Near average rain - but it would have been dry were it not for two serious wet days near the start.
Decidedly cool, highest temp just 22.4C

Average temperature = 13.2°C; diff from climate av: -1.1°C
Average humidity = 83%
Average dewpoint = 10.3°C
Average barometer = 1008.4 mb
Average windspeed = 7.6 mph
Average gustspeed = 10.7 mph
Average direction = 270° ( W )
Rainfall for month = 88.4 mm
Rainfall for year = 641.8 mm
Maximum rain per minute = 4.4 mm on day 02 at time 16:28
Maximum temperature = 22.2°C on day 05 at time 15:45
Minimum temperature = 3.4°C on day 20 at time 03:45
Maximum humidity = 97% on day 28 at time 11:24
Minimum humidity = 42% on day 07 at time 16:04
Maximum dewpoint = 17.6°C on day 06 at time 13:43
Minimum dewpoint = 2.7°C on day 20 at time 3:45
Maximum pressure = 1018.3 mb on day 15 at time 21:24
Minimum pressure = 988.6 mb on day 10 at time 15:39
Maximum windspeed = 31.1 mph from 293°(WNW) on day 17 at time 14:01
Maximum gust speed = 43.7 mph from 270°( W ) on day 11 at time 12:23
Maximum heat index = 25.3°C on day 07 at time 17:12
Avg daily max temp :17.9°C
Avg daily min temp :9.2°C
Growing degrees days :134.4 GDD
Total windrun = 4810.4miles
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Daily rain totals
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03.6 mm on day 1
19.8 mm on day 2
02.4 mm on day 6
23.0 mm on day 8
00.4 mm on day 9
20.6 mm on day 10
00.6 mm on day 11
00.6 mm on day 12
01.0 mm on day 13
01.0 mm on day 14
02.2 mm on day 17
05.0 mm on day 18
00.6 mm on day 19
02.0 mm on day 21
02.6 mm on day 23
00.2 mm on day 24
01.2 mm on day 28
00.8 mm on day 29

Summary for August 2014

Temperature (°C):
Mean (1 minute)  15.9
Mean (min+max)   16.4
Mean Minimum     11.0
Mean Maximum     21.8
Minimum          0.0 day 17
Maximum          26.0 day 04
Highest Minimum  15.8 day 06
Lowest Maximum   18.3 day 25
Air frosts       0

Rainfall (mm):
Total for month  113.4mm.   Rain days        20
Dry days         11

Wind (km/h):
Highest Gust     22 day 27
Average Speed    2
Wind Run         1206.1 km
Gale days        0

Pressure (hPa):
Maximum          1033.1 day 16
Minimum          0.0 day 17

Days with snow falling         0
Days with snow lying at 0900   0

 DATA TABLE FOR KILMERSDON near Radstock FOR AUGUST 2014

REPORT 

August 2014 has done an about turn when compared with June and July which were dominated by warm and sunny weather. This month turned out wetter than average and also very much cooler with temperatures lower than at any August since 1993. The month was dominated by Low pressure. This was quite modest in the first week with some warm weather still to be found but  by the second week the remains of Hurricane Bertha brought an abrupt drop in temperature which never really recovered in the final weeks. The month ended up 2.2C below the long term mean here which is a substantial shortfall. From the second week too there were some heavy rain events with thunder at times though rainfall was quite variable place to place due to the showery nature of the rain. Some exceptionally cool nights occurred towards the last week with the low of 2.7C on the 24th a record with a valley frost reported here. Sunshine amounts were unspectacular overall due to the unsettled nature of the weather but at least despite Hurricane Bertha's presence for a time mid month there was no major wind events to be noted. So all in all August 2014 was a disappointing month which ended up cooler and wetter than average overall.

Mean temp 11.2c

Mean max 16.6c

Mean min 6.7c

Rainfall 147.8mm

Wettest day 17th 29.0mm

Highest max 21.8c

Lowest max 11.3c

Lowest min -0.3c

Highest min 11.6c

A cool and rather wet month after a reasonable first week.