Epping Weather Station

Monthly Summary: August 2013(Daily Readings)

Temperature °C
   Date or compared to 1981-2010 average
Mean Maximum 23.1° +0.9degC
Mean Minimum 13.7° +0.7degC
Monthly Mean 18.4° +0.8degC
Highest Maximum 32.6° 1st
Lowest Maximum 18.1° 24th
Highest Minimum 16.6° 2nd
Lowest Minimum 10.0° 13th
Lowest Grass Min 5.7° 8th
Wind mph
Mean wind speed
3.7
Strongest Gust
25
Date
17th
Dominant Direction
SSW
Direction at 0900
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
CALM
No of mornings
6
2
2
0
5
7
8
1
0
Precipitation mm
 Date or compared to 1981-2010 average
Monthly Total
56.6
100.4%
Wettest Day
25.5
24th
Rain Days (>0.2mm)
13
Wet Days (>1mm)
8
Sunshine hours
Monthly Total
212.01
% Average
115.7%
Days with no sun
1
Sunniest day
14.23
Date
1st
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
3
Hail <5mm diameter
0
Hail > 5mm diameter
0

 
Miscellaneous Data
Mean Relative Humidity at 0900
81.6%
Mean Air Pressure at 0900
1017.2mb
Lowest Pressure 1005.6mb
Date
1st
Highest Pressure 1028.8
Date
31st
Hours of air frost
0
Mean soil temp °C (20cm depth)
18.8
Greatest snow depth (0900)
n/a
Date
-
Particular days/events

1st - maximum temperature of 32.6C and unbroken sunshine.

2nd - thundery showers 0600-0800 accompanied by 2 pressure jumps between 1007mb and 1010mb with heavy rain and temporary backing of wind from SW to SE.

24th - 25.5mm rain made this a wet day for Epping but nowhere near as wet as areas in the south-east of Essex.

 

Month as a whole

Warmest August since 2003.

 

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