Copley August 2022

[Ken Cook]

Reports for August 2022 for the Copley sites. (Averages refer to 1991-2020)

Warm, dry and sunny

Copley Lead Mill site 218metres asl
Temperature °C (09Z-09Z)
Mean maximum  20.6 (+2.2)   High 28.3 on 11th,  Low 16.0 on 29th
Mean minimum    9.1 (-0.4)     Low  5.6 on  21st,  High 15.0 on 2nd
Mean screen        14.9 (+1.0)
Mean 30cm earth 16.1 (0.5)
Air frost 0 (0)
Days snow lying 50% 09Z, 0 (+0) snow on ground 0
Max depth 09Z  0cm on 0
River Gaunless data (Copley Lead Mill Environment Agency monitoring site 09Z daily readings)
Mean level 0.07m high 0.09m on 1st, low 0.07m on 6th(normal 0.00m to 0.60m)
Mean river temperature 11.3, high 12.6 on 24th, low 10.5 on 6th
 
Copley Met O site 253metres asl
Temperature °C (09Z-09Z)
Mean maximum 20.6 (+2.1)  High 28.9 on 11th, Low 15.6 on 29th
Mean minimum  10.0 (-0.2)   Low  6.0 on 21st, High 14.9 on 2nd
Mean screen       15.3 (+1.0)
Mean grass minimum 5.6 (-1.3)  Low 0.1 on 21st
Mean concrete minimum 10.7 (+0.3) Low 6.5 on 21st
Mean 30cm earth  17.2 (+1.3)
Mean 100cm earth 16.0 (+1.2)
Air frost 0 (0) 0 hours
Ground frost  0 (-1)
Concrete frost  0 (0)
 
Precipitation mm (09Z-09Z)
Total  20.1 (24%) High 5.9 on 23rd
Days 0.2mm  11 (-5)
Days 1.0mm   6 (-5)
Hail 0
Thunder  0  
 
Snow cm
Days falling 0 (0)
Days lying 50% 09Z, 0 (0) snow on ground 0
Fresh falls 09Z 0cm (+0cm)
Max depth 09Z  0cm on 0
 
Sunshine hr (R&D electronic recorder)                                Sunshine hr (Campbell Stokes)
Total            199.4 (135%)                                                    207.8 (121%)
Max day        14.0 on 10th                                                       13.4 on 10th, 11th, 12th
Average daily  6.4 (43% of the possible 15.0hr / day)              6.7 (45% possible)
Days no sun    0                                                                          0  
 
Fog (Vis <1km 09Z), 0 (-1)
 
Wind KT (Davis recorder)
Mean SW 5.3 (-2.5) High gust 32 on 3rd
Gale days 0  
Ken Cook, Copley, Teesdale / Weardale watershed