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August 2012 (Means and totals to date are at foot of table)Monthly Summary
 
  0900 hours readings
 Daily  Readings (See notes at foot of page)
Weather in previous 24h (to 0900 on date)Blue >50% snow cover @09
Date
Date
Pressure
(mb)
Temperature
(°C)
Relative
Humidity
(%)
Wind
Speed
(mph)
Wind
Direction
Soil Temp
at 20cm
(°C)
Snow
Depth
(cm)
1Maximum
Temperature
(°C)
2Minimum
Temperature
(°C)
3Rainfall
(mm)
4GrassMin
Temp (°C)
5Sunshine
(Hours)
6Max
Wind Speed
(mph)
1
1009.1
19.2
87
1
SSE
15.5
-
23.2
12.9
1.8
12.5
5.51
18
  Showers 31st July
Olympics continue
1
2
1010.3
15.7
86
8
SW
16.5
-
21.3
14.5
0.0
13.2
5.91
20
  Shower Midday 1st. Heavy shower 0610Z 2nd
2
3
1012.8
16.9
82
7
SSW
16.5
-
22.8
12.6
0.8
10.5
9.40
18
 Sunny intervals 2nd 
3
4
1010.0
16.7
89
1
S
17.0
-
21.1
13.3
0.0
11.5
5.32
19
Sunny periods 3rd. Shower am 4th
4
5
1007.4
17.5
81
0
WSW
16.0
-
20.6
11.9
19.1
9.5
5.90
16
Sunny intervals 4th 
5
6
1007.6
17.4
79
7
WNW
16.0
-
21.4
13.9
5.1
12.1
5.35
20
 Thunderstorm+lge hail 1000-1100Z 5th  
6
7
1019.0
14.2
90
8
SW
15.5
-
20.2
10.4
1.5
9.0
3.53
19
 Thunderstorm 1540-1610Z 6th
7
8
1022.4
17.7
90
4
W
16.0
-
24.2
14.3
0.0
12.0
3.35
13
 Light rain evening 7th  
8
9
1026.2
18.4
92
2
NE
16.5
-
24.7
12.4
0.0
9.4
11.54
10
 Sunny intervals 8th. Thick fog am 9th
9
10
1026.8
19.6
81
1
SW
17.5
-
26.7
14.3
0.0
12.5
11.49
10
 Prolonged sunshine 9th
10
11
1022.6
19.4
73
6
ESE
18.0
-
21.6
13.0
0.0
11.0
10.28
19
 Prolonged sunshine 10th
11
12
1012.4
20.3
80
4
E
18.0
-
24.8
13.7
0.0
12.4
10.24
15
Prolonged sunshine 11th 
Olympics finish
12
13
1010.9
18.7
80
5
ESE
18.0
-
22.0
14.8
1.0
13.4
0.39
14
 Prolonged sunshine 12th 
13
14
1011.3
18.4
93
4
WSW
18.0
-
24.9
16.1
0.0
15.5
9.30
12
 Mainly cloudy 13th. Rain am 14th 
14
15
1004.8
20.2
86
6
E
18.5
-
21.6
16.2
1.3
15.8
2.08
23
 Sunny periods 14th 
15
16
1014.2
18.6
78
8
SSW
17.0
-
21.4
14.7
0.9
11.5
5.11
19
 Heavy showers 15th afternoon
16
17
1013.8
19.9
82
8
SSW
17.0
-
27.5
16.7
0.0
13.5
7.07
20
 Sunny intervals 16th. Heavy shower @ 1300Z
17
18
 1013.4
24.0
60
4
WSW
19.0
-
29.8
19.1
0.0
17.3
13.14
15
 Sunny intervals 17th
18
19
1015.1
24.8
70
5
NE
20.0
-
28.8
17.3
2.3
14.4
10.69
16
 Unbroken sunshine 18th 
19
20
1019.4
20.2
80
6
SW
20.0
-
24.3
16.3
0.0
14.1
5.48
16
 Thunderstorm 1205-1225Z 19th  Pale brown dust noted at 09 observation on 20th
20
21
1017.9
17.6
82
2
NW
19.0
-
21.4
15.2
1.3
12.6
1.39
18
 Sunny intervals 20th 
21
22
1017.5
15.5
86
6
SW
17.5
-
21.5
12.6
0.0
11.6
6.34
20
 Shower evening 21st 
22
23
1015.3
16.8
79
3
WSW
16.5
-
20.6
12.4
0.0
10.2
5.81
13
 Sunny intervals 22nd 
23
24
1005.9
16.5
76
4
SW
17.5
-
20.6
13.6
5.1
13.0
0.68
13
 Sunny intervals 23rd
24
25
999.7
15.9
98
5
SSW
17.0
-
20.1
14.8
2.3
13.1
1.82
18
 Mainly cloudy 24th. Rain am 25th 
25
26
1014.3
15.9
79
9
WNW
16.5
-
20.6
13.3
0.0
12.5
7.86
23
 Showers with thunder afternoon 25th  
26
27
1015.0
17.7
81
3
S
16.0
-
20.9
11.3
1.5
8.5
4.59
21
 Sunny intervals 26th 
27
28
1012.8
17.4
81
7
SW
17.0
-
22.3
13.9
0.0
11.5
8.66
20
 Sunny intervals 27th. Showers overnight 27th/28th 
28
29
1011.5
17.4
87
4
S
16.0
-
18.6
12.9
2.8
11.5
2.48
26
 Sunny periods 28th  
Paralympics start
29
30
1012.4
14.6
92
6
SW
15.0
-
16.6
12.3
1.3
11.1
1.04
28
 Rain afternoon of 29th. Dry for Paralympics Opening Ceremony on evening of 29th 
30
31
1028.9
12.4
71
8
N
13.0
-
17.6
5.9
0.1
4.5
9.86
19
 Occasional showers 30th. Clear overnight 30th/31st with lowest August Tmin on record
31
Total/
Mean
            
.
22.4ºC
13.8ºC
48.2mm
.
191.62hrs
  
*Ice Day is Tmax <0.0º 0900-0900 
Date
Anomaly
             .
+0.2degC
+0.8degC
85.5%
.
104.6%
  
 
Pressure
(mb)
 Temperature
(°C)
Relative
Humidity
(%)
Wind
Speed (mph)
Wind
Direction
Soil Temp
at 20cm
(°C)
Snow
Depth
(cm)
1Maximum
Temperature (°C)
2Minimum
Temperature
(°C)
3Rainfall
(mm)
4GrassMin'm
Temperature
(°C)
5Sunshine
(Hours)
6Maximum
Wind Speed
(mph)
 
  0900 hours readings
Daily Readings (see notes below)  
    

 

Notes
1. For the 24 hours from 0900UTC* on the date to 0900UTC* on the following day. (The maximum temperature is generally in the afternoon*)
2. For the 24 hours ending at 0900UTC* on the date. (The minimum temperature is generally just after sunrise*)
*Where a maximum is overnight or minimum is during the day the figure is shown in italics. This often occurs in winter
3. For the 24 hours from 0900UTC* on the date to 0900UTC* on following day
4. For the period from sunset on previous day to 0900UTC* on the date
5.For the period sunrise to sunset on the date
6. For the period 0000UTC*-2400UTC* on the date i.e the Calendar Day
* UTC is Universal Time Coordinated. It has been adopted by the UK Met.Office in place of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). When British Summer Time is in force UTC is BST minus one hour ,e.g.1000BST=0900UTC

 

 

 

 

 


 

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