July 2013

I dedicate July 2013 to my dear friend Dave Joyce, who took his own life during this most beautiful of summer months. He had been suffering from anxiety and depression for some time and despite much help from friends, family and most of all his sister Alison, Dave must have felt that he could not carry on. The photograph above shows Dave walking along the pebbly beach at Branscombe, heading towards the dramatic Hooken Cliffs. I took this photograph in June 2013 whilst he spent a week with us here in Devon. It seems, that even in such a beautiful, peaceful place, Dave could not find happiness.

A predominantly warm and very sunny month though a little more unsettled in the final week.

Summary for	July 2013
Mean Max:	24.9ºC	(+4.0ºC)
Mean Min:	12.8ºC	(-0.3ºC)
Mean:	18.9ºC	(+1.9ºC)

High Max:	30.5ºC	13th
Low Max:	15.6ºC	2nd
High Min:	16.6ºC	23rd
Low Min:	7.2ºC	12th
Mean Grass Min:	11.4ºC
Grass Min:	6.1ºC	10th

Rain Total (gauge):	28.2 mm	(57%)
Rain Total (tipping bucket):	28.6 mm	(58%)
Rain Days >0.2 mm:	6 Days
Rain Days >1.0 mm:	6 Days
Max 24 hrs:	10.3 mm	25th
Days without any rain:	25

Air Frost:	0 Days
Grass Frost:	0 Days
Snow Falling:	0 Days
Snow (50%) @ 9am:	0 Days
Ice Days:	0 Days
Thunder Heard:	4 Days
Hail <5 mm:	0 Days
Hail >5 mm:	0 Days
Fog @ 9am:	3 Days

Total Monthly Sunshine:	328.2 Hours	(158%)
Most Sunshine in a Day:	15.4 Hours	5th
Average Daily Sunshine:	10.6 Hours
Sunless Days:	1 Day	2nd
Cloudless Days:	18 Days
Total Possible Sunshine:	494.7 Hours
Percentage of Total Sun:	66%
Maximum UV Index:	7.4	28th
Time of Max UV:		14:15

Mean Soil Temp @ 30 cm:	19.9ºC
Min Soil Temp @ 30 cm:	17.9ºC	4th
Max Soil Temp @ 30 cm:	21.4ºC	22nd
Mean Soil Temp @ 100 cm:	17.9ºC
Min Soil Temp @ 100 cm:	16.0ºC	1st
Max Soil Temp @ 100 cm:	19.1ºC	26th

Ave 10 Min Wind >39 mph:	0.01 Days
N:	7.87 Days
NE:	1.59 Days
E:	1.63 Days
SE:	1.85 Days
S:	10.48 Days
SW:	2.97 Days
W:	0.54 Days
NW:	2.58 Days
Calm:	1.49 Days
Wind Chill Low:	6.9ºC	12th
Mean Wind:	2.4 mph
Max Gust:	26 mph	28th
	31.00 Days
Mean Cloud Cover:	58%
Mean RH @ 9am:	89%
Rain >0.1mm/hour:	16.5 Hours
Frost Duration:	0.0 Hours
Air Frost in a Day:	0.0 Hours	1st

Mean Sea Temperature:	17.7ºC	(+0.4ºC)
Normal for Month:	17.3ºC
Max Sea Temperature:	19.8ºC	18th
Min Sea Temperature:	14.5ºC	2nd

Mean Pressure @ 9am:	1020.1 hPa	(+5.5 hPa)
Mean Pressure:	1019.6 hPa	(+5.0 hPa)
Max Pressure:	1032.3 hPa	8th
Min Pressure:	1003.7 hPa	3rd
Max Change in 24 hours:	12.7 hPa	3rd

Radiation Daily Mean:	22.55 MJ/m²
Max Daily Value:	30.13 MJ/m²	6th
Min Daily Value:	5.50 MJ/m²	2nd
Number of Days with Data:	31 Days
1-Hour Maximum:	1074 W/m²	4th
Starting Time of the Hour:		14:00

Max Dewpoint:	19.8ºC	14th
Min Dewpoint:	6.2ºC	12th
Mean Dewpoint:	14.2ºC

Max Humidity:	99%	13th
Min Humidity:	27%	9th
Mean Humidity:	77%

	Weather Data for Otter Valley, Devon. July 2013
	Temp ^oC		Grass	Hum (%)		Soil ^oC		DP (^oC)		Wind (mph)			Rain	Air (hPa)		W/m²	UV	Sun	Frost	Calm	Wind	Sea	Observations
	Min	Max	Min	Min	Max	30	100	Min	Max	Max	Ave	Run	mm	Min	Max	Max	Max	Hours	Hours	Hours	Chill	Temp	Observations
1	12.6	22.8	10.7	51	87	18.5	16.0	9.7	13.3	14	2.7	64	0.0	1016	1021	1014	6.7	10.2	0.0	1.3	12.2	15.1	Sunny intervals all day
2	10.1	15.6	8.4	68	97	18.7	16.3	8.7	13.7	18	3.7	89	0.0	1005	1017	326	2.7	0.0	0.0	9.0	9.6	14.5	Cloudy all day
3	14.1	19.8	13.1	66	97	18.0	16.5	12.3	14.1	15	3.0	72	1.9	1004	1016	709	6.6	3.6	0.0	1.5	13.8	14.6	Sunny intervals all day
4	15.1	24.2	9.4	53	95	17.9	16.5	11.5	17.8	14	2.7	65	0.0	1016	1024	1074	7.1	7.8	0.0	4.8	14.9	15.0	Cloudy am, sunny pm
5	9.6	23.9	7.9	56	97	18.3	16.5	8.2	15.1	12	2.3	55	0.0	1024	1029	953	6.8	15.4	0.0	7.5	9.3	16.8	Sunny all day
6	9.4	23.6	9.4	54	97	18.5	16.5	8.0	15.7	13	2.7	66	0.0	1028	1029	945	6.8	15.3	0.0	8.0	9.1	17.2	Sunny all day
7	10.6	28.5	10.9	49	98	19.0	16.7	9.5	18.2	12	1.7	41	0.0	1029	1031	905	6.3	12.6	0.0	1.3	10.3	18.8	Sunny intervals all day
8	12.2	29.1	8.9	46	98	19.3	16.8	11.4	17.9	14	1.6	39	0.0	1030	1032	914	6.8	15.3	0.0	5.8	12.0	19.0	Sunny all day
9	14.2	29.6	8.9	27	96	19.7	17.1	7.4	15.0	14	1.7	41	0.0	1025	1030	939	7.0	15.3	0.0	6.3	13.7	19.1	Sunny all day
10	10.1	28.7	6.1	45	94	19.7	17.4	8.5	17.2	11	1.7	42	0.0	1023	1026	917	7.1	13.7	0.0	2.8	9.7	18.1	Sunny all day
11	11.6	20.6	8.4	61	91	19.5	17.5	9.0	15.0	14	2.8	67	0.0	1024	1026	946	6.3	13.1	0.0	4.8	11.3	17.2	Sunny all day
12	7.2	21.9	10.7	67	98	19.6	17.5	6.2	15.7	14	2.9	69	0.0	1024	1026	909	6.2	12.6	0.0	11.0	6.9	17.3	Sunny all day
13	10.1	30.5	12.4	48	99	20.1	17.6	8.8	19.4	13	2.0	48	0.0	1024	1025	889	6.2	15.1	0.0	11.0	9.6	17.4	Sunny all day
14	12.6	29.8	10.3	41	97	20.3	17.7	11.3	19.8	13	2.4	58	0.0	1023	1025	919	6.5	15.1	0.0	5.0	12.4	18.3	Sunny all day
15	15.3	27.2	9.3	51	95	20.6	18.0	13.5	18.5	13	2.2	53	0.0	1023	1025	900	6.5	12.3	0.0	3.0	15.0	18.5	Sunny all day
16	12.2	27.9	15.5	57	96	19.9	17.7	11.0	19.0	13	2.8	68	0.0	1023	1024	958	6.3	12.9	0.0	2.5	11.9	19.6	Sunny all day
17	10.9	28.7	12.1	47	97	20.4	18.0	9.8	18.2	13	2.4	57	0.0	1023	1025	890	5.7	15.1	0.0	3.5	10.6	19.7	Sunny all day
18	13.5	28.8	10.6	46	96	20.6	18.2	12.3	17.4	13	2.1	51	0.0	1024	1026	841	5.3	15.1	0.0	4.3	13.4	19.8	Sunny all day
19	12.2	29.5	12.9	43	97	20.8	18.3	11.1	17.6	11	1.2	29	0.0	1022	1026	905	6.2	15.0	0.0	7.0	11.8	19.7	Sunny all day
20	14.7	27.0	12.0	55	91	21.0	18.5	12.9	17.6	15	1.3	33	0.0	1020	1023	1034	6.4	14.9	0.0	6.8	14.6	17.2	Sunny all day
21	15.8	26.3	14.0	60	93	21.3	18.7	13.2	18.4	11	1.1	26	0.0	1016	1021	827	5.4	12.6	0.0	7.0	15.4	17.8	Sunny all day
22	15.6	26.9	15.3	63	98	21.4	18.8	14.4	19.6	15	2.5	59	0.0	1014	1017	882	6.0	12.9	0.0	6.3	15.3	18.1	Sunny all day
23	16.6	24.6	14.0	65	97	21.4	18.9	14.1	18.6	17	3.0	73	0.0	1013	1015	919	6.2	10.3	0.0	7.8	16.2	17.7	Misty early am then sunny
24	16.1	23.4	14.1	73	97	21.2	19.0	13.8	18.2	15	2.8	61	0.0	1013	1015	1001	6.9	6.0	0.0	2.5	15.6	18.2	Sunny intervals all day
25	16.4	24.3	9.6	66	98	20.9	19.0	15.6	19.8	19	3.5	84	10.3	1011	1014	997	6.7	9.1	0.0	1.8	16.2	18.0	Sunny intervals all day
26	10.9	23.9	10.5	58	99	20.8	19.1	10.0	17.6	15	2.0	49	0.0	1012	1014	926	6.4	12.4	0.0	11.5	10.6	17.4	Sunny all day
27	12.2	20.0	9.8	77	98	20.1	19.1	11.3	16.9	6	0.5	12	5.3	1005	1012	309	3.6	1.2	0.0	15.3	12.0	17.8	Sunny ints, thunder pm
28	11.6	21.2	11.7	76	99	20.1	19.0	10.8	17.4	26	4.0	97	2.6	1005	1007	937	7.4	5.2	0.0	9.3	11.1	17.4	Sunny ints, showers pm
29	14.2	22.6	11.1	66	99	19.9	19.0	13.4	17.7	23	5.2	125	2.4	1005	1014	924	6.6	6.4	0.0	2.3	13.9	17.6	Showers evening
30	13.1	21.3	15.4	72	98	19.9	19.0	12.1	18.4	12	1.7	40	6.0	1012	1016	470	5.0	1.3	0.0	10.3	12.8	18.7	Rain am, sunny ints pm
31	15.8	20.3	19.5	77	97	19.9	18.9	14.3	18.7	18	3.5	84	0.0	1014	1016	328	2.5	0.3	0.0	4.3	15.5	17.8	Sunny ints am, cloudy pm
	12.8	24.9	11.4	58	96	20	17.9	11.1	17.3	14	2.4	1813	28.6	1018	1022	852	6.1	328	0.0	181	12.5	17.7