AUGUST 2020

August was warm and very wet. Mean temperature ranks 6^th highest in 66 years here, being 1.6 degrees above normal.  While the Mean Max ranked 9^th highest, the Mean Min ranked 2^nd highest (beaten only in 1997).  The 34.9C measured on 12^th is a new record, narrowly beating that set here in 1990.
Rainfall was 208% normal, with 9 very wet days 11-12^th , 16-19^th , 23^rd , 25^th , 27^th . Only 5 years here have had this many in August.
4 days experienced thunderstorms, most significantly on 11^th from 2030 into early hours with large hail, then on 12^th from 1800-2100, with occasional flashes continuing up to midnight, and 17^th at 1510, with torrential rain 1520 and again at 1815.
19^th and 27^th were very dull all day, although most days were sunny for at least a part of the day. It was very windy and gusty on 20^th – 21^st, and 25^th – 26^th .

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Seasonal Summary for
Summer 2020 (Jun, Jul, Aug)
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A warmer but wetter summer than usual with wet spells (especially in August), dry spells, hot spells (in June and August) and cooler spells, more extreme than the statistics suggest.

                 this year  normal   anomaly
MeanMax         21.7       20.6          +1.1
MEAN                16.9        15.8         +1.1 (11^th = highest)
MeanMin          12.1        10.9         +1.2 
(5^th  = highest)

TEMPERATURES

22.9 mmax (C) 
13.3 mmin (C) 
18.1 mean(C)  +1.6 diff from av (C), the 6^th warmest in 66 years.
34.9 high max (C) on 12^th 
14.3 low max (C) on 27^th   
18.4 high min (C) on 12^th
  5.7 low min (C) on 30^th

OTHER  

No days ground frost
No days air frost
66% cloud cover percent
87% mean RH