Tuesday May 22 2012
Weather Archive
Weather Report with Phil Thomas
Summer average takes a soaking
Posted on September 28 2010 at 8:19:19 0 comments
So the summer ended with figures showing it to have been a fairly wet one, with 20 per cent more rain than average, although this was all thanks to August, during which we endured more than double the usual amount of rain.
Summer average June, July, August
Average Max Temp 21.0C +0.7C above average
Average Min Temp 11.7C +0.4C above average
Mean Temp 16.4C +0.6C above average
Total Rainfall 217.4mm 121% of average
Total Sunshine 473.7hrs 107% of average
August was quite cold and overcast with only 80 per cent of the local average sunshine. Rainfall of 146.8mm was 215 per cent of the local average, with 105.1mm (72 per cent) of the entire month’s rainfall coming in one week from the 19th-26th. The end of the month even brought a slight ground frost.
The final figures for August were:
Max mean 20.0C -0.9 below average
Min mean 11.4C -0.3 below average
Mean 15.7C -0.6 below average
Rain 146.8mm 215% of monthly average
Sunshine 120.9hrs 81% of monthly average
1 ground frost of -0.1C on 30th.
September, meanwhile, had been decidedly average, if a little wetter than usual, up to The Village deadline of the 21st.
September so far:
Average Max Temp 18.7C +0.7C above average
Average Min Temp 9.4C -0.2C below average
Mean Temp 14.1C +0.3C above average
Rainfall 46.8mm 65% of entire month’s
Sunshine 98.9hrs 79% of entire month’s