August 2003
Overall Mean 20.2°C (+2.9)
Mean max 26.1°C (+4.2), highest max 37.9°C (10th), lowest max 18.8°C (29th)
Mean min 14.3°C (+1.7), highest min 18.6°C (6th), lowest min 7.7°C (30th)
Lowest grass min 5.6°C (31st)
Rainfall 8.3mm (on 4 days), wettest 5.2mm on 28th
Sunshine 248.8hrs (134%), sunniest 14.52hrs on 2nd
Mean wind speed (0900) 3.3mph, strongest gust for month, 24mph (10th)
Thunder on 2 days (10th and 11th)
Days with max 20degC = 28

A warm, dry and sunny month being the second warmest since August 1979
(records began) .
Second warmest and driest August since 1979, average max temperature was
warmest on record.
The 10th a memorable day starting with a temperature of 31.6°C at 0900
eventually reaching a maximum of 37.9°C by 1400hrs. In addition 12hrs
sunshine and then rain shower with thunder late afternoon accompanied by
shift of wind from SW to E and a 10°C fall in temperature.

Summer 2003
Overall mean temperature 18.9°C (+1.9). Warmest on record
Rain 114mm (70%), sunshine 683.22hrs (120%)

All the best

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George in Epping, West Essex (107m asl)
www.eppingweather.co.uk