Alcaston, Shropshire - August 2022

[Freddie]

Another warm and very dry month.  More sustained daytime warmth than July, with 11 days exceeding 25 C and only 2 days less than 20 C.  Even split of warm and cool nights, with a grass frost on the morning of the 6th.  Less rainfall than July.

Anomalies (in brackets) refer to the estimated 1981-2010 averages.

Mean max:                              24.9 (+4.5)
Mean min:                              10.8 (+0.2)
Mean temp:                             17.9 (+2.4)
Mean 30cm earth temp:                  18.4

Highest max:                           34.1 (12th)
Lowest max:                            16.3 (17th)
Lowest min:                             3.6 ( 6th)
Highest min:                           17.9 ( 2nd)
Lowest grass min:                      -0.1 ( 6th)

Air frosts:                               0 (  0)
Ground frosts:                            1 ( +1)

Days with max  30.0 to 34.9:              5
Days with max  25.0 to 29.9:              6
Days with max  20.0 to 24.9:             18
Days with max  15.0 to 19.9:              2

Days with min  15.0 to 19.9:              2
Days with min  10.0 to 14.9:             16
Days with min   5.0 to  9.9:             12
Days with min   0.0 to  4.9:              1

Total rainfall:                        17.4 mm ( 28%)
Wettest day:                            5.8 mm (16th)
Rain days (0.2 mm or more):            11      (-4)
Wet days  (1.0 mm or more):             8      (-2)
Days >= 10mm:                           0      (-2)
Days >= 20mm:                           0

Days with snow/sleet falling:           0
Days with 50%+ snow cover at 09z:       0      (0)
Deepest at 0900z                        0 cm   (n/a)
 
Days with thunder heard:                1
Days with hail:                         0
Days with fog at 0900z:                 0

Highest 10-min mean wind:               20 kn ( 2nd)
Max gust:                               27 kn ( 2nd)
Days with gale:                          0
Highest wind run:                    264.2 nm ( 2nd)
Wind direction at 0900z:                N: 0; NE: 7; E: 5; SE: 1; S: 7; SW: 5; W: 3; NW: 1; Calm: 2

Maximum pressure:                       1030.7 ( 6th)
Minimum pressure:                       1001.1 (15th)

-- 
Freddie
Alcaston
Shropshire
148m AMSL
http://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/
Stats for the month so far: https://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/statistics/alcaston/latest.xlsx