MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for AUG. 2009 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 14.7 19.9 4:15p 10.1 5:30a 3.8 0.2 0.0 2.6 33.8 3:45p N 2 17.5 24.2 3:30p 11.2 12:15a 2.4 1.6 0.0 0.2 11.3 12:00p W 3 17.9 21.4 1:45p 13.8 12:00m 0.8 0.5 2.0 3.7 43.5 2:30p N 4 16.2 21.8 3:15p 11.2 6:15a 2.8 0.7 0.0 1.6 29.0 4:00p N 5 17.1 23.2 4:30p 12.3 6:15a 2.4 1.2 0.0 1.1 27.4 4:30p N 6 16.9 24.1 3:45p 8.7 6:30a 3.0 1.5 0.0 0.2 11.3 2:30p S 7 17.2 19.8 6:30p 15.3 6:00a 1.4 0.2 2.0 0.2 11.3 12:45p E 8 18.1 20.2 3:30p 16.9 12:00m 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.8 16.1 12:45p N 9 19.4 24.9 3:15p 15.0 12:00m 0.8 1.9 0.0 0.8 17.7 10:15a N 10 19.5 28.8 4:15p 10.6 6:15a 2.3 3.4 0.0 0.5 16.1 12:15p WNW 11 22.1 30.4 4:30p 13.4 7:00a 1.1 4.9 0.0 2.3 25.7 3:30p SW 12 24.2 32.9 4:30p 16.4 6:45a 0.3 6.1 0.0 0.8 17.7 12:45p SW 13 23.8 30.8 3:30p 19.1 9:30a 0.0 5.5 3.0 0.8 25.7 5:00a NE 14 20.1 23.7 1:45p 17.3 11:15p 0.1 1.9 6.9 2.6 27.4 2:45p N 15 18.9 21.1 7:15p 17.0 12:45a 0.2 0.0 21.1 1.1 19.3 1:45a NNE 16 17.0 21.1 5:15p 12.7 11:30p 0.6 0.0 4.0 0.0 23.2 9:45a WSW 17 12.9 16.4 5:30p 10.4 7:00a 5.4 0.0 6.9 1.0 20.9 11:00a WSW 18 15.6 23.3 4:00p 9.9 7:00a 3.7 1.0 1.0 0.3 16.1 3:00a NW 19 16.6 22.2 2:30p 14.3 7:45a 2.0 0.3 16.3 0.3 16.1 7:45a W 20 17.0 23.3 2:45p 13.6 11:45p 2.1 0.7 8.1 2.6 22.5 7:45p W 21 15.4 20.1 6:15p 11.9 12:00m 3.0 0.2 0.3 2.1 19.3 3:45a N 22 15.2 21.0 4:15p 7.6 6:30a 3.7 0.6 0.0 1.6 20.9 1:15p SW 23 19.9 26.3 3:15p 14.0 7:15a 1.1 2.8 0.0 0.8 19.3 1:45p SW 24 18.0 22.2 3:15p 14.7 12:00m 1.0 0.7 8.1 1.4 27.4 6:45p ESE 25 18.1 25.6 4:00p 11.6 7:15a 2.4 2.2 0.3 0.6 25.7 4:30p NNW 26 19.5 28.3 4:00p 11.1 7:00a 2.1 3.3 0.0 2.6 29.0 11:45p SW 27 17.8 20.1 12:15a 15.8 12:00m 0.7 0.2 0.0 2.4 29.0 2:00p N 28 16.4 20.9 3:45p 12.4 12:00m 2.3 0.4 0.0 1.3 25.7 1:30p N 29 15.1 21.3 3:45p 9.5 12:00m 3.6 0.4 6.6 0.5 25.7 2:15a N 30 14.2 22.5 2:30p 5.7 7:00a 5.0 1.0 0.0 0.3 12.9 12:15p N 31 16.4 24.1 4:15p 9.0 7:00a 3.4 1.5 0.0 0.8 22.5 3:15p WNW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17.6 32.9 12 5.7 30 64.0 45.2 86.7 1.2 43.5 3 N AUGUST 2009 HIGHLIGHTS ..wet and cool.. again.. - monthly mean temperature at YWG airport was 17.2C or 1.3C below normal - this is the 9th consecutive month below normal, which hasn't happened since 1950 - only 7 days of 25C or more - 1 hot spell from the 10-13th gave monthly max of 33C on the 12th (31C at YWG airport) - severe thunderstorms early in the morning on the 14th just south of the city brought baseball size hail and heavy rain - precipitation was above normal with 87 mm at my site.. normal is 75 mm. Rainfall varied across the city with only 52 mm at YWG airport, and 56 mm at the Forks. 100 mm or more over southern parts of the city - month ends a cool summer.. summer average at YWG airport was only 16.4C, about 2C below the normal average of 18.3C. This ties it with 1985 and 1883 as the 6th coolest summer in Winnipeg since records began in 1873. This was the coolest summer since 2004 (15.5C) TOP 10 COOLEST SUMMERS IN WINNIPEG YEAR JUNE JULY AUG AVG 2004 14.1 18.2 14.3 15.5C 1992 14.9 15.9 16.4 15.7C 1885 15.0 18.0 15.2 16.1C 1891 15.9 16.2 16.4 16.2C 1968 15.4 17.6 15.5 16.2C 1895 14.8 17.7 16.4 16.3C 1985 14.0 18.8 16.3 16.4C 1883 16.2 16.8 16.3 16.4C 2009 15.6 16.5 17.2 16.4C 1950 15.1 18.2 16.5 16.6C 1884 18.3 15.4 16.1 16.6C