Summary for Summer 2007

I have perceived this summer to have been the worst and windiest ever but
the stats soften the impact somewhat. It has been wet, no doubt about that
but even during the horrible July weather there were a few gloriously sunny
and warm days though we had to wait to the end of August for any really hot
days. The sheer dampness of this summer has shown itself in the prevalence
of potato and tomato blight which has ravaged my crops. Despite that though,
the warmth loving plants such as French beans, courgettes, chillies and
aubergines have thrived in the conditions giving one of the best crops for
years.

I think the reason why this summer will be thought of as awful is the
complete absence of any prolonged sunny weather during July. The summer
started warm and sunny, and it ended that way but the bit in the middle was
dominated by unsettled weather.

Jun/Jul/Aug 2007 Stats:

Mean Max 20.5C
Mean Min 11.1C
Mean 15.8C

High Max 29.4C (25th Aug)
Low Max 15.5C (4th Aug)
High Min 13.5C (25th Jun)
Low Min 5.7C (30th July)

Grass Min 3.8C (10th Aug)

Rain Total 303.3 mm
Rain Days 0.2 50 Days
Rain Days 1.0 40 Days
Rainfall Duration 98.0 Hours
Max 24 hrs 22.1 mm (24th Jun)

Thunder Heard 6 Days
Hail 5 mm 0 Days
Hail 5 mm 0 Days
Fog @ 9am 2 Days

Total monthly sunshine 590.5 Hours
Most sunshine in a day 14.9 Hours (31st Jul)
Average daily sunshine 6.4 hours
Sunless days 3 Days

Mean Soil Temperature 30 cm 15.8C
Mean Soil Temperature 100 cm 14.6C

Mean Wind 12.4 mph
Max Gust 35.7 mph (18th Jun)

Cloud cover 49%
Mean RH @ 9am 89%

Mean Pressure @ 9am 1013.2 mb
Max Pressure 1029.9 mb (25th & 26th Aug)
Min Pressure 993.6 mb (15th Aug)
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Nick G
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk