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After a warm and dry
June things went downhill with a very unsettled, cool
and wet July. There was an improvement in August but it
still remained quite cloudy.
Yet
another generally unsettled summer with cool, wet
weather all through July and at times during August.
Only June was reasonably settled with some warm days,
though even this month was often quite cloudy. Average
maximum and minimum temperatures of 20.8°C & 12.3°C with
an overall mean of 16.5°C making this the warmest summer
since 2006. |
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Total rainfall was 246 mm
which is more than last year but drier than 2007. |
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A rather un-thundery
summer, and any thunder that was heard all occurred in
June. |
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Sunshine total was only
508 hours which is substantially less than either 2007
and 2008. |
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Soil temperatures
were generally around normal. |
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Wind directions were
dominant from the south-east showing the impact of sea
breezes which were very common this summer despite being
generally unsettled. |
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Rain duration was
119.5 hours, most of which was from July. |
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As expected, sea
temperatures gradually rose through the Summer and ended up slightly above
normal. |
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Overall mean pressure was
below normal. |
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Dewpoints were
significantly low at times due to the dominance of dry,
cool
air. |
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The dry, cool air during this Summer meant that average relative humidity ended up
being slightly below normal. |
