Summary for Summer 2008

June = Dry, warm & fairly sunny.
July = 1st half very wet, dull & cool; 2nd half dry, warm and sunny.
Aug = Generally wet and cool (especially mid-month) but drier and warmer
during the last week. Overall quite cloudy.

Days:
30*°C = 0
25°C = 7
20°C = 52
20°C = 40
15°C = 0

The warmest day of the summer was June 9th with 27.4°C but this is not the
warmest day of the year which was on May 11th with 27.9°C. July and August
were dominated by warm nights but cool days.

The mean temperature of this summer was warmer than summer 2007 (15.8°C) but
the mean maximum temperatures were the same, it was the mean minimum of this
summer that was higher than last year's summer (11.1°C).

This summer was slightly drier overall due to a dry June but July & August
were wetter than last year.

Overall sunshine was lower than last year's summer (591 hrs) but both June &
July were sunnier, it was the very dull August of this year that brought the
summer sunshine total down to below that of summer 2007.

Mean Max: 20.5ºC (+0.0ºC)
Mean Min: 12.1ºC (+0.6ºC)
Mean: 16.3ºC (+0.3ºC)

High Max: 27.4ºC 9th June
Low Min: 5.1ºC 17th June
Mean Grass Min: 10.8ºC
Grass Min: 2.6ºC 16th June

Rain Total (gauge): 271.1 mm (208%)
Rain Days 0.2 mm: 48 Days
Rain Days 1.0 mm: 36 Days
Max 24 hrs: 26.9 mm 12th Aug
Days without any rain: 42

Air Frost: 0 Days
Ground Frost: 0 Days
Thunder Heard: 3 Days
Hail 5 mm: 0 Days
Hail 5 mm: 0 Days
Fog @ 9am: 0 Days

Total Monthly Sunshine: 539h:16m
Most Sunshine in a Day: 14h:56m 27th July
Average Daily Sunshine: 05h:55m
Sunless Days: 4 Days
Cloudless Days: 6 Days
Total Possible Sunshine: 1435h:42m
Percentage of Total Sun: 38%

Mean Soil Temp @ 30 cm: 16.0ºC
Mean Soil Temp @ 100 cm: 14.6ºC

Mean 10 Min Wind 39 mph: 0.0 Days
Mean Wind: 4 mph
Max Gust: 35 mph 5th July

Mean Cloud Cover: 63%
Rain Duration 0.1mm/hour: 131.0 Hours

Mean Pressu 1013.7 hPa (-3.8 hPa)
Max Pressu 1027.6 hPa 22nd July
Min Pressu 986.6 hPa 12th Aug

Max Dewpoint: 17.0ºC 28th July
Min Dewpoint: 1.6ºC 17th June
Mean Dewpoint: 10.8ºC

Max Humidity: 100% 6th Aug
Min Humidity: 37% 27th July
Mean Humidity: 75% (-2)
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Nick.
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk