Climate Data and Brief Summary for July 2006

Last updated 2nd August 2006

*Anomalies are based on averages for the period 1971-2000

SCREEN TEMPERATURES °c
                                        Anomaly*       Date
Mean                       19.2           3.8			(Record)
Mean Maximum               24.8           5.4			(Record)
Mean Minimum               13.7           2.4
High Maximum               31.6                        19th	(Record)
Low Minimum                 8.9                        14th
Low Maximum                17.7                         7th
High Minimum               17.3                        26th
Low Grass                   6.5                         7th
Air Frosts                   0            0
Ground Frosts                0            0
Hours of Frost             00.0

Barometric pressure, 24 hour observations (mbar)
Mean                      1016.8           0.5
Maximum                   1031.6                       14th                               
Minimum                   1005.7                        9th

PRECIPITATION (mm)
Total                       31.3        -24.0                                          
Rain days (0.2mm or more)   10           -4                                            
Wet days (1.0mm or more)     6           -5 
Maximum Fall                15.2                        2nd
Rainfall duration (hrs.)     6.2
 
SUNSHINE

Sun Hours                  295.0        131.5			(Record)
Maximum day                 15.3                       13th
Nil Sun Days                 0

HUMIDITY %

Mean                        65.9
Dry days (60% or less)      29                                                  

WIND (mph)

24hour mean                  3.9
09.00 mean                   4.4
Maximum gust                34.0                        9th 
%North                       2
%North East                  0
%East                       26
%South East                 13
%South                       8
%South West                 18
%West                        8
%North West                 19
%Calm                        6
Hours of calm              100.0

MISCELLANEOUS

Days with:

Sleet/Snow                   0            0
Snow lying (09.00)           0            0
Maximum depth (cm)           0.0                         
Total snow depth (cm)        0.0
Hail                         0
Thunder                      4
Fog (09.00)                  0

Brief summary of the month:
July 2006 was a record breaking month with temperatures and sunshine totals
way above average. The 19th also produced the warmest July day on record.
It was the warmest and sunniest of any month (1960-2006) with the mean 
temperature almost 4c above average and sunshine hours 180% of the average. 
Rainfall totals were well below average with just 57%, the driest since 1996. 


All data taken at 220 metres above sea level


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