DATE
|
MAX TEMP |
MIN TEMP |
MEAN TEMP |
RAINFALL |
HUMIDITY
9AM |
PRESSURE
9AM |
SNOW COVER 9AM |
CONDITIONS |
|
1/8/2004 |
20.6c |
13.8c |
17.2c |
0 |
90% |
1024hpa |
No |
Cloudy, bright afternoon |
|
2/8/2004 |
21.3c |
13.8c |
17.5c |
5mm |
100% |
1020hpa |
No |
Cloudy, bright afternoon |
|
3/8/2004 |
20.5c |
14.4c |
17.4c |
12mm |
100% |
1015hpa |
No |
Spells of rain |
|
4/8/2004 |
18.1c |
15.4c |
16.7c |
0 |
100% |
1013hpa |
No |
Cloudy |
|
5/8/2004 |
22.5c |
15.6c |
19.0c |
2mm |
100% |
1015hpa |
No |
Sunny intervals |
|
6/8/2004 |
25.1c |
16.0c |
20.5c |
0 |
100% |
1015hpa |
No |
Sunny intervals |
|
7/8/2004 |
25.5c |
14.8c |
20.1c |
0 |
72% |
1016hpa |
No |
Sunny intervals |
|
8/8/2004 |
26.0c |
14.2c |
20.1c |
0 |
100% |
1010hpa |
No |
Sunny intervals |
|
9/8/2004 |
20.8c |
18.3c |
19.5c |
0 |
87% |
1007hpa |
No |
Periods of heavy rain |
|
10/8/2004 |
18.7c |
17.1c |
17.9c |
45mm |
100% |
1009hpa |
No |
Periods of heavy rain |
|
11/8/2004 |
23.1c |
16.1c |
19.6c |
27mm |
100% |
1011hpa |
No |
Sunny intervals |
|
12/8/2004 |
18.7c |
14.7c |
16.7c |
1mm |
100% |
1009hpa |
No |
Periods of heavy rain |
|
13/8/2004 |
17.7c |
15.8c |
16.7c |
20mm |
100% |
1006hpa |
No |
Mostly cloudy |
|
14/8/2004 |
22.8c |
10.0c |
16.4c |
0 |
80% |
1018hpa |
No |
Sunny |
|
15/8/2004 |
22.1c |
13.7c |
17.9c |
0 |
100% |
1017hpa |
No |
Sunny |
|
16/8/2004 |
21.7c |
15.1c |
18.4c |
0 |
100% |
1005hpa |
No |
Sunny |
|
17/8/2004 |
21.5c |
12.3c |
16.9c |
0 |
95% |
1002hpa |
No |
Bright, then afternoon rain |
|
18/8/2004 |
21.2c |
15.0c |
18.1c |
10mm |
100% |
997hpa |
No |
Thunderstorm |
|
19/8/2004 |
17.3c |
13.3c |
15.3c |
3mm |
100% |
994hpa |
No |
Periods of heavy rain |
|
20/8/2004 |
15.7c |
12.9c |
14.3c |
41mm |
95% |
1003hpa |
No |
Mostly cloudy |
|
21/8/2004 |
17.4c |
8.2c |
12.8c |
0 |
83% |
1016hpa |
No |
Sunny intervals |
|
22/8/2004 |
18.2c |
7.2c |
12.6c |
0 |
91% |
1021hpa |
No |
Sunny intervals |
|
23/8/2004 |
14.8c |
12.2c |
13.5c |
2mm |
100% |
1014hpa |
No |
Rain, cool |
|
24/8/2004 |
17.4c |
13.7c |
15.5c |
10mm |
100% |
1004hpa |
No |
Rain |
|
25/8/2004 |
17.8c |
11.8c |
14.8c |
29mm |
83% |
1005hpa |
No |
Bright interludes |
|
26/8/2004 |
18.2c |
7.7c |
12.9c |
0 |
65% |
1016hpa |
No |
Sunny |
|
27/8/2004 |
17.5c |
13.0c |
15.2c |
2mm |
78% |
1005hpa |
No |
Damp start, then bright |
|
28/8/2004 |
17.0c |
9.3c |
13.1c |
0 |
81% |
1012hpa |
No |
Sunny |
|
29/8/2004 |
17.7c |
10.8c |
14.2c |
0 |
92% |
1005hpa |
No |
Sunny intervals |
|
30/8/2004 |
17.4c |
12.1c |
14.7c |
1mm |
70% |
1008hpa |
No |
Bright, light showers |
|
31/8/2004 |
17.0c |
10.9c |
13.9c |
0 |
72% |
1019hpa |
No |
Sunny |
AVERAGE
MAX |
AVERAGE
MIN |
MEAN
TEMP |
HIGHEST MAX |
LOWEST
MIN |
MONTHLY
RAINFALL |
RAIN
DAYS >1mm |
SNOW COVER
DAYS |
DAYS BELOW 0ºC
|
DAYS ABOVE 20ºC
|
AVERAGE PRESSURE 9AM
|
AVERAGE HUMIDITY 9AM
|
|
19.7ºC (67.5ºF) |
13.2ºC (55.8ºF) |
16.4ºC (61.5ºF) |
26.0ºC (78.8ºF) 8th |
7.2ºC (45.0ºF) 22nd |
210mm |
15 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
1010.7hpa |
91.4% |
Temperature wise, a month of two halves, the first half
of the month seeing maximum temperatures above 20ºC most days, also with
exceptionally warm nights, temperatures rarely dipping below 15ºC during most
nights. The average minimum temperature
of 13.2ºC was considerably warmer than the 1971-2000 Durham average of 10.6ºC.
Because of this, the mean temperature was pushed up to
16.4ºC, which is 1.3ºC above the 1971-2000 Durham average. The second half of the
month was noticeably cooler and fresher. The warmest temperature recorded was
just 26.0ºC (78.8ºF) on the 8th. We also had a record high night
time minimum, where the temperature fell no lower than 18.3ºC (64.9ºF) in the
24 hours up to 9 am on the 9th August. The coldest temperature
recorded was 7.2ºC (45.0ºF) in the early hours of August 22nd.
The weather was very unsettled throughout the month with
several bands of persistent heavy rain passing through the area. The month was
also duller than average according to other local stations.
One thing August 2004 will be remembered for is the
incredible amount of rain that fell. This was not just the wettest August
recorded in North East England, but several locations recorded their wettest
month EVER. The rainfall total for Newton Aycliffe was a staggering 210mm!!
That’s by far and away a rainfall record for this location.
Compare the reading of 210mm this month to the 30 year
Durham average of 61.3mm and it gives you an idea of just how wet this month
was. Rainfall above 1mm was recorded on 15 days, compared to the 9.2 days that
you might expect. The daily rainfall record was broken with 45mm recorded
between 9am August 9th and 9am August 10th. A further
27mm was recorded in the following 12 hours, giving a 36 hour rainfall total of
72mm. The month was also unusually humid, with an average 9am humidity reading
of 91.4%
To summarise, a warmer than average month, although that
was exclusively down to warm nights rather than warm days, which was dull,
unsettled, incredibly wet, and humid.