MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for AUG. 2003 NAME: Charleswood CITY: Winnipeg STATE: MB, CANADA ELEV: 235 m LAT: 49° 51' 00" N LONG: 97° 16' 00" W TEMPERATURE (°C), RAIN (mm), WIND SPEED (km/h) HEAT COOL AVG MEAN DEG DEG WIND DOM DAY TEMP HIGH TIME LOW TIME DAYS DAYS RAIN SPEED HIGH TIME DIR ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 21.2 26.8 4:15p 15.5 5:15a 0.0 2.9 0.0 6.3 35.4 12:30p N 2 21.8 28.0 4:00p 15.7 5:15a 0.0 3.5 0.0 5.5 32.2 12:45p N 3 20.3 26.1 5:00p 14.4 7:00a 0.0 2.0 0.0 1.0 17.7 5:45p NE 4 21.3 27.2 1:15p 15.3 6:15a 0.0 2.9 1.0 0.8 16.1 1:15p SW 5 21.4 25.1 5:30p 17.6 12:00m 0.0 3.1 4.3 0.6 12.9 7:45p NNW 6 21.5 28.6 4:15p 14.5 6:30a 0.0 3.2 0.0 4.2 22.5 10:15a N 7 23.5 30.2 2:45p 16.8 6:00a 0.0 5.2 0.0 1.0 16.1 12:15a ENE 8 25.2 31.7 4:00p 18.7 6:00a 0.0 6.9 3.6 4.3 32.2 2:45p SSW 9 23.1 29.3 2:30p 17.0 6:00a 0.0 4.8 1.0 0.5 16.1 9:45a SW 10 23.3 29.1 3:00p 17.6 6:45a 0.0 5.0 0.0 3.4 20.9 10:15a N 11 24.3 30.9 4:00p 17.7 6:15a 0.0 6.0 0.0 3.5 30.6 6:15p SSW 12 24.1 29.1 3:00p 19.1 5:15a 0.0 5.8 0.0 5.8 35.4 3:45p SSW 13 23.9 30.0 3:15p 17.9 7:15a 0.0 5.6 0.0 8.9 45.1 2:00p SSW 14 27.1 34.4 5:00p 19.8 7:00a 0.0 8.8 0.0 7.4 38.6 3:15p SSW 15 26.7 34.2 4:30p 19.1 4:45a 0.0 8.4 0.0 3.4 30.6 3:15p N 16 24.1 34.1 3:00p 14.1 6:45a 0.0 5.8 0.0 0.6 12.9 4:00p N 17 26.1 35.2 4:15p 16.9 7:00a 0.0 7.8 0.0 4.2 35.4 2:30p S 18 27.4 32.8 3:45p 22.1 7:00a 0.0 9.1 0.0 6.8 35.4 2:15p N 19 28.1 35.2 5:15p 21.1 7:15a 0.0 9.8 0.0 3.4 25.7 3:00p N 20 25.8 32.3 2:45p 19.4 10:45p 0.0 7.5 6.9 4.2 41.8 7:15p SSW 21 20.8 27.3 4:00p 14.2 12:00m 0.0 2.5 0.0 5.5 38.6 3:00p N 22 20.4 30.2 3:00p 10.6 6:45a 0.0 2.1 0.0 0.8 16.1 5:15p S 23 23.0 28.6 3:30p 17.5 5:00a 0.0 4.7 0.8 5.8 41.8 12:15p S 24 22.9 29.2 4:00p 16.7 4:30a 0.0 4.6 0.0 3.5 33.8 10:15a N 25 21.8 29.4 3:45p 14.2 12:00m 0.0 3.5 1.5 3.7 35.4 4:30p SSW 26 17.5 23.6 2:00p 11.4 12:00m 0.8 0.0 0.0 4.7 48.3 2:45p N 27 13.0 18.8 3:30p 7.3 6:15a 5.3 0.0 40.1 2.1 29.0 10:45p ENE 28 11.8 14.0 3:15p 9.7 9:30p 6.5 0.0 10.2 7.4 38.6 7:15p N 29 14.3 20.2 3:00p 8.4 5:00a 4.0 0.0 0.0 3.4 33.8 2:45p N 30 16.7 24.7 3:45p 8.7 4:30a 1.6 0.0 0.0 1.4 22.5 2:15p SW 31 20.1 27.8 2:45p 12.4 4:30a 0.0 1.8 0.0 2.6 22.5 5:45p N ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22.0 35.2 17 7.3 27 18.2 133.4 69.3 3.8 48.3 26 N AUGUST 2003 HIGHLIGHTS Hot and dry.. August 2003 finished as the second hottest August on record in Winnipeg since records began in 1872. Officially, the mean monthly temperature at Winnipeg Airport was 21.6C.. edging past August 1961 (21.5C) as the second hottest August on record, second only to August 1983 when a monthly average of 22.5C was recorded. Up to the 26th, August 2003 was actually on pace to be the hottest on record in Winnipeg, but a cool spell at the end of the month dropped the monthly average to 2nd place honours. Daily temperatures were above normal every day from the 4th to the 25th, with an 8 day stretch between August 13th and 20th that saw daily highs well above the 30 degree mark (maximum 35.9C on the 19th). Overall the month saw 12 days with temperatures of 30C or higher. The hot dry weather had many residents enjoying outdoor recreational activities well into the end of August and also led to one of the earliest harvests on record in southern Manitoba. Rainfall was scarce with only about 16 mm of rain during the first 26 days of the month. A storm system on the 27th produced heavy showers and thunderstorms through Winnipeg and southern Manitoba bringing 50 mm of much needed rain to the city. The rainfall brought the monthly total close to the normal 75 mm for the month, but the total masks the overall dryness of the month. All in all, a memorable August culminating one of the finest summers in many years over Southern Manitoba.