temp (°C)
3Rainfall
(mm)
4Grass Min Temp
(°C)
5Sun (Hours)

Solar
Rad'n High
(W/m2)
7ET
(mm)
6Max Wind Speed (mph)
1
997.7
13.2
97
6
ENE
16.0
15.1
12.8
15.3
10.1
0.00
258
0.81
15
 Overcast 31st July with rain, drizzle and low cloud. Rain, drizzle hill fog am 1st August
1
2
990.3
12.6
97
5
ENE
15.5
15.7
12.4
8.4
12.1
0.10
564
0.74
23
 Rain and drizzle at times 1st. Rain am 2nd
2
3
1004.3
15.7
83
3
WNW
16.0
19.0
11.7
0.0
8.8
2.13
1071
2.16
15
 Rain, drizzle and hill fog until 1330h 2nd. Remaining cloudy pm. Shower early am 3rd
3
4
1017.1
13.8
73
5
WNW
16.0
17.2
11.5
0.0
10.5
2.06
916
2.16
11
 A few sunny intervals 3rd, overcast later pm. Mainly overcast am 4th
4
5
1010.4
13.5
85
3
N
15.5
15.2
10.3
5.9
8.2
2.31
490
1.40
20
 A few sunny intervals 4th, some clear spells am 5th
5
6
1017.1
13.3
86
1
NW
15.5
18.4
10.6
0.0
7.0
2.57
1011
2.18
13
 Thunder 1230h 5th with heavy showers. Variable cloud amount am 6th
6
7
1016.4
13.9
81
4
WSW
16.0
18.4
10.5
0.0
8.0
6.93
1071
2.72
18
 Sunny intervals late afternoon onwards 6th. Clear skies am 7th
7
8
1011.5
14.1
73
4
W
15.0
18.9
9.7
0.0
7.1
10.69
1034
3.63
20
 Sunny periods 7th, clear skies am 8th
8
9
1014.7
12.8
79
5
WSW
15.5
19.7
10.2
0.0
8.5
0.85
983
2.21
14
 Prolonged sunshine 8th. Clear overnight turning overcast am 9th
9
10
1017.1
19.7
87
2
NNE
15.5
23.9
16.2
1.7
15.0
0.86
1021
2.01
12
 Mainly overcast 9th, variable cloud amount am 10th
10
11
1009.5
18.1
78
9
WSW
17.0
22.6
16.3
0.7
13.7
11.12
977
4.62
27
 Warm, overcast and humid 10th. Heavy shower @ 0120h 11th
11
12
1003.1
15.6
91
4
SSE
17.5
20.9
15.2
1.6
13.5
5.15
993
2.82
26
Prolonged sunshine 11th, rain am 12th
12
13
1005.5
17.1
75
7
SW
17.0
19.6
13.4
10.7
11.0
5.58
1011
2.26
21
 Sunshine and showers 12th, thunder 1351h. Occasional showers am 13th
13
14
1006.7
16.5
80
2
SW
17.0
20.0
14.0
0.0
10.1
6.68
939
2.36
16
 Heavy showers with thunder early pm 13th. Clear skies am 14th
14
15
1012.0
18.1
77
3
NW
17.0
20.9
12.6
6.4
7.3
5.29
1090
2.16
11
 Sunny periods 14th, clear skies am 15th
U
16
1021.7
16.2
84
1
WNW
17.0
19.0
12.8
0.0
10.0
4.01
1007
2.29
11
 Thunder early pm and evening 15th. Heavy showers evening. Clear am 16th
16
17
1022.9
15.7
87
3
ENE
17.0
20.3
13.6
0.0
10.5
4.32
954
2.59
16
 Sunny intervals 16th. Turning overcast am 17th
17
18
1018.5
14.5
80
4
ENE
16.5
18.4
12.9
4.8
10.8
0.03
512
1.24
21
 Sunny intervals 17th. Overcast am 18th
18
19
1000.8
18.1
86
6
SSE
17.0
20.6
14.8
0.0
14.3
5.73
1034
3.00
38
 Overcast 18th, rain am 19th. Becoming warmer and windier overnight
19
20
1015.6
17.5
80
6
SW
17.0
21.4
14.4
0.0
11.5
6.05
953
3.30
27
 Sunny intervals 19th, gusty winds. Variable cloud amount am 20th
20
21
1015.5
18.7
80
5
S
17.0
21.7
15.0
0.8
12.5
8.70
909
3.35
33
 Sunny periods 20th. Variable cloud amount am 21st
21
22
1012.0
16.6
87
7
WSW
17.0
19.4
14.8
0.2
12.5
7.28
1037
3.12
30
 Sunny periods 21st, showers am 22nd
22
23
1017.1
14.9
81
3
WSW
16.5
18.8
11.1
0.2
8.2
1.15
765
1.73
15
 Sunny periods 22nd, more cloud late afternoon/evening. Variable cloud am 23rd
23
24
1011.2
14.5
65
4
WNW
16.5
18.7
12.2
0.0
10.5
8.84
1028
3.10
20
 Mainly overcast 23rd, shower am 24th
24
25
1005.5
13.7
80
2
WSW
16.0
15.7
10.9
4.8
8.0
3.56
837
1.50
14
 Sunny periods 24th, clear skies am 25th
25
26
1007.7
12.8
88
2
WNW
16.0
18.1
10.2
0.3
7.0
4.20
823
2.18
9
 Heavy showers with thunder early pm 25th. Mainly cloudy am 26th
26
27
1007.7
15.1
82
2
NW
16.0
17.3
12.4
2.5
6.1
2.95
990
1.96
14
 Sunny intervals 26th, clear skies late pm. Showers am 27th
27
28
1012.9
13.6
79
4
SW
16.0
17.3
10.5
0.6
8.2
4.04
914
2.11
15
 Heavy shower late am 27th. Variable cloud amount am 28th
28
29
1007.5
14.4
80
5
WSW
15.5
16.9
11.6
0.0
6.9
8.46
1000
2.97
27
Sunny intervals 28th, showers am 29th
29
30
1006.9
12.7
72
5
NW
15.0
18.2
8.9
0.0
6.1
6.66
879
2.36
13
Sunny periods 29th, clear skies am 30th
30
31
1008.5
14.6
80
1
E
15.0
17.3
7.8
0.0
4.7
5.46
809
1.65
12
Sunny periods 30th. clear skies am 31st
31
Total/Mean
18.9
12.3
64.9
4.7
143.76
1090
72.69
43
  
 
Pressure
(mb)
Temp
(°C)
Relative
Humidity
(%)
Wind Speed (mph)
Wind
Direction
Soil Temp
at 20cm
(°C)
SnowDepth(cm) or
Pentlands, Lammermuirs, Moorfoots snowline(ft)
1 Mean Maximum
Temp
(°C)
2Mean Minimum
Temp
(°C)
3Total Rainfall
(mm)
4Grass Min
Temp
lowest
(°C)
5Total Sun
(Hours)
Solar
Rad'n highest
W/m2
7Total ET
(mm)
6Max
Wind Speed
(mph)

August 2023 summary (to 0900 GMT, 1 September, 2023 )

Overall mean temperature 15.6C (+ 0.9degC)↓

Precipitation 64.9 mm (86.5%), Sunshine 143.76 hours (92.7%)
 
  0900 GMTreadings
Daily Readings (see notes below)  
    
1 September, 2023 6:24 PM
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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