Tuesday 27 August 2019

Summary For Week Ending 2200
24 August 2019

Temperature [degs C]:
Lowest minimum: 11.7  [Wednesday]
Highest minimum: 14.0  [Saturday]
Average: 13.13
Lowest maximum: 19.3  [Monday]
Highest maximum: 23.0  [Saturday]
Average: 20.99
Rain:
Total: 5.0 mm
Wettest day: Monday: 4.0 mm
Pressure:
Lowest: 1005.4 mb [Sunday early morning]
Highest: 1030.9 mb [Tuesday evening & Wednesday early hours]
Sunshine:
Sunny:  Friday pm,  Saturday 
Sunny intervals:  Sunday,  Monday,  Tuesday,  Wednesday,  Friday am

Monday 26 August 2019

Cloudy start, then sunny intervals.
Cloudy with a light shower late afternoon.
Temps: Min: 16.6;  Max: 23.1.
Rain: Trace.  Pres: 1019.8 mb.

Sunday 25 August 2019

Sunny at first, then sunny intervals.
Mostly cloudy in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 14.9;  Max: 23.5.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1022.2 mb.

Saturday 24 August 2019

Sunny.
Cloudier in the evening.
Temps: Min: 14.0;  Max: 23.0.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1017.8 mb.

Friday 23 August 2019

Sunny intervals in the morning.
Sunny in the afternoon.
Mostly cloudy in the evening.
Temps: Min: 13.0;  Max: 21.5.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1022.6 mb.

Thursday 22 August 2019

Rather cloudy with some sunny intervals.
Temps: Min: 13.8;  Max: 21.0.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1028.7 mb.

Wednesday 21 August 2019

Wednesday 21 August 2019

Sunny intervals.
Temps: Min: 11.7;  Max: 21.8.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1028.8 mb.

Summary For Week Ending 2200
17 August 2019

Temperature [degs C]:
Lowest minimum: 13.4  [Monday]
Highest minimum: 16.4  [Thursday]
Average: 14.87
Lowest maximum: 18.2  [Friday]
Highest maximum: 21.9  [Sunday]
Average: 20.34
Rain:
Total: 64.9 mm
Wettest day: Friday: 38.5 mm
Pressure:
Lowest: 1005.9 mb [Friday evening]
Highest: 1022.7 mb [Tuesday morning]
Sunshine:
Sunny intervals:  Sunday am,  Monday,  Saturday

Tuesday 20 August 2019

Sunny intervals.  Cloudy for a time early afternoon.
Temps: Min: 12.6;  Max: 20.1.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1030.9 mb.

Monday 19 August 2019

Sunny intervals and showers, some heavy.
Temps: Min: 13.5;  Max: 19.3.
Rain: 4.0 mm.  Pres: 1023.7 mb.

Sunday 18 August 2019

Sunny intervals.  Odd heavy showers.
Temps: Min: 13.3;  Max: 20.2.
Rain: 1.0 mm.  Pres: 1013.6 mb.

Saturday 17 August 2019

Sunny intervals.
Light rain in the evening.
Temps: Min: 14.2;  Max: 21.4.
Rain: 0.3 mm.  Pres: 1006.9 mb.

Friday 16 August 2019

Overcast with rain throughout, some heavy.
Clear later in the evening.
Temps: Min: 16.1*;  Max: 18.2.
Rain: 38.5 mm**.  Pres: 1006.5 mb.  

*Recorded during the morning.
**Wettest day since 7 June.

Thursday 15 August 2019

Mostly cloudy. Some sunny intervals.
Showers in the late afternoon.
Temps: Min: 16.4;  Max: 21.2.
Rain: Trace.  Pres: 1021.1 mb.

Wednesday 14 August 2019

Cloudy with rain in the morning.
Mostly cloudy with showers in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 15.3;  Max: 20.4.
Rain: 7.1 mm.  Pres: 1014.4 mb.

Wednesday 14 August 2019

July 2019 Summary

In Brief:
Mostly dry, fine and warm, sometimes very warm.  Some rain during the third week and during the final few days.

Temperature: [Minimum]:
(Due to a transmitter fault night-time minimum temperatures are unknown after the 19th).
Lowest: 10.9 degs C on the 4th.
Highest: 16.3 degs C on the 12th.  Every July after 2011 has had a warmer night than this.   It is likely there was a warmer night in July 2019 after the 19th.
Average minimum:  13.25 degs C.  
Nights with temperature below 5 degs C = 0.
Nights with temperature below 0 degs C = 0.

Temperature: [Maximum]:
(Due to a transmitter fault daytime maximum temperatures from the 19th to the 30th were estimated.  Estimates have not been included in calculations).
Lowest: 19.3 degs C on the 1st.  This is likely to be close to the actual lowest daytime maximum temperature along with the 19th and 30th.
Highest: 26.2 degs C on the 5th.  This is likely to be the actual highest temperature of the month.
Average maximum: 22.75 degs C.  This is likely to be close to the actual average maximum for the month.
Days with temperature above 20 degs C = 18/19.   Estimate 27/31.
Days with temperature above 25 degs C = 1/19.   Estimate 1/31.

Rainfall:
Total this month:  57.3 mm.  5th driest July of the last 12.  2nd driest month of 2019 behind May.
Last month [June 2019]:  107.9 mm.
Last year [July 2018]:  45.8 mm.

Wettest day:  22.9 mm on the 19th.  4th wettest day of 2019 and 39.97% of month's total.
Other days with 5 mm or more:  29th and 30th (13.9 mm each).
Wettest spells:  29th to 30th: 27.8 mm.   18th to 19th: 26.9 mm.

Driest spells:  1st to 16th (from 24th June): 0.2 mm.   20th to 28th:  0.6 mm.
Completely dry days:  20.  =2nd most for July since before 2008 and most of any month since July 2018.
Days with no measurable rain:  22.  =2nd most for July since before 2008.

Cumulatively: 2019 = 557.1 mm.
2018:  716.4 mm.  [-22.24 %].   Driest January to July period since 2011.

Thunder:
None this month. 

Pressure:
Lowest: 996.4 mb on the 30th.  
Highest: 1029.9 mb on the 3rd.

Tuesday 13 August 2019

Summary For Week Ending 2200
10 August 2019

Temperature [degs C]:
Lowest minimum: 13.8  [Thursday]
Highest minimum: 17.4  [Friday]
Average: 15.76
Lowest maximum: 18.7  [Thursday]
Highest maximum: 23.1  [Sunday and Wednesday]
Average: 21.54
Rain:
Total: 34.2 mm
Wettest day: Thursday: 13.7 mm
Pressure:
Lowest: 993.8 mb [Friday evening]
Highest: 1016.9 mb [Saturday (3rd) evening]
Sunshine:
Sunny intervals:  Monday am,  Tuesday pm,  Wednesday,  Saturday
 

Tuesday 13 August 2019

Mostly cloudy.  Showers overnight and in the morning.  Partly cloudy with haze in the evening.
Temps: Min: 13.7;  Max: 19.8.
Rain: 2.1 mm.  Pres: 1019.6 mb.

Monday 12 August 2019

Sunny intervals and odd showers.
Temps: Min: 13.4;  Max: 19.5.
Rain: 0.1 mm.  Pres: 1022.2 mb.

Sunday 11 August 2019

Sunny intervals until early afternoon, then frequent, heavy showers.  Partly cloudy in the evening.
Temps: Min: 15.0;  Max: 21.9.
Rain: 16.8 mm.  Pres: 1017.1 mb.

Saturday 10 August 2019

Sunny intervals and breezy.
Temps: Min: 16.6;  Max: 21.0.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1013.9 mb.

Friday 9 August 2019

Mostly cloudy, showery and windy.
Temps: Min: 17.4;  Max: 21.1.
Rain: 12.1 mb.  Pres: 994.4 mb.

Friday 9 August 2019

Thursday 8 August 2019

Overcast.  Misty at times. 
Mostly dry in the morning.  Rain or showers in the afternoon, heavy at times.
Temps: Min: 13.8.  Max: 18.7*.
Rain: 13.7 mm.  Pres: 1002.4 mb.

*Recorded in the evening.

Wednesday 7 August 2019

Sunny intervals.  Rather cloudy for a time in the afternoon, although still sunnier to the north.
Temps: Min: 15.4;  Max: 23.1.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1011.9 mb.

Tuesday 6 August 2019

Mostly cloudy with heavy showers in the morning. 
Sunny intervals in the afternoon, although rather cloudy at times.
Temps: Min: 16.6;  Max: 21.4.
Rain: 2.6 mm.  Pres: 1009.3 mb.

Tuesday 6 August 2019

Summary For Week Ending 2200
3 August 2019

Temperature [degs C]*:
Lowest minimum: -
Highest minimum: -
Average: -
Lowest maximum: -
Highest maximum: -
Average: -
Rain:
Total: 28.8 mm
Wettest days: Monday and Tuesday: 13.9 mm
Pressure:
Lowest: 996.4 mb [Tuesday early morning]
Highest: 1022.3 mb [Friday afternoon]
Sunshine:
Sunny:  Thursday am,  Friday
Sunny intervals:  Sunday,  Monday pm,  Wednesday pm,  Thursday pm
 *No readings until Wednesday afternoon due to transmitter problem.

Monday 5 August 2019

Sunny intervals in the morning.  Cloudy with some sunny intervals in the afternoon.
Rain for a time during the early evening.
Temps: Min: 14.6;  Max: 22.4.
Rain: 3.8 mm.  Pres: 1012.1 mb.

Sunday 4 August 2019

Quite cloudy with some sunny intervals.  A few showers.  Rain in the evening.
Temps: Min: 15.9;  Max: 23.1.
Rain: 2.0 mm.  Pres: 1012.4 mb.

Saturday 3 August 2019

Mostly cloudy and mainly dry, with a couple of showers.
Temps: Min: 18.0;  Max: 22.0.
Rain: 0.1 mm.  Pres: 1016.9 mb.

Friday 2 August 2019

Sunny.
Temps: Min: 14.4;  Max: 24.0.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1021.3 mb.

Thursday 1 August 2019

Sunny in the morning.  Sunny intervals in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 12.7;  Max: 23.3.
Rain: NIl.  Pres: 1021.5 mb.

Wednesday 31 July 2019

AM:  Cloudy with showers.
PM:  Sunny intervals, but quite cloudy at times.
Temps: Max: 22.8.
Rain: 0.9 mm.  Pres: 1020.0 mb.

Special Notice 2

I am happy to announce that normal temperature readings resumed at 1430 on Wednesday 31st July, thanks to the arrival of a new transmitter from China.   I would just like to apologise again for the missing readings since Friday 19th July.

Tuesday 30 July 2019

Mostly cloudy with showers.  Hazy sun in the evening.
Rain: 13.9 mm.  Pres: 1015.6 mb.