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Swanston Weather Station
August 2020 (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 & hours of air frost (to 0900 on date)
Date
Date
Pressure
(mb)
Temp (°C)
Relative
Humidity (%)
Wind Speed (mph)
Wind Direction
SoilTemp @ 20cm
(°C)
SnowDepth(cm) or
Pentlands, Lammermuirs, Moorfoots snowline(ft)
1Maximum Temp (°C)
2Minimum Temp (°C)
3Rainfall
(mm)
4Grass Min Temp
(°C)
5Sun (Hours)

Solar
Rad'n High
(W/m2)
7ET
(mm)
6Max Wind
Speed (mph)
1
1010.4
15.4
74
11
NW
16.5
18.3
13.5
1.3
12.6
2.26
1165
2.79
24
 Hot and sunny 31st July, rain in evening. Cloudy and much cooler am 1st August
1
2
1012.1
14.7
77
9
W
16.5
17.1
10.8
trace
9.5
6.00
889
2.92
23
 Sunny intervals 1st, rain am 2nd
2
3
1014.7
13.8
65
10
W
15.0
16.9
8.8
4.7
7.8
7.06
1009
2.87
21
 Sunny periods 2nd, light shower 1230h. Mainly clear skies am 3rd
3
4
1006.6
12.1
90
19
W
15.0
16.8
11.3
14.5
9.9
0.08
246
1.50
49
 Suny periods 3rd, rain am 4th
4
5
1002.1
15.8
85
8
WSW
15.5
17.8
12.1
6.0
12.1
0.09
341
1.37
35
 Rain all day 4th. Overcast am 5th
5
6
1014.5
17.3
79
4
WNW
15.5
22.4
11.8
0.0
8.6
7.67
1060
2.49
18
 Rain afternoon 5th. Clear skies am 6th. New anemometer installed on 6th
6
7
1016.0
18.9
76
4
SSW
16.5
23.9
15.1
0.1
13.5
5.38
1041
2.74
21
 Sunny periods 6th, warm. Clear skies and mild am 7th.
7
8
1024.6
15.8
72
1
NNE
16.0
20.4
10.7
0.0
8.6
15.09
786
3.61
14
 Sunny intervals 7th, shower 1800 GMT. Clear skies am 8th
8
9
1025.0
15.1
79
2
E
16.0
18.2
9.8
0.0
8.7
10.21
872
3.18
19
 Unbroken sunshine 8th. Clear then broken cloud from E AM 9th
9
10
1020.3
14.1
92
2
ENE
16.0
17.1
12.7
8.6
10.6
0.16
541
1.12
12
 Prolonged sunshine 9th. Haar am 10th
10
11
1018.8
14.6
97
0
ENE
16.5
19.3
13.3
37.5
12.6
0.81
557
1.12
12
 Haar. Thundery shower 1820 GMT 10th, heavy thundery shower 0340 GMT 11th
11
12
1016.4
19.3
85
3
ENE
17.0
23.7
14.3
0.0
14.5
13.90
823
3.18
13
Haar then thunderstorms 2100 GMT 11th to 0030 12th. Rain rate 138.8mm/h@2130
12
13
1018.4
14.9
96
2
ENE
17.0
18.9
14.7
0.3
13.7
2.45
668
1.17
15
 Prolonged sunshine 12th. Haar/fog am 12th
13
14
1018.3
13.2
95
1
SE
17.5
17.8
12.6
0.0
12.5
4.85
652
1.82
12
 A few sunny intervals 13th, low cloud at times, drizzle. Low cloud am 14th, drizzle
14
15
1018.9
13.3
90
1
ENE
17.0
16.7
11.7
0.0
11.6
0.02
545
1.52
14
 Sunny intervals 14th, low cloud am 15th
15
16
1016.4
13.4
85
1
ENE
17.0
14.6
12.5
3.1
12.4
0.00
278
0.71
14
 Overcast 15th and am 16th
16
17
1008.9
12.4
97
2
ENE
17.0
14.4
11.9
14.5
11.5
0.00
121
0.30
16
 Overcast 16th, rain am 17th, fog
17
18
1004.3
14.4
98
1
ENE
16.0
16.8
12.4
0.6
11.5
0.05
659
0.94
9
 Rain and low cloud/fog 17th. Overcast with fog am 18th
18
19
1003.5
15.2
98
0
NE
16.5
18.2
13.3
1.3
12.5
1.67
974
1.45
14
 Low cloud/fog 18th and am 19th
19
20
996.2
16.3
78
5
SW
16.5
21.4
14.1
2.1
11.4
5.47
970
2.49
51
 A few sunny intervals 19th, rain and gusts to 51 mph am 20th
20
21
984.9
13.9
93
2
SE
16.5
18.3
13.4
4.9
11.9
2.58
972
1.88
33
 Sunny intervals 20th, showers am 21st
21
22
1000.0
16.0
79
5
SW
16.0
19.6
12.8
0.0
11.3
10.24
979
3.15
28
 Heavy shower (102.8mm/h) 1830 GMT 21st. Showers early am 22nd
22
23
1011.0
13.9
74
2
WNW
16.0
14.5
12.3
20.5
11.1
1.65
323
1.37
20
 Prolonged sunshine 22nd. Clear, becoming cloudy am 23rd
23
24
1014.3
9.9
95
1
ENE
15.5
14.9
9.3
3.8
9.3
4.37
821
1.19
20
 Mainly cloudy 23rd, rain pm. Heavy rain am 24th
24
25
996.0
11.2
95
4
ENE
15.0
14.2
9.2
34.0
8.5
0.00
144
0.30
32
 Sunny intervals 24th, overcast am 25th with rain later. Low cloud/hill fog
25
26
1009.7
12.7
92
1
WNW
14.5
13.2
10.7
5.8
10.5
1.07
267
0.76
25
 Rain all day 25th. Rain am 26th.
26
27
1011.8
12.1
96
1
ENE
14.5
14.9
10.4
13.4
6.5
0.01
425
0.66
29
 Rain at times 27th and 28th
27
28
1008.6
11.0
91
3
ENE
14.0
13.6
9.6
0.3
9.5
0.49
765
0.99
29
 Heavy showers late pm 27th and early am 28th
28
29
1014.0
10.9
75
4
WNW
14.0
13.9
7.1
0.1
4.3
0.68
744
1.37
23
Mainly overcast 28th, showers midday. Clear skies am 29th, cloudy later
29
30
1020.2
11.3
73
2
SW
14.0
15.7
7.4
0.0
4.6
4.38
1002
2.13
13
Mainly overcast 29th. Clear skies am 30th
30
31
1021.3
14.5
63
2
SSE
14.0
16.8
7.2
0.0
2.1
5.91
722
1.70
13
Sunny intervals 30th. Clear skies am 31st
31
 
Total/
Mean
17.4
11.5
177.4
2.1
 114.61
1165
 54.84
51
  
Date
 
Pressure
(mb)
Temp
(°C)
Relative
Humidity
(%)
Wind Speed (mph)
Wind
Direction
Soil Temp
at 20cm
(°C)
Snow Depth(cm)
or
Pentlands Snow line(ft)
1 Mean Maximum
Temp
(°C)
2Mean Minimum
Temp
(°C)
3Total Rainfall
(mm)
4Grass Min
Temp
lowest
(°C)
5Total Sun
(Hours)
Solar
Rad'n highest
W/m2
7Total ET
(mm)
6Max
Wind Speed
(mph)

Monthly Summary (to 0900 GMT on the 1st September)

Overall mean temperature 14.5 (+ 0.2 degC of normal)

Precipitation 177.4 mm (236.5%), Sunshine 114.61 hours (73.4%)
 
  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
7. Total evapotranspiration on the date (in mm).
* 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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