Climatological Observations - August 2008

Observations at Pitsford Hall 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th* 8th* 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd* 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st
Time of Observations (GMT) 9.00 9.00 8.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 8.00 8.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 8.00 9.00 9.00 8.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 8.00
Total Cloud (oktas) 6 8 7 5 8 8 8 8 7 5 7 8 7 1 8 8 1 8 8 8 7 8 0 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9
Wind                                                              
Direction ssw s sw sw sse ssw wsw nw ssw ssw s sw ssw sw w sse sw se ssw sw ssw nnw wnw ssw ssw ssw wsw sw calm se s
Speed (knots) 12 7 2 9 6 7 4 14 9 9 6 6 10 2 2 10 2 7 14 8 8 6 5 8 9 7 8 3 0 7 2
Weather 3 60 2 2 63 3 2 2 3 3 3 21 3 2 2 3 2 60 25 3 1 81 1 61 2 2 2 2 2 10 45
Visibility 7 7 7 8 5 8 7 7 7 7 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 7 8 7 7 5 7 8 7 7 8 5 2
Screen (C)                                                              
Dry Bulb 17.0 16.1 17.8 17.2 14.8 18.9 17.2 14.4 15.3 16.2 16.1 14.0 14.6 14.5 15.0 15.9 15.2 15.6 14.9 16.6 15.8 13.6 16.4 14.1 16.0 16.9 16.6 16.4 18.2 17.0 13.7
Wet Bulb 14.5 15.5 16.5 14.0 14.2 17.5 16.8 13.2 13.1 14.2 13.4 13.6 12.4 12.7 12.6 13.6 13.8 15.4 13.7 14.7 14.5 12.7 14.0 13.9 14.6 15.2 15.0 15.0 16.7 16.0 13.5
Max 21.6 22.1 22.3 21.4 19.3 23.0 22.0 19.6 17.2 20.2 18.6 19.1 17.0 18.8 20.1 20.3 19.6 19.5 19.5 19.5 21.0 18.0 20.0 21.2 20.8 19.6 19.0 21.5 22.1 24.5 18.0
Min 13.6 14.5 12.9 11.0 11.6 14.1 15.2 13.6 11.4 13.4 12.6 12.3 10.0 9.5 9.0 11.1 13.4 12.5 13.6 13.9 13.6 10.6 8.6 12.8 12.5 15.1 15.4 15.3 15.7 16.0 11.5
Black Bulb (Globe, C) 20.9 17.1 26.6 27.8 15.7 21.4 _ _ 19.2 20.2 20.4 16 18.5 24 27.4 18.7 24.5 16.1 15.8 19.8 18.6 15.2 _ 14.4 17.2 18.2 17.6 17.7 21.1 18.1 15.6
Grass & Concrete                                                              
State of Grass 0 3 3 3 3 3 _ _ 0 3 0 3 1 3 1 0 3 3 3 1 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 2
State of Concrete 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Concrete Min (C) 12.3 13.6 11.4 9.0 10.1 14.1 14.5 12.8 10.6 11.0 10.6 11.5 8.0 7.5 6.0 10.1 12.2 11.7 11.6 12.5 12.1 10.0 6.8 11.9 11.1 14.0 14.5 14.7 14.5 16.0 11.1
Evaporation                                                              
Piche (ml) 3.5 2.9 2.4 2.8 0.5 > > 6.2 1.2 3.3 2.5 2.5 2.1 1 3.7 4.3 2.9 3 2.3 2.3 2.2 > 6.2 2.4 2.5 2.1 2.9 1 1.9 2.3 0.4
Pan (over interval, mm) > > > > > > > > 13.24 > > > > > > > 14.87 > > > > > > 11.83 > > > > > > 9.67
Rainfall                                                              
Total (mm) 3.3 2.8 0.7 0.4 11.3 _ 4.3 _ 5.8 _ 24.7 1.4 5.8 0.1 _ 6.6 3.3 0.2 1.1 0.3 2.9 0.1 4.2 0.2 _ _ _ _ _ _ 6.5
Duration (hrs) 2.5 3.5 1.9 0.4 6.2 _ 1.8 _ 6.4 _ 4.7 0.2 5.3 0.1 _ 1.8 4.4 0.3 0.7 0.6 2.7 0.5 4.1 0.1 _ _ _ _ _ _ 4.2
Intensity (mean over 24 hrs, mm/hr) 1.3 0.8 0.4 1.0 1.8 _ 2.4 _ 0.9 _ 5.3 7.0 1.1 1.0 _ 3.7 0.8 0.7 1.6 0.5 1.1 0.2 1.0 2.0 _ _ _ _ _ _ 1.5
Run of Wind                                                              
Miles (over 24 hrs) 126.34 72.41 77.76 71.93 104.87 83.33 131.38 111.47 172.47 148.35 80.82 141.37 118.14 57.01 68.59 93.15 95.75 176.02 109.73 97.97 61.6 182.49 158.07 90.04 117.36 105.47 77.6 55.58 20.13 34.4 48.7
Mean (mph) 6.8 3.9 4.2 3.9 5.7 4.5 7.1 6 9.3 8 4.4 7.7 6.4 3.1 3.7 5 5.2 9.5 5.9 5.3 3.3 9.9 8.6 4.9 6.4 5.7 4.2 3 1.1 1.9 2.6
Gust (mph) 24 19 18 20 17 16 30 28 24 31 18 24 23 15 19 22 20 27 24 21 17 32 20 17 22 19 21 18 <15 15 16
Sunshine (hrs) 9.7 5.8 4.1 8.8 0.0 0.5 2.5 0.2 0.0 9.9 4.7 5.7 2.8 9.6 10.7 4.0 8.4 2.3 3.7 2.4 7.0 3.8 7.6 5.4 4.3 0.3 0.0 1.9 0.2 5.3 0.0
Humidity Statistics                                                              
Saturated                                                              
VP(Twb) 1.652 1.762 1.878 1.599 1.62 2.001 1.914 1.518 1.508 1.62 1.538 1.558 1.441 1.469 1.46 1.558 1.579 1.751 1.569 1.674 1.652 1.469 1.599 1.589 1.663 1.728 1.706 1.706 1.902 1.819 1.548
VP 1.481 1.721 1.789 1.38 1.579 1.905 1.887 1.436 1.358 1.483 1.354 1.531 1.291 1.346 1.296 1.401 1.483 1.737 1.487 1.544 1.563 1.408 1.435 1.575 1.567 1.612 1.597 1.61 1.799 1.75 1.534
Saturated                                                              
VP 1.939 1.831 2.039 1.963 1.684 2.185 1.963 1.641 1.739 1.843 1.831 1.599 1.663 1.652 1.706 1.808 1.728 1.773 1.695 1.89 1.796 1.558 1.866 1.61 1.819 1.927 1.89 1.866 2.091 1.939 1.569
Rel. Humidity 76.4 94 87.7 70.3 93.8 87.2 96.1 87.5 78.1 80.5 73.9 95.7 77.6 81.5 76 77.5 85.8 98 87.7 81.7 87 90.4 76.9 97.8 86.1 83.7 84.5 86.3 86 90.3 97.8
                                                               
Dew Point (C) 12.8 15.1 15.7 11.7 13.8 16.7 16.6 12.4 11.5 12.8 11.5 13.3 10.7 11.4 10.8 12 12.8 15.3 12.9 13.5 13.6 12.1 12.3 13.8 13.7 14.1 14 14.1 15.8 15.4 13.4
Pressure (mb) 1009.1 1011.5 1010.1 1009.6 1013.7 1011.2 1005.1 1010.8 1011.8 1001.7 1002.6 987.0 995.9 1011.5 1015.4 1008.9 1004.2 1000.0 999.7 1009.4 1013.1 1015.6 1015.1 1007.6 1011.2 1019.2 1020.8 1021.1 1021.1 1018.1 1011.2
Days with                                                              
thunder _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
hail<5mm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
hail>/=5mm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
snow _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
fog _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1
gales _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
*Some readings obtained from the                                                              
automatic weather station                                                              

This page was created by Pitsford Hall weather station on 02 September 2008.