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Swanston Weather Site
August 2015 (Means and totals to date are at foot of table)
 
  0900 GMT readings
 Daily  Readings (See notes at foot of page)
Weather in previous 24h (to 0900 on date)Blue >50% snow cover @09
Date
Date
Pressure
(mb)
Temperature (°C)
Relativ
Humidity (%)
Wind Speed
(mph)
Wind
Direction
Soil Temp
at 20cm
(°C)
Snow Depth(cm)
1Maximum Temperature (°C)
2Minimum Temperature (°C)
3Rainfall
(mm)
SEPA/UK Gauge
4GrassMin Temp
(°C)
5Sunshine (Hours)
6Max
Wind Speed
(mph)
or
Pentlands snowline(ft)
1
1009.4
13.2
74
9
WSW
14.0
-
16.4
8.8
1.9
4.6
12.2
33
 Cloudy 31st July. Heavy rain 2100-2230GMT 31st July. Clear am 1st
1
2
1015.3
13.3
84
3
S
14.5
-
17.4
9.6
2.8
7.6
0.28
22
 Sunny periods 1st, heavy shower 1350-1420GMT. Var cloud am 2nd
2
3
1003.1
18.0
76
15
SSW
15.0
-
20.1
12.7
0.8
11.8
13.76
42
 Cloudy 2nd with outbreaks of rain from late afternoon. Variable cloud am 3rd, warmer
3
4
999.1
14.7
87
13
SW
15.5
-
17.6
12.1
0.2
9.5
1.42
35
 Prolonged sunshine 3rd. Cloudy overnight with rain 0600-0740GMT 4th
4
5
1008.5
13.7
82
3
SSW
15.0
-
17.1
11.7
3.6
10.5
0.28
32
 Mainly cloudy 4th with shower @ 1800GMT. Cloudy am 5th
5
6
1006.6
14.1
87
18
W
15.5
-
18.9
13.4
0.0
12.6
7.96
27
 Cloudy 5th with rain in evening. Variable cloud am 6th
6
7
1018.2
14.2
75
5
WNW
15.0
-
19.5
9.3
0.0
5.4
12.70
20
 Sunny intervals 6th. Clear am 7th
7
8
1021.4
13.8
76
4
SW
15.0
-
19.7
10.7
0.2
6.6
6.88
36
 Prolonged sunshine 7th. Clear am 8th
8
9
1013.9
15.3
83
10
WSW
15.5
-
20.6
12.6
0.0
10.6
4.85
43
 Sunny intervals 8th with light rain late pm. Cloudy am 9th
9
10
1009.7
17.9
75
11
SSW
16.0
-
21.3
13.8
0.2
12.0
7.01
34
 Sunny intervals 9th. Low cloud am 10th
10
11
1018.1
13.7
80
9
W
15.5
-
17.0
10.1
0.0
7.3
3.09
23
 Sunny intervals 10th. Clear am 11th
11
12
1025.7
14.2
76
6
N
15.5
-
19.4
10.9
0.0
7.0
3.02
15
 Sunny intervals 11th. Mainly cloudy am 12th
12
13
1020.8
15.1
81
2
WNW
15.0
-
21.4
7.3
5.6
2.4
12.08
14
 Sunny intervals 12th. Clear skies overnight 12th/13th
13
14
1008.8
11.9
96
1
SE
16.0
-
14.1
11.8
5.7
11.6
0.00
20
 Prolonged sunshine 13th. Cloudy overnight with rain from 0300GMT 14th
14
15
1007.8
12.6
78
13
WSW
15.0
-
16.6
9.1
0.0
7.1
9.98
27
 Rain 0900-1530GMT 14th. Occasional rain am 15th
15
16
1016.1
14.6
73
1
SW
15.0
-
17.7
7.7
0.0
2.8
4.08
15
 Sunny periods 15th. Clear skies am 16th
16
17
1020.1
14.4
73
3
W
14.5
-
20.4
10.6
0.0
5.2
12.59
12
 Sunny intervals 16th. Clear skies am 17th
17
18
1013.7
14.1
67
5
W
15.0
-
16.8
10.2
2.4
4.9
0.16
12
 Prolonged sunshine 17th. Cloudy am 18th
18
19
1010.1
16.8
76
2
N
15.5
-
21.1
13.1
0.5
11.5
7.32
28
 Cloudy 18th with light rain 1230-1900 GMT. Clearer and warmer am 19th
19
20
1014.3
17.6
80
5
SSW
16.0
-
19.8
12.1
0.1
9.0
9.91
33
 Sunny intervals 19th. Showers 1740 19th & 0020 20th
20
21
1011.3
17.2
83
11
SW
16.5
-
19.2
14.9
0.1
13.6
5.46
34
 Sunny periods 21st. Cloudy am 21st
21
22
1014.5
16.4
80
3
SSW
16.0
-
18.8
13.9
15.9
12.2
0.97
29
 Sunny intervals 21st. Cloudy am 22nd
22
23
1005.2
18.8
80
12
SSE
16.0
-
22.8
13.2
0.9
13.2
11.13
38
 Cloudy 22nd with heavy rain 2030-2400GMT. Warmer am 23rd
23
24
1000.6
15.7
81
5
WSW
16.0
-
18.5
11.2
0.0
7.6
4.60
23
 Prolonged sunshine 23rd. Light rain overnight
24
25
1001.8
12.6
75
15
N
16.0
-
17.5
9.9
2.0
8.7
8.64
28
 Sunny intervals 24th. Variable cloud am 25th
25
26
992.5
13.2
93
10
SSE
15.5
-
17.1
11.1
0.9
9.7
3.62
35
 Sunny periods 25th then rain 2200-2230GMT. Rain 0630-0900GMT 26th
26
27
995.2
11.9
84
17
SW
15.5
-
16.5
10.7
0.1
8.7
6.86
33
 Sunny intervals and showers 26th. Cloudy overnight 26th/27th
27
28
1007.3
14.2
78
12
N
15.0
-
18.0
11.4
0.0
9.4
9.77
33
 Sunny intervals 27th. Light shower evening. Clear am 28th
28
29
1012.5
13.9
79
13
N
15.0
-
18.8
12.3
0.0
10.0
7.61
32
 Sunny periods 28th. Clear am 29th
29
30
1017.4
12.7
82
10
N
14.5
-
18.6
11.6
0.0
9.1
11.30
21
 Sunny periods 29th. Clear am 30th
30
31
1017.7
13.3
79
3
N
15.0
-
16.6
8.3
0.0
3.5
6.89
18
 Prolonged sunshine 30th. Clear am 31st
31
 
   
Total/
Mean
    
18.6
11.2
43.9
206.43
 
Date
 
Pressure
(mb)
Temperature
(°C)
Relative
Humidity
(%)
Wind
Speed (mph)
Wind
Direction
Soil Temp
at 20cm
(°C)
Snow Depth(cm)
1Maximum
Temperature
(°C)
2Minimum
Temperature
(°C)
3Rainfall
(mm)

SEPA
Gauge
4GrassMin'm
Temperature
(°C)
5Sunshine
(Hours)
6Maximum
Wind Speed
(mph)
or
Pentlands Snow line(ft)
 
  0900 GMTreadings
Daily Readings (see notes below)  
    

 

Notes
1. For the 24 hours from 0900UTC* on the date to 0900UTC* on the following day. (The maximum temperature is generally in the afternoon*)
2. For the 24 hours ending at 0900UTC* on the date. (The minimum temperature is generally just after sunrise*)
*Where a maximum is overnight or minimum is during the day the figure is shown in italics. This often occurs in winter
3. For the 24 hours from 0900UTC* on the date to 0900UTC* on following day. SEPA = Scottish Environmental Protection Agency/UKMO 5" diameter gauge
4. For the period from sunset on previous day to 0900UTC* on the date
5.For the period sunrise to sunset on the date
6. For the period 0000UTC*-2400UTC* on the date i.e the Calendar Day
* UTC is Universal Time Coordinated. It has been adopted by the UK Met.Office in place of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). When British Summer Time is in force UTC is BST minus one hour ,e.g.1000BST=0900UTC

 

 

 

 

 

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