August Mini-heatwave Breaks Records
August Summary
2009
Do you remember our August weather two years ago? We had 533 mm of rain when a high pressure system interacted with a complex East Coast Low off Fraser Island. This was the highest Maleny rainfall ever recorded in August since 1891. We have had another record August this year with a mini-heatwave in the last two weeks of winter.. A strong ridge of high pressure up the east coast brought hot NW winds on to the Blackall Ranges and sent temperatures soaring to the low thirties. Our temperature peaked at 31.6ºC on Monday 24th at 3.00 pm. This is the maximum August temperature ever officially recorded at Maleny.
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Maleny ~ August 2009 |
2009 |
2008 |
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Rainfall |
7.6 mm |
3.2 mm |
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Rain Days |
4 |
2 days |
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Heaviest 24 hr rain |
5.4 mm |
2.8 mm |
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Thunder heard |
1 |
1 |
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Annual Rainfall to date |
1498.0 mm |
1714 mm |
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Evaporation |
102.0 mm |
85.9 mm |
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Mean Humidity (9.00am) |
17.6% |
63% |
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Mean Humidity (3.00 pm) |
21.9% |
47% |
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Lowest Minimum Temperature |
7.0ºC |
3.6ºC |
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Highest Minimum Temperature |
20.8ºC |
14.4ºC |
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Lowest Maximum Temperature |
18.4ºC |
14.6ºC |
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Highest Maximum Temperature |
31.6ºC |
24.4ºC |
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Days under 10ºC |
4 |
24 |
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Dom. Wind Direction |
NNW |
SW |
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Bright Sunshine Hours |
234 |
216 |
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MWS Internet Usage Hits |
315,986 |
67,295 |
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MWS Internet Usage Visits |
5137 |
3,249 |