SEPTEMBER 1996

Daily Data

							
	                  1996 Day 1974-95		          1996  Day  1974-95
Mean Max Temperature	  12.9	     12.1  Highest Max temp       14.9    4    15.9
Mean Min Temperature	   9.7	      8.9  Lowest Min temp	   5.5   21	1.4
Mean Sea Temperature	  12.5	     11.7  Lowest grass minimum   -0.4   22    -2.6
30 cm Earth temperature	  12.0	     11.1  Days with ground frost  1		1.1
100cm Earth temperature	  11.5	     10.9  Days with air frost	   0		0.0
Total Rainfall (mm)	  35.2	     95.0  Days with snow/sleet	   0		0.4
Wettest Day (mm)	  11.1	 1   16.7  Days snow cover at 09hr 0		0.0
Rain Days ( 0.1mm +)	   7	     22.4  Days with hail	   1		2.1
Wet Days (0.9mm +)	   6	     17.0  Days fog during 24hrs   7		6.1
Total sunshine, hrs	 153.2	    116.3  Days with fog at 09hrs  2		1.2
Sunniest day, hrs	  10.9	18   10.4  Days with NIL sun	   1		5.9
Mean wind speed, kts	  13.0	     15.6  Days with gale	   1		3.6
Maximum gust, kts	  49	26   56.6  Days with thunder	   0		0.4
Mean Sea Level pressure	1017.7	   1009.7  Days with aurora	   7		3.2
							
Wind Direction%							
              North	  10.0	     11.3	  S. West	   6.7	       15.0
              N. East	   3.3	      6.7	  West	          16.7	       19.7
              East	  13.3	      9.0	  N. West	  20.0		9.8
              S. East	  23.3	     12.5				
              South	   6.7	     14.7	  CALM	           0.0		1.5