| JULY | 2008 | ||||||||
| Weather Report, Climatic conditions recorded from Raymond Terrace, NSW Australia | |||||||||
| Location: Lat 32°46'S, Long 151°46'E Elevation: 8m Approx 12km from the ocean to the SE. | |||||||||
| Using a WM-918 Electronic Weather Station, and TB3 Hydrological Services Rain Gauge. | |||||||||
| My daily data can be found weekly in the Port Stephens Examiner. Circulation: 29 645 | |||||||||
| © 2008 | by: Grant Burgess | Website Hits: | 741 | Frequency: Monthly | Issue #: | 151 | |||
| The Average Max Temp was | 17.61 | °C | The Avg Max Wind Gust was | 33.49 | km/h | ||||
| (which is 0.30 °C Below average) | (A Record For Jul) | ||||||||
| The Highest Max Temp was | 21.5 | °C | (which is 8.94 km/h Above average) | ||||||
| (recorded on the 15th at 1438) | The Prevailing Wind Direction was | NW | |||||||
| The Lowest Max Temp was | 11.5 | °C | (the average wind direction is SW) | ||||||
| (A Record For Jul & Overall) | The Max Wind Gust was | 65.4 | km/h | ||||||
| (recorded on the 28th at 1121) | (A Record For Jul) | ||||||||
| (recorded from the WNW on the 11th at 1123p) | |||||||||
| The Average Min Temp was | 6.64 | °C | |||||||
| (which is 0.24 °C Below average) | The Avg Daily Wind Run was | 91.35 | km | ||||||
| The Highest Min Temp was | 11.5 | °C | (which is 1.93 km Above average) | ||||||
| (recorded on the 2nd at 0002) | The Max Daily Wind Run was | 238.8 | km | ||||||
| The Lowest Min Temp was | 2.6 | °C | (recorded on the 10th) | ||||||
| (recorded on the 12th at 0655) | The Min Daily Wind Run was | 12.9 | km | ||||||
| (recorded on the 7th) | |||||||||
| The Avg Max Relative Humidity was | 92.03 | % | |||||||
| (which is 0.99 % Above average) | The Avg Min Wind Chill was | 2.37 | °C | ||||||
| The Avg Min Relative Humidity was | 42.77 | % | (which is 1.22 °C Below average) | ||||||
| (which is 1.84 % Below average) | The Min Wind Chill was | -4 | °C | ||||||
| (recorded on the 10th at 0546) | |||||||||
| The Avg Max Dew-Point was | 9.75 | °C | |||||||
| (which is 0.48 °C Above average) | The Total Monthly Rainfall was | 70.4 | mm | ||||||
| The High Max Dew-Point was | 17.6 | °C | (which is 7.26 mm Above average) | ||||||
| (recorded on the 15th at 1419p) | The Median Monthly Rainfall is | 54.35 | mm | ||||||
| The Avg Min Dew-Point was | 2.34 | °C | The Number of Rain Days was | 12 | days | ||||
| (which is 0.60 °C Below average) | (which is 2.30 days Above average) | ||||||||
| The Low Min Dew-Point was | -3.6 | °C | The Cumulative Yearly Rainfall is | 946.6 | mm | ||||
| (recorded on the 22nd at 1752) | (A Record For Jul) | ||||||||
| (which is 217.20 mm Above average) | |||||||||
| The Avg Max Heat Index was | 18.24 | °C | The Highest Daily Rainfall was | 19.6 | mm | ||||
| (which is 0.36 °C Below average) | (recorded on the 29th) | ||||||||
| The High Max Heat Index was | 24.5 | °C | |||||||
| (recorded on the 7th at 1637) | PHENOMENA: (Number of Days with) | ||||||||
| Thunderstorms | 1 | Avg = | 0.64 | ||||||
| The Avg Min Grass Temp was | 4.17 | °C | Distant Ts’s | 2 | Avg = | 2.67 | |||
| (which is 2.04 °C Above average) | Hail | 1 | Avg = | 0.00 | |||||
| The Min Grass Temp was | -0.3 | °C | Dew | 22 | Avg = | 21.20 | |||
| (recorded on the 12th) | Fog | 1 | Avg = | 7.30 | |||||
| Frost | 2 | Avg = | 3.60 | ||||||
| Hail Reports | |||||||||
| ~ Sun 27th - Weak storms shortly after 1630 bought rice grain sized stones with some being slighhtly larger. | |||||||||
| Barrington Tops Snow | |||||||||
| ~ I suspect the BTs saw snowfalls on several days this month but have only heard of these two times so far. | |||||||||
| ~ Wed 9th - 3 to 5cm, but also heard a report of 8cm | |||||||||
| ~ Mon 28th - About a 5cm cover | |||||||||
| Instrument Additions & Alterations | |||||||||
| ~ Installed a new Vortex anemometer on the 1st to be a backup for my AWS anemometer. Removed my AWS anemometer | |||||||||
| several weeks later for repairs. Hence all wind readings this month are from the new anemometer. As a quick guide, the | |||||||||
| vortex measures peak wind gusts better but measures low wind speeds less effectively. This means my wind run values | |||||||||
| are probably a little lower than what the AWS would've recorded. I only have a few short hours worth of comparisons | |||||||||
| too between the anemometers which is less than ideal. | |||||||||
| ~ Lowered grass sensor gradually to ground level to try & match the reading from this thermometer with that from my | |||||||||
| standard BoM minimum thermometer. Results proving much better thus far. | |||||||||