Sunday 29 September 2013

Overcast and gloomy with mist and fog. Some drizzle in the morning too.
Temps: Min: 17.9; Max: 19.1.
Rain: Trace.  Pres: 1006 mb.

Saturday 28 September 2013

Overcast. Showers in the morning and evening.
Temps: Min: 17.5; Max: 20.3.
Rain: 0.9 mm.  Pres: 1006 mb.

Update

Monday 23 September [1400] to Friday 27 September [2200]

Temps [Min]: 17.9*; Max: 20.8.
Rain: 2.8 mm.  Pres^: 1013.5 mb.

*To 1900 Friday.
^2200 Friday.

Monday 23 September 2013

[Until 1400 only]
Overcast, cloudy and misty.
Temps: Min: 17.6; Max: 19.5.
Rain: Trace.  Pres: 1022 mb.

Sunday 22 September 2013

Mostly cloudy. A little sun around the middle of the day and early afternoon.  Mist, fog and drizzle in the evening.
Temps: Min: 19.6*; Max: 22.4.
Rain: 0.1 mm.  Pres: 1025.5 mb.

*This is the warmest minimum since August 15th/16th, and the highest figure ever for a September minimum since at least 2003.

August 2013 Summary

In Brief:
A very warm month, especially so at night.  Much wetter than July but not exceptionally wet.

Temperature: [Minimum]:
The coolest night of the month was the 19th/20th, when the temperature fell to 13.6 degs C.  This was the highest reading below which the temperature did not fall, for any month ever at this location.*
This exceeds 13.5 degs C, only set in July, and the 'highest' minimum temperature for August previously was 11.5 degs C in 2004.
The warmest night of the month was the 14th/15th, with a 'low' of 20.4 degs C.  This was one of three nights this month that exceeded the previous 'highest minimum' ever at this location* of 19.8 degs C, itself set as recently as the 30th/31st July.   This means that the previous highest minimum ever figure* of 19.2 degs C set in July 2006, was exceeded seven times in July and August 2013!
The average night-time temperature for August 2013 was 16.92 degs C.  This was slightly down on July [17.09 degs C] but still becomes the highest August figure ever*, pushing 2012's 16.07 degs C into second place.

Temperature: [Maximum]:
Daytime temperatures ranged from 18.3 degs C on the 31st, to 25.1 degs C on the 2nd.  This was the only day of the month which exceeded 25 degs C, but it was still the warmest August day since 2006, though not a fine summer's day - see 'thunder' below!

The 31st was one of only three days in the month where the temperature did not exceed 20 degs C.  The others were the 24th and 25th, which coincidentally were the Saturday and Sunday of the Bank Holiday weekend.
The average maximum temperature for the month was 22.42 degs C, [July = 23.45 degs C], but this still makes it the warmest August since 2004, [22.52 degs C], therefore exceeding the August average for the 'good' summer of 2006 [22.1].

Rainfall:
95.5 mm of rain fell during August 2013, making it the wettest month since May 2013.  It was a lot wetter than July [36.2 mm], but a lot drier than August 2012 [149.1 mm]!  It also turned out to be the third driest August of the last six.
The wettest day itself was the 5th [!], with a total of 39.6 mm falling, mainly during the morning. This was the wettest day since March 21st, and the wettest August day since 2010 when the 25th saw 45.9 mm.
Around two-thirds of the month's total rain [61.6 mm] had fallen by the 5th, with most of the remainder [28.3 mm] falling from the 14th to the 18th.  This left the rest of the month mainly dry, although there were only 10 completely dry days, and 16 days with no measurable rain.  Only 1.7 mm of rain fell after the 18th.

Cumulatively, 669.6 mm of rain has now fallen during 2013, compared to 744.8 by the end of August 2012.

Thunder:
There was an afternoon thunderstorm followed by showers with thunder during the evening of the 2nd - which was also the month's warmest day.

*Since at least 2004.

Saturday 21 September 2013

Drizzle at first. Mostly cloudy with a few bright/sunny intervals and the odd very light drizzly shower.
Temps: Min: 15.5; Max: 23.7*.
Rain: 1.2 mm.  Pres: 1026 mb.

*It was the warmest day since August 30th.

Friday 20 September 2013

Sunny intervals.
Temps: Min: 13.2; Max: 19.5.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1020 mb.

Thursday 19 September 2013

Overcast with rain in the morning. Sunny intervals in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 12.6; Max: 21.9.
Rain: 3.8 mm.  Pres: 1013.5 mb.

Wednesday 18 September 2013

Mostly cloudy with some showers in the morning.  Sunny intervals in the afternoon, then a clear, moonlit evening.
Temps: Min: 15.8; Max: 17.9.
Rain: 1.0 mm.  Pres: 1013.5 mb.

Tuesday 17 September 2013

Mainly cloudy with showers in the morning.  Overcast, wet and windy in the afternoon.  Broken cloud in the evening.
Temps: Min: 12.8; Max: 20.9.
Rain: 3.0 mm.  Pres: 1004.5 mb.

Monday 16 September 2013

Sunny intervals and showers.
Temps: Min: 11.7; Max: 16.4*.
Rain: 2.1 mm.  Pres: 1012 mb.

*The lowest maximum since 10th June.

Sunday 15 September 2013

Bright to start with, then increasingly cloudy.  Rain during the afternoon, followed by a dry and partly cloudy evening.
Temps: Min: 10.9; Max: 19.9.
Rain: 6.2 mm.  Pres: 1012 mb.

Following 48 hours after the highest September minimum since at least 2003, it was the coolest night since that of 4th/5th June.  

Saturday 14 September 2013

Sunny intervals.  Mainly sunny from mid-afternoon.
Temps: Min: 14.1; Max: 17.4.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1021 mb.

Friday 13 September 2013

Overcast throughout.  Drizzle in the morning and evening; rain in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 19.1*; Max: 22.5.
Rain: 12.3 mm.  Pres: 1021 mb.

*It was the warmest ever September minimum at this location [since at least 2003].

Thursday 12 September 2013

Mostly cloudy but bright at times too.  Some drizzle in the evening.
Temps: Min: 18.6*; Max: 21.8.
Rain: 1.0 mm.  Pres: 1022 mb.

*It was the warmest September minimum since 5th September 2006 and the 2nd warmest ever at this location [since 2004].

Wednesday 11 September 2013

Mostly cloudy with a few cloud breaks around the middle of the day.
Temps: Min: 15.1; Max: 20.0.
Rain: Nil.  Pres; 1022 mb.

Tuesday 10 September 2013

Sunny intervals. Mainly cloudy in the evening.
Temps: Min: 14.4; Max: 18.3.
Rain; Nil.  Pres: 1024 mb.

Monday 9 September 2013

Rain/showers overnight, followed by a dry Monday.  Partly cloudy in the morning and sunny in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 15.7; Max: 19.3.
Rain: 4.9 mm.  Pres: 1019 mb.

Sunday 8 September 2013

Mostly cloudy with a few showers and a little sun in the morning, then a dry afternoon with intervals of rather hazy sunshine. Some light rain in the evening.
Temps: Min: 12.0; Max: 19.1.
Rain: 2.3 mm.  Pres: 1014 mb.

Saturday 7 September 2013

Sunny intervals. Showers at first.
Temps: Min: 11.9; Max: 17.4.
Rain: 3.1 mm.  Pres: 1014.5 mb.

*It was the coolest day since 10th June.

Friday 6 September 2013

Sunny intervals in the morning, cloudy in the afternoon.
Showers, some with hail, more frequent and heavy in the afternoon.

Temps: Min: 12.6; Max: 19.3.
Rain: 19.0 mm.  Pres: 1013 mb.

*It was the wettest day since 5th August.

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Thursday 5 September 2013

AM: Sunny intervals.
PM: Cloudy. Light shower late afternoon.

Temps: Min: 14.4; Max: 22.0.
Rain: Trace.  Pres: 1014.5 mb.

Wednesday 4 Septemeber 2013

Mainly overcast with low-level cloud.  Some breaks in the evening.
Temps: Min: 14.3; Max: 20.0.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1017.5 mb.

Tuesday 3 September 2013

Some sun in the morning, but also quite cloudy.  Sunny in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 16.2; Max: 20.2.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1027 mb.

Monday 2 Septemeber 2013

Sunny intervals in the morning, though a lot of cloud too.  Sunny in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 14.4; Max: 19.7.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1029.5 mb.

Sunday 1 September 2013

Spells of bright and hazy sunshine, with an amazing sunset in the evening.
Temps: Min: 12.1; Max: 20.9.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1031 mb.