Bishopdale Weather Summary For August 2012

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August Weather Summary For Bishopdale Chch Year2012
Coldest night temps............................................ -2.30 c
Warmest night air temp..................................... 10.90 c
Air A.V.G night night temp................................ 4.35 c
coldest max day air temp.................................. 8.20 c
Warmest Day air temp....................................... 20.60 c
A.V.G max day air temp...................................... 11.66 c
A.V.G MONTH TEMP............................................ 8.10 c
1metr under ground a.v.g temp....................... 9.49 c
Humdity avg.......................................................... 87.98 0%
Hottest sun temp................................................. 40.60 c
Avg day sun temp................................................ 25.07 c
Coldest Grass......................................................... -3.50 c
Avg Grass night temp.......................................... 4.18 c
Rainfall.................................................................... 140.10 mm
Wind run................................................................. 4,709.90 km
highest wind gust................................................. 77.50 km/h
Sunshine hours...................................................... 97.00 hours
AIR PRESSURE A.v.g Month............................... 1,014.00 hPa
frosts.................................................................... 6
Number of East wind days................................ 3
Number of Northeast wind days...................... 11
Number of North wind days.............................. 2
Number of Northwest wind days.................... 2
Number of west wind days................................. 3
Number of Southwest wind days...................... 7
Number of South wind days............................... 1
Number of Southeast wind days........................ 4
Max A.VG air temp of a East Wind day.............. 11.9 c
Max A.VG air temp of a Northeast Wind day.=. 11.14 c
Max "A.VG air temp of a North Wind day.......= 16.85 c
Max A.VG air temp of a Northwest Wind day=.. 19.2 c
Max A.VG air temp of a West Wind day...........= 9.97 c
Max A.VG air temp of aSouthWest Wind day=.. 8.2 c
Max A.VG air temp of a South Wind day.......... 10.57 c
Max "A.VG air temp of a Southeast Wind... 17.4 c
frosts.................................................................... 6

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Some Notes On August2012 Bishopdale Weather Christchurch'

Bishopdale mean monthly air temp of 8.1c for 2012 is 1.1c warmer
than the A.v.g for August.
Christchurch airport was 1.6c warmer tham the August A.v.g.
2.64c of this (1.16c mean) above A.v.g August air temp was due to the cloudy nights we had (23 nights).
In fact the day time temps were 0.35c cooler than normal.
The 2 Northwest day we have the A.v.g temp for these was 19.66c (0.26c warmer than normal).
The warmer than normal Northwest temps were made by lighter Northwest winds than normal.
Frosts.
There were 6 frosts this August =normal.
To note evey clear night we had there was a frost all clear nights were a the end of the month.
Wind.
Wind run was the highest i have record in a August (3years data).
Rainfall.
140.1mm.
Sunshine hours.
106 hours.

Mark Russell