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AUGUST 2005 daily & monthly weather summary

This page contains the August 2005 monthly stats and daily summaries for my own site readings.
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AUGUST 2005
September 2005
1st - 7th:  Changeable. Long sunny spells limited to the 3rd and 4th, followed by a wet morning with moderate rain on the 5th and a cool weekend 6th/7th.
8th - 11th: Long sunny spells and dry except for a light shower on the 10th.
12th - 14th: A cloudy weekend, feeling cool with little sunshine. Moderate rain on the 13th, light rain shower on the 14th.
15th - 18th: High pressure to W and E brings a brief warm spell with long periods of unbroken sunshine.
19th - 25th: A very unsettled and largely cool period. A very active cold front sweeps through the region on the 19th ending the short warm spell. Very dull with moderate to heavy showers lasting most of the day. More prolonged heavy rain on the afternoon of the 22nd, and on the 24th further downpours and strong winds from a deep low passing to the north of Scotland ("Oedipus" - a secondary depression centre associated with ex-Hurricane Irene).
26th - 31st: Strengthening HP across the southern half of the UK brings more settled conditions. Unbroken sunshine almost throughout from the 28th - 30th and the month ended on a hot note.
 AUGUST 2005 - MONTHLY SUMMARY
 TEMPERATURE
 Average Maximum 22.2
ºc 
 (-0.3*)
 Average Minimum 11.8
ºc 
 (-0.9*)
 Monthly Mean 16.6
ºc 
 ()
 Highest Maximum 30.7
ºc 
 (31st)
 Lowest Minimum 8.4
ºc 
 (28th)
 Days with Max >25ºc 6
 
   
 
 AMBIENT TEMPERATURE
 Lowest Wind Chill 8.3
ºc 
 (28th)
 Highest Heat Index (THW) 31.1
ºc 
 (31st)
 Highest Sun Index (THSW) 38.1
ºc 
 (31st)
    
 
 RAINFALL
 Monthly Total 51.1
 mm
 (98.8%)
 Rainy Days (=>0.3mm) 10
(±0)
 Dry Days 21
(±0)
 Highest Daily Total 14.7
 mm
 (22nd)
 Highest Rain Rate 53.8
 mm/hr
 (26th)
 Wet days =>10mm) 2
 
   
 EVAPO-TRANSPIRATION
 Highest Daily 3.2
 mm (3rd)
 Monthly Total 69.8
 mm
 WIND
 Monthly Average
1.2
  mph  
 Highest Gust
19
  mph (24/25th)
 Dominant Directions
SSW
  (26.7%)
N
  (20.9%)
calm
  (19.4%)
W
  (7.4%)
     
 SUNSHINE
 Sunniest Day
13+
  hrs (29th)
 Maximum Solar Rad.
1089
  w/m² (3rd)
 Avg Daily Solar Rad.
225
  w/m²  
 DEWPOINT
 Average at 14.00h 11.1 ºc
 Highest Reading 18.3 ºc   (31st)
 Lowest Reading 3.3 ºc   (7th)
 RELATIVE HUMIDITY
 Average at 14.00h 57 %
 Lowest Reading 31 %  (9th)
 Monthly Average 72 %
 BAROMETER
 Monthly Mean 1017.7  hPa  
 Highest Reading 1026.2  hPa (4th)
 Lowest Reading 1002.2  hPa (25th)

* = deviation from 20 year average. The monthly mean is calculated from all logged temperatures and is not the simple mean of the daily minimum and maximum.
THW = Shaded Heat Index calculated with cooling/warming effect of wind and humidity to give an apparent temperature.
THSW = Unshaded Heat Index calculated with cooling/warming effect of wind, humidity and full direct sunshine to give an apparent temperature.
EVAPO-TRANSPIRATION is drying effect due to sun and wind, and is equivalent to "negative rainfall"
   AUGUST 2005
TEMPERATURE ºc
HUMIDITY
SOLAR RAD
PRESSURE
RAINFALL
WIND SPEED
DIRECTION
DATE
Minimum
(< 09h)
Maximum
(< 21h)
RH %
at 14.00
Dewpoint ºc
at 14.00
% of max
(Noon GMT)
hPa †
at 14.00
Day Total
(mm)
Average
(mph)
High Gust
(mph)
Dominant
(Compass)
 
1st 14.3 18.9 89 15.4 12 1018.1 rs 2.5 0.1   6 SE
2nd 12.3 22.4 63 13.2 23 1021.0 st 0.0 1.0 12 SSW
3rd 13.3 22.8 44   8.7 52 1021.4 st 0.0 1.6 14 N
4th 12.2 22.6 44   8.8 44 1025.3 fs 0.0 1.8 13 SSW
5th 13.4 21.4 75 14.7 37 1016.7 r  4.8 2.6 17 SSW
6th 10.6 19.7 62   9.9 12 1020.0 fs 0.0 0.8 16 W
7th 10.9 20.7 41   5.3 56 1017.9 st 0.0 1.1 12 N
8th   8.5 22.8 47   8.2 82 1019.7 fs 0.0 1.1 14 N
9th   9.2 24.8 41   9.1 45 1015.6 fs 0.0 0.4 11 N
10th 11.5 23.2 52 12.6 51 1015.5 st 0.3 0.4 10 N
11th 13.4 25.6 54 12.6 46 1015.4 st 0.0 1.4 14 SSW
12th 13.1 21.2 50   9.8 67 1014.8 rs 0.0 1.5 14 N
13th 10.6 21.4 45   8.4 46 1016.2 f  3.8 2.3 17 SSW
14th 12.5 19.8 70 12.3 24 1016.9 r  0.5 2.5 17 N
15th 10.4 22.6 54 11.2 79 1024.6 st 0.0 0.9 12 N
16th 11.9 25.4 49 12.8 83 1022.0 fs 0.0 0.3   8 SE
17th 10.1 26.9 44 12.8 72 1018.1 f  0.0 0.4 10 SE
18th 12.8 29.0 43 14.6 86 1012.1 fs 0.0 0.3   8 SE
19th 15.7 15.9 90 13.5   2 1014.7 rs 10.9 0.8 13 N
20th 12.7 18.9 57   9.7 34 1021.5 st 0.8 1.4 13 N
21st 14.3 22.9 49 11.4 76 1021.9 f  0.0 0.5 10 N
22nd 10.3 18.6 91 16.5 13 1015.0 fs 14.7 0.3 10 SSW
23rd 12.3 21.1 48   8.5 76 1018.7 st 0.0 1.5 11 N
24th 11.5 16.7 87 12.3 11 1008.1 f  5.3 3.6 19 SSW
25th 10.4 17.7 62   8.9 41 1003.2 st 7.4 1.9 19 SSW
26th   9.3 19.1 51   7.6 90 1015.2 st 0.0 2.4 18 SSW
27th 12.8 20.1 66 11.4 27 1017.7 rs 0.0 0.8 10 SSW
28th   8.4 23.1 41   8.8 74 1021.6 st 0.0 1.6 13 SSW
29th   9.4 24.8 55 13.3 76 1022.7 st 0.0 0.9 13 SSW
30th 11.9 27.9 47 14.6 74 1023.5 f  0.0 0.4 10 SE
31st 14.7 30.7 46 17.2 72 1010.2 f  0.0 0.8 16 SE
 
   
Solar Rad(iation) reading indicates the state of the sky (approximately) at just after 12h00 GMT as below:
1 - 10 = Dull overcast; 11 - 20 = overcast; 21 - 49 = cloudy; 50 - 74 = hazy or interrupted sunshine; 75 - 100 = bright uninterrupted sunshine
† Barometer trend: f = falling, st = steady, r = rising; q = quickly, s = slowly
'WIND ROSE' PLOT FOR THE MONTH
The 'petals' represent wind direction and the length represents frequency, i.e. in this case winds from the SSW were the most common, followed by the N.

The colours represent the strength of the wind, with black being weakest through blue then lighter colours (cyan, light green, yellow, magenta, red) being stronger.

This data excludes 'calm' readings.