Monday, 29 August 2022

A hot and dry August

It has been a couple of weeks since my last blog post and, during that time some parts of the country have had some wet weather, albeit in the form of heavy showers rather than prolonged spells of heavy rain. That’s not the case here where we’ve missed any heavy showers.
Temperature & Rainfall Records 01-28 August 2022

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Monday, 15 August 2022

A proper heatwave

We’re just coming to the end of a proper heatwave unlike the one in July that lasted just a couple of days. This one has been a proper heat wave with six days in a row having a temperature above 30° C or 86.0°F. It’s the first time I’ve recorded such a heatwave in August since I installed my weather station in 2010. On the 10th and 11th of August, the temperature reached 33° C or 91.4° F which is my record for August. I’ve added my weather station summary for August below.

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