Monthly Climate Summary for  August  2006 at Whipsnade (The Lodge),  Beds

home

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Dry and quite warm until the 8th; then unsettled, cloudy and cool

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Overall mean temperature was

15.7

ºC

which is

-0.2

degC

compared with the 1971-2000 average

Mean day maximum (09-21) was

20.1

ºC

which is

-0.4

degC

compared with the 1971-2000 average

Mean night minimum (21-09) was

11.2

ºC

which is

-0.1

degC

compared with the 1971-2000 average

Mean 24hr maximum (09-09) was

20.1

ºC

Mean 24hr minimum (09-09) was

11.2

ºC

Highest day max was

26.8

ºC

on  the

6

Lowest day max was

16.8

ºC

on  the

12

Highest night min was

15.5

ºC

on  the

7

Lowest night min was

6.0

ºC

on  the

25

Lowest grass min was

1.7

ºC

on  the

25

Total rainfall this month was

83.9

mm

which is

152.5

per  cent

of the 1971-2000 average

Highest daily fall was

14.2

mm

on  the

19

Number of hours with rain was

Equiv. TSR rainfall duration was

48.3

hrs

which is

per  cent

of the 1971-2000 average

Highest no of wet hrs

hrs

on  the

Highest duration

7.2

hrs

on  the

2

Mean rainfall intensity

1.74

mm/hr

Total CS sunshine this month was

144.6

hrs

which is

78.2

per  cent

of the 1971-2000 average

Equiv. C/S sunshine total was

hrs

which is

per  cent

of the 1971-2000 average

Highest daily sun was

10.0

hrs

on  the

27

Maximum  snow depth  was

0.0

cm

on  the

Mean sea-level pressure at 09Z

1013.2

mbar

which is

-2.9

mbar

compared with the 1961-1990 average

Highest pressure at 09Z

1024.4

mbar

on  the

8

Lowest  pressure at 09Z

1001.1

mbar

on  the

17

Number of days with:

Air Frost

0

0.2mm rain

19

No  sun

0

Snow lying

0

Grnd Frost

0

1.0mm

15

3h  sun

21

Snow/sleet

0

Max < 0ºC

0

5mm

6

6h  sun

11

Hail

1

Max > 10

31

10mm

2

9h  sun

3

Thunder

3

Max > 20

16

25mm

0

12h sun

0

Fog at 09Z

1

Max > 30

0

15h sun

0

Gale

0

Notable events during the month: