AUGUST 1996

Daily Data

							
	                  1996 Day 1974-95		          1996 Day 1974-95
Mean Max Temperature	  14.1	     13.7  Highest Max temp	  16.3  19   20.2
Mean Min Temperature	  11.2	     10.3  Lowest Min temp	   9.4	26    4.4
Mean Sea Temperature	  11.8	     11.9  Lowest grass minimum	   4.2	26   -3.7
30 cm Earth temperature	  12.7	     12.2  Days with ground frost  0	      0.6
100cm Earth temperature	  11.5	     11.3  Days with air frost	   0	      0.0
Total Rainfall (mm)	  53.2	     61.2  Days with snow/sleet	   0	      0.0
Wettest Day (mm)	  15.5	21   13.1  Days snow cover at 09hr 0	      0.0
Rain Days ( 0.1mm +)	  15	     17.3  Days with hail	   1	      0.2
Wet Days (0.9mm +)	   8	     11.8  Days fog during 24hrs  19	     11.4
Total sunshine, hrs	 104.9	    146.5  Days with fog at 09hrs  6	      3.5
Sunniest day, hrs	  12.0	 4   13.1  Days with NIL sun	   5	      5.1
Mean wind speed, kts	  10.7	     11.7  Days with gale	   0	      0.7
Maximum gust, kts	  36	23   46.8  Days with thunder	   0	      0.3
Mean Sea Level pressure	1013.8	   1012.8  Days with aurora	   1	      1.0
							
Wind Direction%							
              North	  12.9	     11.6	  S. West	   6.5	     13.4
              N. East	   6.5	      5.5	  West	           6.5	     18.2
              East	  16.1	      8.9	  N. West	  12.9	      9.4
              S. East	  16.1	     12.7				
              South	  22.6	     17.7	  CALM	            0.0	      2.3