Epping Weather Station

Monthly Summary: August 2004 (Daily Readings)

Temperature °C
   Date or compared to 1971-2000 average
Mean Maximum 23.4
+1.5
Mean Minimum 14.4
+1.8
Monthly Mean 18.9
+1.6
Highest Maximum 30.1
7th
Lowest Maximum 18.4
29th
Highest Minimum 20.2
9th
Lowest Minimum 9.6
21st
Lowest Grass Min 7.8
21st
Wind mph
Mean wind speed
0.9
Strongest Gust
28
Date
18th
Dominant Direction
W
Direction at 0900
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
CALM
No of mornings
5
1
3
5
0
1
13
3
0
Precipitation mm
 Date or compared to 1971-2000 average
Monthly Total
122.5
240%
Wettest Day
18th
30.6
Rain Days (>0.2mm)
18
Wet Days (>1mm)
14
Sunshine hours
Monthly Total
184.3
% Average
99
Days with no sun
0
Sunniest day
13.85
Date
7th
Number of days with
Air Frost
0
Ground Frost
0
Snow/sleet falling (0000-2400GMT)
0
>50% snow cover at 0900
0
 
Fog at 0900 (vis <1000m)
0
Thunder heard
8
Hail <5mm diameter
0
Hail > 5mm diameter
0

 
Miscellaneous Data
Mean Relative Humidity at 0900 (%)
82
Mean Air Pressure at 0900 (mb)
1010.8
Lowest Pressure 993.4 Date
19
Highest Pressure 1021.7 Date
1
Hours of air frost
0
Mean soil temp °C (20cm depth)
19.1
Greatest snow depth (0900)
n/a
Date
  
Particular days/events
59.4mm of rain from the 16th to 20th, including 30.6mm on the 18th with 8.4mm in a 10 minute period at 0340 on the 19th

 

Month as a whole
A warm,wet and thundery month
The wettest August since records began here in 1979
8 days with thunder (LTA 2.5)

 

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