MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for AUG. 2000 NAME: Ferryhill CITY: Ferryhill STATE: Co. Durham ELEV: 394 feet LAT: 54deg 41min N LONG: 1deg 33min W TEMPERATURE (°C), RAIN (mm), WIND SPEED (mph) HEAT COOL AVG MEAN DEG DEG WIND DOM DAY TEMP HIGH TIME LOW TIME DAYS DAYS RAIN SPEED HIGH TIME DIR ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 16.8 20.8 18:00 13.5 5:00 1.9 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 2 15.5 19.7 17:30 11.4 5:00 2.9 0.1 6.4 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 3 14.4 16.9 12:00 13.2 22:00 3.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 4 14.9 18.1 12:30 10.9 5:30 3.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 5 16.2 22.4 15:00 10.7 6:30 2.9 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 6 19.3 23.2 17:30 16.2 2:30 0.5 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 7 17.1 20.5 14:00 14.1 6:00 1.6 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 8 18.5 24.6 16:30 13.7 6:00 1.2 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 9 16.4 19.9 16:30 13.8 6:30 1.9 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 10 17.1 18.8 13:30 14.4 24:00 1.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 11 16.9 21.9 17:30 12.8 5:00 2.1 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 12 17.6 23.8 16:00 11.7 6:00 2.1 1.4 0.8 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 13 18.8 24.3 15:00 15.3 7:00 0.8 1.3 4.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 14 17.7 20.2 16:30 15.3 24:00 0.9 0.3 0.6 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 15 15.3 18.1 12:00 12.8 6:30 3.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 16 15.2 20.3 16:00 11.4 6:30 3.2 0.2 3.4 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 17 14.2 19.0 14:30 9.4 7:00 4.1 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 18 14.9 20.6 15:30 10.7 6:30 3.7 0.3 3.8 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 19 13.9 16.6 17:30 12.2 24:00 4.3 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 20 13.0 17.2 16:30 9.2 4:00 5.3 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 21 13.0 19.8 16:00 9.4 7:00 5.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 22 13.8 18.8 17:00 9.8 6:00 4.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 23 15.3 21.9 17:00 9.1 6:30 3.6 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 24 16.8 22.7 18:30 9.7 7:00 2.6 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 25 18.0 26.4 16:30 11.0 6:30 2.2 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 26 16.2 17.2 14:30 14.9 24:00 2.1 0.0 5.4 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 27 15.2 20.4 14:00 11.8 24:00 3.2 0.1 0.8 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 28 13.1 17.6 13:30 8.8 6:00 5.2 0.0 14.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 29 13.3 16.5 16:30 10.6 6:00 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 30 13.8 18.0 14:30 10.1 2:30 4.5 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- 31 13.3 16.5 14:30 10.8 6:30 5.0 0.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0:30 --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15.7 26.4 25 8.8 28 94.0 13.0 46.2 0.0 0.0 1 --- (+1.0) (69%) Max >= 32.0: 0 Max <= 0.0: 0 Min <= 0.0: 0 Min <= -18.0: 0 Max Rain: 14.00 ON 28/08/00 Days of Rain: 15 (> .2 mm) 7 (> 2 mm) 0 (> 20 mm) Heat Base: 18.3 Cool Base: 18.3 Method: Integration Warm (the warmest since 1997) and slightly sunnier than average - particularly in the Midlands and east. The highest temperatures were 31C on Jersey and 30C in Southampton on the 25th. It was also slightly drier than average, although 35 mm of rain fell in the west on the 14th. There were some severe thunderstorms on the 21st, with many small tornadoes and waterspouts, and hail several cms deep ion locations including Hull, Leeds, and NE Wales. There was a significant dustfall (with a source in the Algerian desert) across SW England and Wales on the 25-26th. There was a severe hailstorm on the 25th that affected the far west of Cornwall, with 40 mm hailstones, causing damage to cars and glass.