JULY 1996

Daily Data

									
                          1996 Day 1974-95                        1996 Day 1974-95	
Mean Max Temperature	  12.4       13.2   Highest Max temp	  15.8  20   20.1
Mean Min Temperature	   9.4        9.8   Lowest Min temp	   6.1   3    4.2
Mean Sea Temperature	  10.8       11.1   Lowest grass minimum  -1.8   3   -1.4
30 cm Earth temperature	  11.8       11.8   Days with ground frost 1          0.3
100cm Earth temperature	  10.5       10.6   Days with air frost	   0          0.0
Total Rainfall (mm)	  61.6       50.5   Days with snow/sleet   0          0.0
Wettest Day (mm)	  11.8  3    13.2   Days snow cover 09hr   0          0.0
Rain Days ( 0.1mm +)	  19         17.0   Days with hail         0          0.0
Wet Days (0.9mm +)	  12         10.1   Days fog during 24hrs 12         14.2
Total sunshine, hrs	 122.0      140.6   Days with fog 09hr     3          4.3
Sunniest day, hrs	  14.5 18    14.6   Days with NIL sun      7          4.7
Mean wind speed, kts	  10.7       11.6   Days with gale         0          0.3
Maximum gust, kts	  44   14    41.4   Days with thunder      0          0.6
Mean Sea Level pressure	1013.3     1013.5   Days with aurora       0          0.0

Wind Direction%									
              North	   6.5        8.9	   S. West	   3.2       13.5
              N. East	   0.0        4.4	   West	          32.3       17.1
              East	   9.7       11.9	   N. West	  16.1       14.0
              S. East	   9.7       16.8
              South	  22.6       11.8	   CALM	           0.0        1.6