| Station:Macquarie
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August |
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2003 |
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Mean |
Lowest |
Highest |
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| Station Level Pressure in
hectopascals |
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| Highest |
1027.8 |
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1034.2 |
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| Lowest |
972.8 |
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949.9 |
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| Mean 9am
& 3pm |
1000.0 |
1000.4 |
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| Maximum
Temperature in Degrees Celsius |
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| Highest |
7.6 |
on the 4th |
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08.5 |
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| Lowest |
1.9 |
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-03.3 |
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| Mean |
5.7 |
05.0 |
03.7 |
06.2 |
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| Minimum Temperature in Degrees Celsius |
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| Highest |
5.8 |
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06.3 |
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| Lowest |
-0.8 |
on the 19th |
-08.9 |
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| Mean |
2.7 |
01.5 |
00.0 |
03.2 |
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| Daily Sunshine
in hours |
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| Daily Sunshine in hours |
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| Highest |
6.0 |
on the 27th |
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| Lowest |
0.0 |
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| Mean |
1.4 |
01.5 |
00.3 |
02.5 |
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| Precipitation in millimetres |
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| Precipitation in
millimetres |
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| Monthly Total |
60.4 |
069.1 |
026.7 |
156.2 |
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| Highest daily rainfall |
16.4 |
on the 15th |
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| Wind in kilometres per hour |
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| Wind in kilometres per
hour |
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| Total Wind
Run |
29626.7 |
22692 |
13268 |
32023 |
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| Mean Speed |
35.0 |
31.46 |
18 |
43 |
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| Max Gust
Speed |
112.9 kph from WSW on 4th at 15:39 Local |
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| Phenomena - number of days |
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| Strong Wind |
27 |
15.4 |
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31 |
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| Gales |
08 |
05.1 |
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28 |
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| Blizzard |
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| Rain |
28 |
26.8 |
17 |
31 |
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| Snow |
06 |
06.7 |
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19 |
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| Blowing Snow
vis<1km |
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| Hail |
03 |
03.9 |
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17 |
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| Fog |
05 |
03.1 |
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13 |
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| Frost |
04 |
02.6 |
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| Mist |
16 |
11.0 |
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24 |
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| COMMENT |
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| Weather at Macquarie Island for August reflects close to the
long term means for most parameters. Expeditioners have commented on how much
milder it has been, compared to the weather experienced during July and June.
Rainfall was less than the long term m |
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Expeditioners have commented on how much milder it has been, compared to |
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| the weather experienced during June and July. Rainfall was less
than the long term mean, |
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| and while sunshine hours were slightly less than the mean, 3+
hours of sunshine was |
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| recorded on 8 days. |
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