AUGUST 2018

August was slightly milder and slightly drier than usual. Many dry, sunny and warm days, although temperatures tended to fall during the month. Dullest days were 14^th, 20^th and 28^th.  Most rainfall fell 10^th-12^th and 23^rd-26^th, with a thunderstorm on the afternoon of 10^th. Windiest days were 19^th , 11^th/12^th, 16^th, 24^th and 26^th .
The month continued the summer’s warm and dry pattern, although less extreme than June and July.

Summer Stats
SEASONAL REPORT FOR SUMMER 
Jun, Jul, Aug 

  Summer has been very pleasant, very warm (mean and mmax temps ranking 2^nd in 63 years here), and very dry (ranking 5^th driest), with rainfall and raindays half the statistical normal.
A challenging summer for growing fruit and vegetables, some crops benefiting, other less happy with the exceptional conditions.

                this year  normal    anomaly
HiMax              32.9          34.9
MeanMax        24.4         20.6          +3.8 
LoMax             16.0           9.2                   
MEAN               18.4         15.7          +2.7 
HighMin           16.7         21.5       
MeanMin         12.4         10.9          +1.5
LoMin                5.9         -1.1                             
RAINFALL         94.3      195.4        48.3%
Raindays           23          40.4        -17.4
Wet Days           11          30.3        -19.3
V Wet Days         9          12.5         -3.5

TEMPERATURES

22.3 mmax (C) 
12.2 mmin (C) 
17.3 mean(C)  +0.8 diff from av (C), the 11^th highest here in 63 years.
30.4 high max (C) on 6^th  
16.0 low max (C) on 24^th  
16.4 high min (C) on 3^rd
  5.9 low min (C) on 25^th/30^th

OTHER

No Ground or air frost recorded.
59% cloud cover percent
86% mean RH