{"id":5801,"date":"2015-09-01T18:16:07","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T17:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alanrowley.info\/?p=5801"},"modified":"2015-09-01T18:16:07","modified_gmt":"2015-09-01T17:16:07","slug":"weather-review-august-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanrowley.info\/?p=5801","title":{"rendered":"Weather review &#8211; August 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>August 2015 was an average and unspectacular month from a weather point of view. No major records were broken.<\/p>\n<p>The average <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Temperature\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Temperature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">temperature<\/a> in the month was 15.6\u00b0C, with the high being 27.0\u00b0C at 16:06 on the 22nd, and the low being 6.7\u00b0C at 05:26 on the 16th. The high temperature of 27.0\u00b0C was the third highest temperature of 2015. Only the 27.2\u00b0C on June 30th and the 32.7\u00b0C on July 1st were better. The maximum <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Dew point\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dew_point\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">dew point<\/a> was 19.3\u00b0C at 19:36 on the 22nd, with the lowest dew point being 5.6\u00b0C at 06:26 on the 16th. The average dew point was 12.1\u00b0C. The maximum <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Heat index\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heat_index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">heat index<\/a> was 28.0\u00b0C at 17:07 on the 22nd.<\/p>\n<p>There were 185.59 hours of sunshine in the month, this is the most recorded in a month, though this can probably be attributed to the new software measuring sunshine differently. The sunniest day was the 12th when 10.4 hours was recorded. The highest <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Ultraviolet index\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ultraviolet_index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">UV index<\/a> was 6.1 at 14:11 on the 4th, with the monthly average being 0.7.<\/p>\n<p>There were 43.0 millimetres of rainfall in the month, recorded on 19 days. The wettest day was the 14th when 9.6 millimetres was recorded. On the 22nd, during a thunderstorm, a rain rate of 97.6 mm\/hr was measured at 18:39.<\/p>\n<p>Winds were normal for August, with the average <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Wind speed\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wind_speed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">wind speed<\/a> being 3.1 mph, with a high of 30.0 mph at 05:42 on the 26th, from a WSW direction..The dominant direction in the month was south-westerly, with a wind run of 2350.28 miles. The highest wind speed was 16.00 mph on the 23rd at 12:28.<\/p>\n<p>The average <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Atmospheric pressure\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atmospheric_pressure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">barometric pressure<\/a> for the month was 1012.6 <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Bar (unit)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bar_%28unit%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">millibars<\/a>, with the highest being 1024.8 millibars at 11:04 on the 12th, and the lowest 997.4 millibars at 15:11 on the 23rd.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brackenhouse.net\/images\/wugraphs\/2015\/08-2015.gif\" alt=\"Weather Underground graph for August 2015\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 2015 was an average and unspectacular month from a weather point of view. No major records were broken. The average temperature in the month was 15.6\u00b0C, with the high being 27.0\u00b0C at 16:06 on the 22nd, and the low being 6.7\u00b0C at 05:26 on the 16th. 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