MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for AUG. 2008 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 20.6 28.8 3:00p 10.9 6:30a 1.8 4.1 0.0 0.6 17.7 3:15p SW 2 19.1 21.6 7:45p 17.2 2:15a 0.1 0.9 3.0 1.1 35.4 8:45a SW 3 19.0 23.8 5:15p 14.7 5:30a 0.9 1.6 0.0 0.5 20.9 1:15p N 4 18.4 23.8 12:15p 12.4 5:30a 1.3 1.4 0.0 0.6 27.4 5:45p SW 5 19.3 26.0 3:15p 11.4 6:45a 1.6 2.5 1.0 0.8 20.9 2:00p NNW 6 20.2 26.6 2:30p 14.2 6:30a 1.0 2.9 0.5 1.8 25.7 4:15p N 7 20.4 29.2 3:15p 11.8 6:45a 1.8 3.8 0.0 0.2 12.9 12:30p NW 8 20.9 29.3 3:15p 14.0 6:00a 1.3 3.9 0.0 0.2 12.9 2:15p NW 9 21.4 28.9 3:15p 13.0 6:45a 1.1 4.2 0.0 1.1 20.9 1:45p NE 10 21.2 28.9 4:15p 13.5 6:15a 1.1 4.0 0.0 0.5 19.3 3:45p NE 11 18.4 20.9 12:15a 16.4 8:45a 0.3 0.5 20.6 0.2 19.3 10:30a S 12 17.8 19.2 1:15p 14.8 12:00m 0.6 0.1 31.8 0.0 12.9 3:30p S 13 19.7 27.8 4:00p 13.3 3:15a 1.6 3.0 0.0 0.0 16.1 3:00p ESE 14 21.6 27.8 4:45p 15.4 5:00a 0.6 3.9 0.0 0.2 16.1 2:45p SE 15 22.4 30.2 3:45p 15.2 6:45a 0.6 4.7 0.0 0.5 17.7 2:00p WSW 16 22.9 31.2 4:30p 15.6 6:45a 0.5 5.1 0.0 0.2 17.7 3:00p W 17 23.7 34.1 3:00p 14.8 6:45a 0.6 5.9 0.0 1.3 29.0 8:15p NW 18 20.3 26.3 2:00p 14.6 7:00a 0.8 2.9 0.0 1.6 22.5 12:30a N 19 21.1 29.5 4:00p 11.1 7:15a 1.8 4.6 0.0 1.0 27.4 4:30p SW 20 24.3 30.3 3:30p 18.4 6:45a 0.0 6.0 0.0 6.0 46.7 3:00p SW 21 23.7 29.6 3:00p 20.1 12:00m 0.0 5.4 13.0 6.3 45.1 3:45p SSW 22 18.4 22.4 5:45p 12.8 12:00m 0.9 1.0 31.8 3.1 35.4 10:30p SW 23 13.1 16.4 4:00p 8.7 12:00m 5.2 0.0 0.0 4.2 32.2 2:15a NW 24 13.8 22.9 3:30p 5.4 7:00a 5.2 0.8 0.0 0.5 12.9 11:45a SSW 25 19.2 28.6 4:00p 9.9 6:45a 2.6 3.5 0.0 2.4 38.6 2:45p SSW 26 21.7 28.1 4:00p 15.3 7:30a 0.6 4.0 1.0 3.9 45.1 10:30a SSW 27 16.5 21.4 3:30p 10.9 7:30a 2.4 0.6 1.3 1.4 27.4 1:45p SW 28 15.9 23.1 3:00p 11.4 7:45a 2.9 0.9 1.3 1.0 20.9 2:00p SSW 29 17.1 24.6 3:30p 11.1 12:00m 2.8 1.6 1.3 0.8 22.5 3:30p SW 30 19.8 29.5 3:30p 8.8 3:15a 3.1 4.6 0.0 2.7 43.5 10:45a SSW 31 25.8 32.1 5:15p 20.5 7:15a 0.0 7.5 0.0 2.7 40.2 7:30p SW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19.9 34.1 17 5.4 24 44.9 95.9 106.4 1.5 46.7 20 SW AUGUST 2008 HIGHLIGHTS.. ..Warm end to summer.. - month averaged 1.4C above normal at my site, YWG airport averaged 19.4c, 1C above normal - first calendar month since January that was above normal - first official 30 degree day at YWG airport this year recorded on Aug 16th.. latest ever - rainfall was above normal, thanks to 2 heavy rain events on the 11-12th, and 21-22nd - other than those two events, the month was fairly dry with plenty of sunshine - all in all, a nice end to a cool summer