Thursday 29 September 2011

Misty morning, sunny afternoon.
Temps: Min: 14.3; Max: 18.7. Rain: Nil.

Wednesday 28 September 2011

Foggy and damp overnight followed by a sunny day.
Temps: Min: 13.9; Max: 19.3. Rain: Nil.

Tuesday 27 September 2011

Dull, damp and gloomy in the morning. Some sun for a time early afternoon, then foggy.
Temps: Min: 15.0; Max: 18.3. Rain: Trace.

Monday 26 September 2011

Overnight rain/showers, then a dry but mainly cloudy day with just a little sun.
Temps: Min: 15.0; Max: 19.2. Rain: 2.2 mm.

Sunday 25 September 2011

Rain/showers overnight. Intervals of hazy sunshine for most of the day, but more cloudy later in the afternoon and rain in the evening.
Temps: Min: 14.0; Max: 19.3. Rain: 5.3 mm.

Saturday 24 September 2011

A cloudy morning, then overcast with drizzle/rain for a time around the middle of the day. Some sunny intervals during the afternoon, but mainly cloudy again in the evening.
Temps: Min: 12.6; Max: 17.5. Rain: 0.5 mm.

Friday 23 September 2011

Some mist at first then sunny intervals, lengthier in the morning.
Temps: Min: 8.9; Max: 18.1. Rain: Nil.

*Friday was the second consecutive completely dry day - the first time this can be reported since the 1st and 2nd of September.

August 2011 Summary

Summary: August 2011, like both June and July before it, was another colder than average month. In terms of total rainfall, it was drier than recent Augusts, but there were no lengthy settled spells.

Temperature: Minimium:
The 29th/30th was the coldest night of the month at just 8.4 degs C, and was the coldest ever August night at this location.*
The highest night-time low was 16.3 degs C on the night of 31 July/1st August. This temperature was exceeded during every August since at least 2004.
The average night-time temperature for August 2011 was 12.97 degs C. This was lower than July, and the coldest ever August average at this location.*

Temperature: Maximum:
The lowest maximum recorded for the month of August 2011 was 17.4 degs C, on both the 26th and the 30th. These were the coldest ever August days recorded at this location.*
The highest maximum for the month was 22.7 degs C on the 21st. This temperature was exceeded during every other August since at least 2004.
The average maximum temperature for the month was 20.06 degs C, which was lower than July and the lowest ever for August at this location.*
The temperature exceeded 20 degs C on a maximum of 21 days during the month, the least number of times for August ever at this location.* Furthermore there were no days after the 24th when this occurred.
The last time the temperature exceeded 25 degs C during August was in 2006.

*It should be noted that a new, more reliable thermometer was in use this month, which may read maximum temperatures around 0.5 to 1 degree lower than the previous one.
This may slightly affect comparisons described in this section.

Rainfall:
54.7 mm of rain fell during the month, slightly less than in July, making it the driest August since at least 2007.
The wettest day itself was the 3rd, with 12.6 mm, although this spell of rain lasted into the 4th and made a combined 24 hour total of 22.4 mm.
There were a maximum of 16 dry days during the month, the most in any of the last 4 Augusts, although apart from the last 5 days, there were never more than 3 consecutive totally dry days.

Thunder:
Thunder was heard on the 7th, 24th and 25th.

* Since at least 2003.

Thursday 22 September 2011

Sunny intervals.
Temps: Min; 11.5; Max: 18.3. Rain: Nil.

Wednesday 21 September 2011

AM: Sunny. PM: Sunny intervals. Evening: Rather cloudy with some drizzle.
Temps: Min: 11.5; Max: 18.8. Rain: Trace.

Tuesday 20 September 2011

A little blue sky at first, otherwise overcast.
Rain/drizzle from late morning.

Temps: Min: 14.9; Max: 18.3. Rain: 18.0 mm.

*It was the wettest day since 12th June.

Monday 19 September 2011

Cloudy with a few outbreaks of light rain/drizzle in the morning.
Dry in the afternoon with some gaps in the clouds.
Temps: Min: 12.7; Max: 19.1. Rain: 0.1 mm.

Sunday 18 September 2011

Mostly cloudy morning with frequent showers. Sunny intervals in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 11.7; Max: 16.9. Rain: 2.0 mm.

Saturday 17 September 2011

Sunny intervals. Showers in the morning.
Temps: Min: 12.3; Max: 17.0. Rain: 3.0 mm.

Friday 16 September 2011

Sunny intervals in the morning. More cloudy in the afternoon with a few showers.
Temps: Min: 14.7; Max: 19.8. Rain: 0.2 mm.

Thursday 15 September 2011

AM:[Falmouth]/PM:[Truro]: Sunny intervals. The sunshine rather milky at times.
[Fal]: Temps: 11.6; Max: 18.2. Rain: Nil.

Wednesday 14 September 2011

Sunny intervals. A light shower in the morning.
Temps: Min: 11.4; Max: 17.3. Rain: 0.1 mm.

Tuesday 13 September 2011

Sunny intervals. A shower in the morning.
Temps: Min: 11.9; Max: 17.6. Rain: 0.7 mm.

Monday 12 September 2011

Overnight rain and windy. A mainly cloudy morning with some drizzly showers.
Sunny intervals in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 15.9; Max: 19.4. Rain: 2.1 mm.

Sunday 11 September 2011

Sunny intervals in the morning. More cloudy in the afternoon with a few passing showers. Drizzly rain in the evening.
Temps: Min: 13.6; Max: 19.9. Rain: 0.3 mm.

Saturday 10 September 2011

Cloudy with rain at first. Sunny intervals in the afternoon. Showers in the evening.
Temps: Min: 16.2; Max: 20.4. Rain: 5.2 mm.

Friday 9 September 2011

Overcast, dull, gloomy, misty, with drizzly showers and some drier periods. Thunderstorm late morning. Foggy with further drizzly showers from mid-afternoon.
Temps: Min: 16.5; Max: 20.1. Rain: 0.8 mm.

*The minimum temperature was the highest since August 20/21, 2010.

Thursday 8 September 2011

Overcast, dull and misty with low cloud and some drizzle in the morning. Brighter for a time in the afternoon with some blue sky visible, then a spell of rain late afternoon.
Temps: Min: 14.3; Max: 20.7. Rain: 3.1 mm.

Wednesday 7 September 2011

Mostly cloudy and grey, but brighter with a little hazy sun at times.
Temps: Min: 11.3; Max: 18.6. Rain: Nil.

Tuesday 6 September 2011

Windy. Rain overnight and in the morning. Overcast with a few light showers in the afternoon.
Mainly cloudy in the evening.
Temps: Min: 15.3; Max: 17.1. Rain: 14.2 mm.

Monday 5 September 2011

Sunny intervals. A few showers in the morning. Cloudy from mid-afternoon.
Temps: Min: 10.9; Max: 19.3. Rain: Trace.

Sunday 4 September 2011

Rain overnight. Sunny intervals in the morning. Rain in the afternoon followed by a partly cloudy evening.
Temps: Min: 10.8; Max: 19.1. Rain: 6.0 mm.

Saturday 3 September 2011

Sunny to start, then cloudy with drizzly showers. Mostly dry for a time in the afternoon then rain in the evening.
Temps: Min: 16.2; Max: 19.6. Rain: 8.5 mm.

Friday 2 September 2011

Misty start, then mostly cloudy during the morning. Mainly sunny in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 13.2; Max: 21.1. Rain: Nil.

Thursday 1 September 2011

AM: Low level cumulus cloud upwind from the sea with some breaks allowing a little sun.
PM: Sunny. Broken low level cumulus cloud again in the evening.

Temps: Min: 12.1; Max: 19.9. Rain: Nil.

Wednesday 31 August 2011

Mainly cloudy. Some sunny intervals, lengthier later.
Temps: Min: 11.3; Max: 18.7. Rain: Nil.