MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for AUG. 2012 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 22.9 28.8 5:00p 15.6 12:00m 0.2 4.6 2.5 2.1 41.8 7:45p WNW 2 19.9 28.0 4:15p 13.7 3:45a 1.3 2.9 0.0 0.2 16.1 3:30p WNW 3 20.3 26.6 2:45p 16.6 6:15a 0.3 2.3 12.7 2.6 45.1 7:15p SE 4 15.6 20.2 5:15p 10.2 12:00m 2.4 0.1 17.8 3.1 35.4 1:15p N 5 17.8 28.8 6:30p 7.9 3:30a 3.3 2.9 0.0 3.7 38.6 2:45p W 6 21.9 28.1 2:15p 16.1 12:00m 0.4 4.0 0.0 0.3 29.0 3:00p W 7 19.2 27.3 4:00p 11.3 6:45a 2.0 2.9 0.0 0.0 16.1 3:45p NE 8 19.9 28.7 4:45p 11.7 6:30a 1.9 3.5 0.0 0.0 22.5 6:15p N 9 18.7 25.7 4:30p 12.1 6:30a 1.8 2.3 0.0 0.6 20.9 9:30a ENE 10 19.8 27.1 4:15p 11.8 6:45a 1.7 3.2 0.0 1.3 29.0 10:45a SW 11 21.1 27.3 3:00p 15.3 6:30a 0.4 3.2 0.0 1.6 22.5 7:00p SW 12 19.3 24.5 4:30p 15.1 12:00m 0.4 1.4 6.9 1.1 27.4 1:15p WNW 13 17.9 25.5 4:15p 10.9 7:00a 2.5 2.2 0.0 0.5 20.9 1:30p WNW 14 18.4 25.8 3:45p 10.6 5:45a 2.4 2.5 0.0 0.2 19.3 5:30p SSE 15 16.7 20.6 3:00p 13.3 10:00p 1.8 0.2 13.2 4.5 40.2 6:00p SW 16 15.4 20.8 4:30p 9.8 12:00m 3.3 0.4 0.0 3.9 40.2 1:00p N 17 16.4 26.8 4:30p 6.4 5:30a 4.3 2.4 0.0 0.3 20.9 4:00p WSW 18 16.0 22.9 4:30p 10.6 5:00a 3.3 0.9 0.0 0.5 25.7 12:45p ENE 19 15.2 25.2 4:15p 6.3 7:15a 4.9 1.7 0.0 0.0 9.7 12:00p WNW 20 16.9 28.1 4:45p 5.6 6:45a 4.4 3.0 0.0 0.2 16.1 4:45p SW 21 21.4 29.9 4:00p 13.8 4:45a 1.1 4.3 0.0 1.4 32.2 9:00a SW 22 22.4 33.2 4:15p 13.3 7:00a 1.3 5.4 0.0 0.5 29.0 4:15p SW 23 24.8 33.8 4:00p 19.3 6:30a 0.0 6.5 0.0 0.6 29.0 6:15p ESE 24 23.5 32.9 4:30p 15.8 6:45a 0.3 5.5 0.0 1.3 35.4 11:30p S 25 20.6 25.2 4:15p 14.6 7:45a 0.4 2.7 0.5 8.4 51.5 12:30p W 26 19.8 26.2 3:00p 15.3 7:30a 0.9 2.5 0.0 5.8 35.4 11:00a WNW 27 19.6 27.3 3:45p 13.9 2:45a 1.4 2.7 0.0 0.2 12.9 3:45p E 28 21.3 30.7 3:00p 12.4 5:45a 1.7 4.7 0.0 1.1 20.9 3:45p SSE 29 26.5 35.2 4:45p 17.6 7:30a 0.0 8.2 0.0 6.0 41.8 3:15p SW 30 21.6 28.1 4:45p 14.0 12:00m 0.6 3.9 0.0 2.4 30.6 1:00a WNW 31 20.4 32.9 3:45p 9.1 7:15a 2.9 5.0 0.0 0.3 25.7 4:30p SW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19.7 35.2 29 5.6 20 53.7 98.1 53.6 1.8 51.5 25 SW AUGUST 2012 HIGHLIGHTS... ..Warm finish to otherwise average month - monthly mean of 19.3C at YWG airport was 0.8C above normal (18.5C 1971-2000 normal) - 14th consecutive month above normal - generally near to slightly below normal weather through the 20th - warm weather in the last 10 days raises average to above normal values - 6 days of 30C or more with maximum of 35.4C on 29th, ties hottest day of year (Jul 29) - summer of 2012 finishes with average of 19.8C, tied for 10th warmest summer on record - rainfall was below normal at only 44 mm at YWG airport (normal 75 mm 1971-2000) - some beneficial rainfall over first half of month - little or no rain second half of month with only 0.5 mm on 25th - 3rd straight month that was drier than normal - nonethless, prolonged warmth and adequate rainfall gives best crop yield in years - summer of 2012 totalled 129.5 mm, over 100 mm below normal over the 3 months - 10 driest summer on record