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SUMMER 2016: SUMMARY STATS

Temperature:
17.57 °C ( 0.49 °C higher than site average )
Rainfall:
141.6 mm ( 0.1 mm more than site average )
43 rain days ( 8 more than site average)
Sunshine:
485.1 hours ( 115.4 hours fewer than site average )

 SITE RECORDS (since 1984) - MORE
 Highest Temperature
 36.5 °C ( 97.7 °F ), 10 Aug 2003
 Lowest Temperature
 -10.0 ºC ( 14.0 ºF ) 13 Feb 1985
 Lowest Daytime Maximum
 -6 ºC ( 21.2 ºF ) 12 Jan 1987
 Mean Annual Temperature
 10.95 ºC ( 51.71 ºF )
 Highest Daily Rainfall
 57.0 mm ( 2.24 ins ) 12 Oct 2000
 Average Annual Rainfall
 695.1 mm ( 27.37 ins )
 Driest year
 2005 ( 424.7 mm / 16.7 ins)
 Wettest Year
 2000 ( 1032.7 mm / 40.66 ins )
 Average Annual Wet Days >0.2mm
 164 ( min 129, max 206 )
 Average Annual Wet Days >=1mm
 124 ( min 90, max 147 )
 High Barometer
 c. 1045 hPa, 3 Mar 1990
 Low Barometer
 c. 951 hPa, 25 Feb 1989

 CURRENT WEATHER CONDITIONS
 Dry \ Overcast
MEASUREMENT   Last updated: 24/9/2016 22:00, UTC+1
Temperature 17.4°C HIGH: 22.4°C , LOW: 8.0°C
Wind 0.8 mph   ESE Gust: 1.0 mph
Max today: 16.1 mph
Pressure 29.93 in. -1.3hPa/3hr  Steady
Dewpoint 13.0°C  Relative Humidity: 75%
"Feels Like" 20.2°C °C (Humidex Apparent Temperature)
Rain total/rate 0.00 in. / 0.0/hour  5 day(s) without rain

PLEASE NOTE

This is a private automatic weather station (AWS) based in South East England, and reported data is neither official nor part of the UK Met Office network. This AWS does not conform to Met Office standards - which are far too stringent for most amateurs but the readings give a good indication of weather conditions in the "average" local back garden.

Information is provided for general interest only and use of any data is entirely at your own risk. Live weather updates are available most evenings and weekends.

AUGUST 2016 - WARM AND DRY, FAIRLY SUNNY.

WEATHER: Mainly anticyclonic bringly settled weather for most of the month. Unsettled weather was confined to two short spells at the start and middle of the month, the airflow was very humid at times.
TEMPERATURE: Mean 1.00 °C above average. The month started on a cool note but quickly became much warmer, and especially so in the last 10 days. The 23rd to 27th was very hot with warm nights too.
RAINFALL: 35.6 mm, 67% of site average. Most of the month's rainfall fell in two brief spells, on the 1st - 4th and the 19th & 20th. The 5th to 18th was completely dry. There were no overhead thunderstorms this month.
SUNSHINE: 202.4 hours, near average. A cloudy start to the month but after the 5th most days with a few exceptions were rather sunny. This is the first August in 11 years of site sunshine records to reach the average total for August.

Full monthly stats for August 2016.


ALSO ON THIS SITE...


The SITE/WEATHER FAQS page provides some info about weather records and averages for Tonbridge and Kent. TONBRIDGE WEATHER NOTES - some anecdotal records of notable local weather events from 1692 onwards. Comprehensive SITE WEATHER RECORDS.   PHOTOS of "The Tonbridge Twister" from August 2002.


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