Rather warm and two wet days brought rain total close to normal for month and year.
Despite the average rain figure and numerous days with some rain recorded it has felt like a decent summer month.

Average temperature = 14.9°C; diff from climate av: +0.5°C
Average humidity = 82%
Average dewpoint = 11.7°C
Average barometer = 1015.6 mb
Average windspeed = 7.2 mph
Average gustspeed = 10.1 mph
Average direction = 258° (WSW)
Rainfall for month = 82.6 mm (-11mm)
Rainfall for year = 550.6 mm (+3mm)
Maximum rain per minute = 0.6 mm on day 28 at time 04:37
Maximum temperature = 24.9°C on day 23 at time 17:05
Minimum temperature = 6.4°C on day 10 at time 06:02
Maximum dewpoint = 17.6°C on day 23 at time 19:11
Minimum dewpoint = 5.1°C on day 09 at time 2:34
Maximum pressure = 1026.9 mb on day 14 at time 22:43
Minimum pressure = 995.6 mb on day 20 at time 17:06
Maximum windspeed = 29.9 mph from 270°( W ) on day 07 at time 13:38
Maximum gust speed = 41.4 mph from 293°(WNW) on day 07 at time 10:30
Maximum heat index = 25.9°C on day 23 at time 17:05
Avg daily max temp :19.1°C
Avg daily min temp :11.1°C
Growing degrees days :165.4 GDD
Total windrun = 4792.8miles
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Daily rain totals
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01.0 mm on day 3
01.6 mm on day 4
00.8 mm on day 5
00.8 mm on day 7
00.8 mm on day 9
03.6 mm on day 10
04.8 mm on day 11
00.2 mm on day 12
03.6 mm on day 19
06.6 mm on day 20
00.8 mm on day 21
07.8 mm on day 22
23.2 mm on day 25
06.6 mm on day 26
08.2 mm on day 27
10.8 mm on day 28
00.4 mm on day 29

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Summary for August 2016

Temperature (°C):
Mean (1 minute)  17.8
Mean (min+max)   17.9
Mean Minimum     11.8
Mean Maximum     23.9
Minimum          5.9c.  day 7
Maximum          30.4 day 23
Highest Minimum  16.2 day 24
Lowest Maximum   17.8 day 01
Air frosts       0

Rainfall (mm):
Total for month  50.1
Wettest day      18.3 day 01
High rain rate   14.4 day 04
Rain days        14
Dry days         17

Wind (km/h):
Highest Gust     23 day 09
Average Speed    2
Wind Run         1220.0 km
Gale days        0

Pressure (hPa):
Maximum          1022.9 day 22
Minimum          0.0 day 15

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

Total hours of sunshine        0.0

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2nd hottest summer ever recorded here in Portugal

First 5 days here in Algarve this September have been well over 30 C....

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https://scottsweatherblog.wordpress.com/monthly-summaries/august-2016/ 

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Summary for August 2016 in Watford

Temperature (°C):
Minimum 10.0 day 09
Maximum 32.2 day 24
Highest Minimum 18.2 day 24
Lowest Maximum 19.2 day 01

Rainfall (mm):
Total for month 9.6
Wettest day 3.0 day 01
High rain rate 3.6 day 01
Rain days 8
Dry days 23

Wind (m/s):
Highest Gust 4.8 day 07
Average Speed 0.2
Wind Run 440.9 km
Gale days 0

Pressure (mb):
Maximum 1033.5 day 06
Minimum 1014.7 day 19

http://alalchan.tumblr.com/post/149814989696/watford-weather-august-2016 

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