Weather Report

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WEATHER

REPORT

MAY, 1957.-—The first week of the month produced a cold northerly type of weather with sleet and hail showers on the 6th and 7th. A screen minimum temperature of 29° was recorded on the 7th and a grass minimum temperature of 19°. Thereafter weather was unsettled with a south westerly type of weather and higher temperatures until the 20th. Henceforward, apart from a break on the 23rd/24th, a bright dry north easterly regime set in with good sunshine but high winds. Rainfall was 1.70 in., sunshine 200 hours and the mean temperature was 50.5°. The temperatures were on the low side, while rain and sun were near the normal. JUNE.—The most outstanding feature of this month was the heat of the last four days. Maxima were 81°, 87°, 90° and 91°. Another prominent feature was the period llth/21st| inclusive where a north easterly type of weather brought long hours of sunshine and warm weather, at any rate until the 19th. (A maximum temperature of 80° was recorded on the 18th.) In this period 148 hours of sun were recorded. T h e total rainfall was 2.10 in. of which 1.37 in. feil on the 9th and lOth during thunderstorms and heavy rain. The sun total was 276 hours—the highest since 1950. The mean temperature was 59.2°, average 1902 - 41 being 58.6°. JULY.—A very unsettled month with frequent and sometimes heavy falls of rain and thunderstorms. The wärmest weather was in the first week, the temperature reaching 81° on the 4th and 80° on the 6th, the month being generally on the warm side, however. The rain total was 2.78 in. and the sun total 181 hours. The mean temperature was 60.3°. The rainfall is high and sunshine low, though not severely so. The mean temperature is slightly high.

AUGUST.—The first week was anticyclonic pleasant summer weather. Thereafter there was a complete reversal and the remainder of the month was unsettled and wet. Rainfall was recorded on 14 consecutive days (measurable). The total rainfall was 2.59 ins. (av. 2.28) and sunshine amounted to 177 hours (av. 184.1). The mean temperature was 60.6° (av. 1902 — 41 : 61.2°). The highest temperature was 75° on the Ist and 7th. SEPTEMBER. Although rain feil on several days in the early part of the month there was no quantity until the lOth, when .58 ins. feil. Generally unsettled conditions prevailed and there was a very wet spell round the 23rd. 1.48 ins. of rain feil in the period 21st /25th inclusive. Sunshine was very low at 106 hours, the


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