Temperature
Mean daily maximum: 19.4 (0.6 above average)
Mean daily minimum: 11.3 (0.7 above average)
Mean temperature: 15.3 (0.6 above average)
Highest daily maximum: 26.5 (23rd)
Lowest daily maximum: 15.3 (11th)
Lowest daily minimum: 5.9 (9th)
Highest daily minimum: 14.8 (7th)
Lowest daily grass minimum: 3.3 (9th)
Number of air frosts: 0
Number of ground frosts: 0
Days with max 25.0-29.9: 1
Days with max 20.0-24.9: 9
Days with max 15.0-19.9: 21
Frost duration: 0.0 hours
Rainfall
Total fall: 121.5 mm (132% of average)
Wettest day (0900-0900) 23.7 mm (19th)
Rain days (0.2 mm or more): 19
Wet days (1.0 mm or more): 17
Snow
Days with snow or sleet falling: 0
Days more than 50% cover at 0900: 0
Deepest at 0900: 0 cm
Sunshine
Total sunshine: 113.2 hours (126% of average)
Sunniest day: 11.6 hours (16th)
Days with no sun: 3
Other phenomena
Days with thunder heard: 0
Days with hail: 0
Days with fog at 0900: 0
Wind
Mean wind speed: 4.4 mph
Maximum gust: 33 mph (8th, 20th)
Days with gale: 0 0
Remarks
A warm, wet and sunny month. It was the sunniest August I have recorded here. The 16th, with 11.6 hours of sun, was the sunniest August day that I have recorded. The first half of the month was quite dry then the 10-day period from 18th to 27th produced 100.9 mm of rain.