CHCH weekly weather summary for the 2nd week of August 2018.

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Bishopdales CHCH weekly weather summary for the 2nd week of August 2018.
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A.v.g night air temp this August so far is 3.47c which is 1.6c Warmer than normal.
4th Warmest ON RECORD August night temps..
NORMAL IS 1.87c
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Avg Day temps this August so far are 12.72c which is 0.17c Warmer than normal.
10th Warmest ON RECORD for August DAY TEMPS ON RECORD.
NORMAL IS 12.55c.
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Avg MONTH temps this August = 8.1c. Which is 0.89c Warmer than normal,
Which makes August avg temps the 7th Warmest ON RECORD.
NORMAL IS 7.21c.
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A.V.G 2018 air temp so far is 12.14c.
Which is 0.4c Warmer than normal for a year.
normal is 11.74c.
DOWN 0.11c on last week.
RECORD WARM YEAR WAS 1998 = 12.36c.(all years)
This time last year the avg was 11.19c
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Ground avg temps for This August is 9.9c DOWN 0c from last week.
Warmest on record for week 32,
And 0.7c Warmer Than same week August 2017.
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RAINFALL we have had 3.8mm rain this August.
Normal August rainfall is 65.4mm.
wettest=140 in 2012,
Driest = 20.3 in 2014.
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SUN IS Warmer THAN NORMAL.
2.39c warmer than normal.
Cooler than last week by 0.17c.
And 2.71c Warmer than last JULY 2017.
And 0.93c COOLER THAN in 2016.
Up to two years now for solar cycle 25 to start.
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Air Temp taken in SUN LIGHT (NOT SHADE TEMP).
Warmest DAY this August so far is 29.6c on day 9.
Last record WARM August day was 33.4c in 2016.
Coldest night on the grass was -2.3c on day 10.
COLDEST August GRASS TEMP ON RECORD IS -8.9c IN 2016.
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WE HAD 1 AIR FROSTS IN August 2017 WHICH IS below AVG .
normal is 10. AIR frosts.
WE HAD 1 GRASS FROSTS THIS August.
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