August 2017 Summary

In Brief:
Unsettled and cool, except for the 4th week.  About average rainfall for August.

Temperature: [Minimum]:
Lowest:  10.3 degs C on the 25th. 
Highest:  15.9 degs C on the 21st.  Lowest August night-time max since at least 2003.
Average minimum:  12.96 degs C.  2nd lowest of the last 14 Augusts.  Lowest = 2014 [12.49].
Nights with temperature below 5 degs C = 0.
Nights with temperature below 0 degs C = 0.

Temperature: [Maximum]:
Lowest:  17.2 degs C on the 14th & 30th.  =2nd coldest August days since at least 2003.  Coldest = 2015 [16.5].
Highest:  23.9 degs C on the 28th.  Hottest August day since 2014.
Average maximum:  19.52 degs C.  Coldest of the last 14 Augusts.
Days with temperature above 20 degs C = 9.  Fewest for August since at least 2003.  2nd = 14 in 2015.  10 fewer than in July. 
Days with temperature above 25 degs C = 0. 

Rainfall:
Total: 87.4 mm.  Driest month since May 2017.  5th driest of last 10 Augusts.
July 2017:  102.3 mm.
August 2016:  70.8 mm.

Wettest day:  27.9 mm on the 2nd.
Only 5 days had more than 3 mm, the others being: 14th [15.1], 9th [14.5], 16th [9.3] and 30th [5.8].  
4 of these 5 were Wednesdays, meaning that 65.79% of the month's total rainfall fell on a Wednesday!

Driest spells:  No measurable rain 21st to 29th.
Completely dry days:  14.  3rd most for August of the last 10.
Days with no measurable rain:  17.  = with 2011 and 2015 the most for August since at least 2007.

Cumulatively:  2017:  665.3 mm.
2016:  802.1 mm.  [-17.06%].

Thunder:
None.

Pressure:
Lowest:  1005.5 mb on the 2nd.  
Highest: 1029.7 mb on the 10th.