MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for AUG. 2004 NAME: Charleswood CITY: Winnipeg STATE: MB ELEV: 235 m LAT: 49° 54' 00" N LONG: 97° 18' 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 18.7 25.3 2:10p 12.8 4:10a 1.7 2.0 0.3 1.3 19.3 12:50p N 2 18.6 24.9 4:20p 11.1 6:25a 1.9 2.1 0.5 1.4 27.4 12:30a N 3 17.7 25.7 2:25p 8.9 6:05a 2.8 2.2 0.0 1.9 20.9 5:55p N 4 17.7 24.4 4:05p 11.6 6:20a 2.3 1.7 0.0 3.1 30.6 1:55p N 5 17.8 26.6 3:00p 7.8 6:40a 3.0 2.5 0.0 0.6 16.1 12:30p SW 6 17.7 20.3 10:50a 14.5 1:10a 1.2 0.5 0.0 2.9 32.2 11:50a SSW 7 18.6 22.0 5:40p 16.1 3:10a 0.8 1.1 0.0 0.2 11.3 11:45a ENE 8 17.2 19.5 11:55a 15.8 3:20p 1.2 0.1 10.4 1.3 27.4 4:05p N 9 11.4 16.7 1:25a 8.3 12:00m 6.9 0.0 5.6 10.6 45.1 9:35a N 10 11.2 16.9 4:30p 7.3 6:50a 7.1 0.0 5.1 5.1 32.2 5:40a N 11 12.3 18.2 11:30a 5.7 6:40a 6.0 0.0 0.3 1.0 20.9 5:05p N 12 13.4 20.3 1:15p 6.6 6:50a 5.0 0.1 1.0 1.1 20.9 1:25p N 13 14.9 22.4 2:30p 8.5 5:15a 4.1 0.8 0.0 1.9 22.5 1:25p N 14 15.9 24.5 2:10p 6.2 6:35a 4.0 1.7 0.0 1.4 20.9 2:10p SW 15 17.7 23.1 1:30p 14.2 9:50a 1.3 0.8 3.6 1.9 25.7 7:45a SW 16 18.3 24.1 3:35p 13.9 5:15a 1.4 1.5 0.3 1.6 20.9 11:30a NNW 17 17.8 24.4 2:55p 11.2 6:55a 2.2 1.7 1.3 1.3 32.2 10:35p SW 18 11.5 15.2 12:05a 6.4 10:35p 6.8 0.0 8.1 8.0 64.4 10:10a N 19 10.5 16.9 1:35p 4.8 12:00m 7.8 0.0 0.0 5.0 41.8 5:15p N 20 9.4 17.3 3:15p 1.7 5:40a 8.9 0.0 0.0 2.1 30.6 2:10p N 21 11.6 18.1 2:05p 3.1 4:15a 6.8 0.0 0.5 1.1 19.3 12:05p SSW 22 13.5 18.4 4:00p 8.2 12:00m 4.8 0.0 0.3 7.4 41.8 12:45p N 23 11.8 15.6 6:05p 6.3 1:20a 6.5 0.0 31.2 1.3 29.0 6:35p ENE 24 16.2 20.5 12:30p 12.3 12:50a 2.4 0.3 20.1 3.9 38.6 12:45p SSW 25 14.3 22.2 2:20p 5.3 6:55a 4.3 0.6 0.0 0.5 12.9 1:55p ENE 26 14.8 17.7 12:05a 13.6 10:45p 2.7 0.0 43.9 5.8 33.8 1:45p N 27 15.6 19.9 3:20p 10.6 12:00m 2.4 0.1 0.0 4.3 30.6 3:00p N 28 13.8 21.1 1:55p 5.8 6:55a 4.9 0.4 0.0 0.6 19.3 3:45p SSW 29 14.8 20.2 3:35p 11.6 5:55a 3.6 0.1 0.5 1.1 19.3 9:35a SSW 30 14.3 17.9 2:05p 11.6 6:00a 4.0 0.0 2.8 1.6 29.0 12:35p N 31 13.9 19.1 2:05p 10.7 6:55a 4.5 0.0 3.0 1.4 19.3 5:30p N ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14.9 26.6 5 1.7 20 123.2 20.5 138.7 2.7 64.4 18 N AUG 2004 HIGHLIGHTS ..COLD WET AUGUST ENDS YEAR WITHOUT A SUMMER..... After one of the finest summers in recent memory last year, Manitobans paid the price in 2004 with one of the worst summers on record. Residents eager for some warm weather to return in AUgust were severly disappointed with a continuation of the below normal temperature pattern established back in May. Temperatures only reached a maximum of 26.6C for the month, a temperature that is usually recorded as a normal daily high in August. Every day was below normal, especially from the 18th on when temperatures barely cracked the 20 degree mark. Patchy frost was even recorded around Winnipeg on the 20th, while snow pellets were reported in the city on the 18th during an unseasonably cool day. Precipitation for the month was well above average, thanks in large part to some heavy rain events from the 23rd to the 26th with soem locally heavy thunderstorms. Overall, a disappointing end to a disappointing summer.