Sunday 31 August 2014

Saturday 30 August 2014

A few showers overnight, followed by a dry day with intervals of hazy sunshine.
Temps: Min: 14.4;  Max: 21.2.
Rain: 0.6 mm.  Pres: 1018.2 mb.

Friday 29 August 2014

Mainly dry but mostly cloudy.  Some drizzle in the morning and evening.  Sunny intervals in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 14.4;  Max: 22.3.
Rain: 0.2 mm.  Pres: 1014.1 mb.

Friday 29 August 2014

Thursday 28 August 2014

Showers at first, then dry and mostly sunny.
Temps: Min: 14.6;  Max: 22.1.
Rain: 0.6 mm.  Pres: 1009.8 mb.

Thursday 28 August 2014

Wednesday 27 August 2014

Cloudy with showers in the morning.  Overcast and misty with rain in the afternoon and evening.
Temps: Min: 15.9;  Max: 20.3.
Rain: 10.1 mm.  Pres: 1004.7 mb.

Wednesday 27 August 2014

July 2014 Summary

In Brief:
Mostly dry, fine and warm. specially the second half of the month.

Temperature [Minimum]:
The coolest night of the month was the 8th when the temperature fell to 9.2 degs C. This was the second coolest July night ever at this location* with 8.3 being the coolest on the 21st of July, 2011.
The warmest night of July 2014 was the 24th, when the temperature did not go below 17.9 degs C.
This gave an average of 14.56 degs C, making it the 5th warmest July for night-time temperature since 2004.

Temperature [Maximum]:
The coolest day of the month was the 7th with a max of 20.2 degs C.  There has been a cooler day than this every month since July 2006, when the lowest was 20.5 degs C.
The warmest day of the month was the 26th, with 28.0 degs C.  This was the hottest day since 14th July 2013, when the temperature reached 28.5 degs C.
The average daytime maximum for July 2014 was 23.99 degs C, making it the second hottest month ever at this location.* July 2006 was the hottest with an average of 24.68 degs C.

The temperature exceeded 20 degs C on all 31 days of July 2014, the first time this has happened in any month since July 2006.   25 degs C was exceeded 11 times in July 2014, which is the most times ever.*  July 2006 only managed ten!

Rainfall:
32.6 mm of rain fell during July 2014, making it the driest of any month since March 2012.  It was also the lowest figure for any July since at least 2007, although July 2013 was close with 36.2 mm.   June 2014 saw 44.1 mm of rain.
The wettest day itself was the 4th, with 6.3 mm.  This was the lowest amount for a wettest day since 6.2 mm in April 2011.
There were 16 completely dry days, and 18 with no measurable rain.   Although some rain fell on 15 days of the month, there were only 7 days with more than 1 mm.  The longest spell with no rain at all was just 6 days, from the 18th to the 23rd.

Cumulatively 782.6 mm of rain has fallen in 2014 to the end of July. Despite two consecutive dryish months this compares with 574.1 mm in the same period in 2013 [+36.3%].   

Thunder:
Thunder was heard on the 17th during a lengthy spectacular lightning storm.

*Since at least 2003.

Tuesday 26 August 2014

Tuesday 26 August 2014

[Falmouth]: Rain/showers overnight and for the first half of the morning.  Dry thereafter.
[Plymouth]: Sunny intervals in the afternoon.

[Fal]: Temps: Min: 14.6;  Max: 23.2.
Rain: 7.0 mm.  Pres: 1005.9 mb.


Monday 25 August 2014

Cloudy with rain in the morning.  Sunny intervals in the afternoon.  Showers in the evening.
Temps: Min: 14.6;  Max: 21.8.
Rain: 18.3 mm*.  Pres: 996.6 mb.

*Wettest day since 22nd May.

Monday 25 August 2014

Sunday 24 August 2014

Some cloud breaks early on, then cloudy with showers.  Overcast with more persistent rain in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 6.9*;  Max: 17.2.*
Rain: 5.9** mm.  Pres: 1009.8 mb.

*It was the coldest day since 25th May [also a Bank Holiday Sunday], and the coldest August day ever at this location, [since at least 2003].  Previously this record was 17.4 in 2011 [30th].
It was also the new coldest ever August night at this location, which is the third time this record has been broken this week!
**Editted.

Sunday 24 August 2014

Saturday 23 August 2014

Sunny intervals.
Temps: Min: 10.3;  Max: 19.5.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1018.2 mb.

Saturday 23 August 2014

Friday 22 August 2014

Some rain overnight, then a dry day with sunny intervals.
Temps: Min: 11.7;  Max: 19.7.
Rain: 0.6 mm.  Pres: 1014.8 mb.

Friday 22 August 2014

Thursday 21 August 2014

Sunny intervals.  A lot of cloud too.
Temps: Min: 7.5*;  Max: 21.5.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1011.7 mb.

* This was the coldest night since June 5th, and the coldest August night ever at this location [since at least 2003], already beating the new record set 24 hours earlier.

Thursday 21 August 2014

Wednesday 20 August 2014

Mostly cloudy in the morning.  Sunny intervals in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 8.2*;  Max: 19.5**.
Rain: Nil.. Pres: 1018.3 mb.

*It was the coldest night since June 12th, and the coldest August night ever at this location [since at least 2003].
**It was the coolest day since June 10th.

Wednesday 20 August 2014

Tuesday 19 August 2014

Sunny intervals and showers.
Temps: Min: 10.4;  Max: 21.0.
Rain: 3.0 mm.  Pres: 1016.4 mb.

*It was the coolest night since 14 July.

Monday 18 August 2014

Sunny intervals. Showers overnight and in the morning. 
Temps: Min: 10.8;  Max: 20.0.
Rain: 0.9 mm.  Pres: 1013.4 mb.

*It was the coolest day and the first time the temperature didn't exceed 20 degs C since 17 June.

Monday 18 August 2014

Sunday 17 August 2014

AM: Mainly cloudy with drizzly showers.
PM: Sunny intervals.
Temps: Min: 13.7;  Max: 21.1.
Rain: 2.1 mm.  Pres: 1009.9 mb.

Sunday 17 August 2014

Saturday 16 August 2014

Mostly cloudy.  Sunny intervals around the middle of the day.   Light drizzly showers in the afternoon and evening.
Temps: Min: 11.8;  Max: 22.0.
Rain: 0.1 mm.  Pres: 1018.6 mb.

Friday 15 August 2014

Sunny intervals.
Temps: Min: 12.7;  Max: 20.5.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1020.8 mb.

Friday 15 August 2014

Thursday 14 August 2014

AM: Mostly cloudy with showers.
PM: Sunny intervals.
Temps: Min: 12.5;  Max: 22.0.
Rain: 0.6 mm.  Pres: 1012.2 mb.

Wednesday 13 August 2014

Wednesday 13 August 2014

Sunny intervals.
Temps: Min: 12.7;  Max: 21.8.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1009.5 mb.

Tuesday 12 August 2014

Showers overnight and at first. 
Mainly cloudy with some hazy sun in the morning.  Sunny intervals in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 10.8;  Max: 22.3.
Rain: 1.2 mm.  Pres: 1004.2 mb.

Tuesday 12 August 2014

Monday 11 August 2014

Sunny intervals and showers, some on the heavy side.
Temps: Min: 12.5;  Max: 22.3.
Rain: 2.7 mm.  Pres: 1009.0 mb.

Monday 11 August 2014

Sunday 10 August 2014

Overnight rain/showers.  Sunny intervals on Sunday, with showers in the morning.  Breezy.
Temps: Min: 13.9;  Max: 21.7.
Rain: 4.5 mm.  Pres: 1005.5 mb*.

*Pressure reached a low of 988.0 mbs between 0600 and 0700 on Sunday.


Saturday 9 August 2014

AM: Mainly cloudy and bright. 
PM: Cloudy. Mostly dry in the afternoon.  Heavy showers in the evening.

Temps: Min: 12.5;  Max: 23.7.
Rain: 3.9 mm.  Pres: 1001.6 mb.

Saturday 9 August 2014

Friday 8 August 2014

Some sun in the morning and again in the evening, otherwise cloudy with a few brief showers.
Temps: Min: 10.7;  Max: 23.2.
Rain: 0.3 mm.  Pres: 1004.3 mb.

Friday 8 August 2014

Thursday 7 August 2014

Sunny.  Cloudier for a time in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 13.5;  Max: 23.2.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1011.8 mb.

Thursday 7 August 2014

Wednesday 6 August 2014

A few showers overnight and in the morning, but mostly dry with sunny intervals, lengthening later in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 15.2;  Max: 25.6.
Rain: 0.6 mm.  Pres: 1011.8 mb.



Wednesday 6 August 2014

Tuesday 5 August 2014

Overnight rain and showers.
AM: Sunny intervals.
PM: Cloudy with showers.

Temps: Min:16.4;  Max: 26.1.
Rain: 6.0 mm.  Pres: 1009.6 mb.

Tuesday 5 August 2014

Monday 4 August 2014

Sunny intervals.  Few spots of rain in the evening.
Temps: Min: 11.8;  Max: 24.6.
Rain:  Trace.  Pres: 1014.1 mb.

Sunday 3 August 2014

Sunny intervals.
Temps: Min: 10.6;  Max: 24.1.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1010.1 mb.

Saturday 2 August 2014

Rain overnight, followed by a dry day with lengthening sunny intervals.
Temps: Min: 14.3;  Max: 22.9.
Rain: 5.7 mm.  Pres: 1003.4 mb.

Saturday 2 August 2014

Friday 1 August 2014

Cloudy/overcast.  A few light showers in the morning, rain in the afternoon, showers in the evening.
Temps: Min: 14.7;  Max: 20.1.
Rain: 8.4 mm.  Pres: 1000.5 mb.

*It was the coolest day since 17 June and the wettest day since 28 June.

Friday 1 August 2014

Thursday 31 July 2014

Sunny intervals, although quite cloudy around the middle of the day and again late afternoon.
Temps: Min:  15.3;  Max: 25.8.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1010.0 mb.

*The maximum temperature exceeded 20 degs C everyday in July 2014, for only the second time in 10 years.