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EAST MIDLANDS

AUGUST 2006 Issue No 99

Cloudy and often dull with rainfall way above average
but temperatures close to normal

AUGUST

Total Max Total number of days of: Total Extremes in degrees C: Grass Month's: Diff Total

2006

Rain % of 24hr Snow: Thu- Sun % of Day Maximum Night Minimum Min Mean Mean Mean from Frosts:
(mm) avg (mm) Rain Fllg Lyg nder Fog Hail (hrs) avg Highest Lowest Highest Lowest Lowest Max Min Temp avg Air Grd
STATION
DERBYS:
Derby 85.2 151 11.1 21 0 0 2 0 0 * * 29.0 17.3 15.6 8.8 * 20.7 12.7 16.7 0.1 0 0
Mickleover 87.3 161 11.8 19 0 0 2 0 0 127.7 76 29.1 16.8 14.9 7.9 5.5 20.6 12.4 16.5 -0.1 0 0
Middleton 106.0 148 19.4 21 0 0 2 9 0 93.9 54 26.3 14.2 15.5 8.8 6.6 17.6 11.3 14.4 -0.2 0 0
Wirksworth 91.7 144 16.3 20 0 0 2 0 0 * * 27.1 16.0 14.4 8.5 5.2 19.6 12.1 15.8 0.1 0 0
Rosliston 100.5 201 20.2 17 0 0 3 0 1 * * 28.5 16.2 14.8 6.5 2.4 21.0 12.0 16.5 0.1 0 0
NOTTS:
Lowdham 100.3 184 23.3 19 0 0 3 0 0 * * 27.9 16.5 14.3 7.4 4.0 20.9 11.7 16.3 -0.4 0 0
Eastwood 100.0 195 26.0 16 0 0 3 0 0 * * 28.0 17.1 16.2 6.5 * 21.4 12.4 16.9 0.4 0 *
LINCS:
Laughton 139.3 269 32.9 20 0 0 5 0 0 * * 26.5 16.0 15.1 7.5 2.4 19.6 12.1 15.9 -0.3 0 0
Louth 97.6 187 16.3 19 0 0 3 * 0 * * 27.7 16.4 16.2 8.4 7.2 20.7 12.0 16.3 0.2 0 0
LEICS:
Desford 102.2 173 27.0 19 0 0 4 0 0 * * 28.0 15.9 14.8 7.5 7.0 20.5 11.3 15.9 -0.5 0 0
Mountsorrel 93.6 159 23.5 19 0 0 3 0 1 131.0 75 27.7 16.5 15.8 7.2 * 20.5 12.6 16.5 0.1 0 *
NORTHANTS:
Pitsford Hall 73.2 150 12.3 19 0 0 3 0 0 175.6 98 27.5 18.0 16.3 8.4 4.4 20.8 12.1 16.5 -0.1 0 0
WARWICKS:
Bablake 92.1 139 23.2 21 0 0 2 0 1 136.6 73 27.9 16.2 15.4 8.1 3.5 20.6 12.5 16.6 0.0 0 0
CAMBS:
Ely 91.9 184 22.0 21 0 0 4 1 0 * * 27.5 16.0 17.5 8.7 6.6 20.9 12.2 16.5 -0.5 0 0
MEAN DATA 97.2 175 20.4 19 0 0 3 1 0 166.2 94 27.8 16.4 15.5 7.9 5.0 20.4 12.1 16.2 -0.1 0 0
E Mids71-00 Aug 56.5 178.8 16.3
Notes: 1. * = data not available 2. 'Average' refers to each station's 1971-2000 means
OBSERVERS' NOTES
Rosliston: 25th min 6.5C was the only cool night of the month
Bablake: The dullest August since 1986
Ely: Highest max for August was lower than the average max for July
Mountsorrel: Dullest Aug in Leics since 1987
Middleton: The difference in mean temp between July & Aug was the greatest since 1921
Mickleover: Mean max temp for August was lowest since 1993
Desford: On the cool side with northerly winds predominating
Pitsford Hall: Some spectacular thunderstorms around mid-month
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