Diary of Highlights

1st to 4th
Sunshine and showers to start the month. Some of these showers were heavy and thundery and St Angelo recorded nearly 27 mm of rainfall on the 2nd, most of this during the evening. Flooding was reported during the same evening at Cushendun, North Antrim. The daytime temperature reached 21 °C at Ballykelly on the 4th.

5th to 7th
The 5th was dull and wet during morning but drier, brighter weather edged across from west later in day. 15 mm of rain fell widely. Showers developed in most places on the 6th and some were heavy with isolated thunderstorms. Temperatures only reached 13 °C at Ballypatrick Forest due to fresh north-westerly winds. Showers became isolated on the 7th with many places staying dry and sunny. Temperatures recovered to normal with Killowen reaching 19 °C.

8th to 11th
The 8th was mainly dry and bright but with more cloud and the odd light shower. The 9th started sunny then clouded over from the west with a few showers. Early showers on the 10th moved away northeast, before rain spread in from the southwest during the afternoon. The 11th was a cloudy day with rain. This turned heavy in the afternoon with 14.8 mm recorded in 1 hour at Glenanne (42.6 mm in the day). The rain then tended to peter out towards midnight.

12th to 14th
The rain cleared east by the morning of the 12th to leave sunny spells and showers. These showers became more frequent and heavier during the afternoon and evening. The 13th was another showery day with some on the heavy side, but dying out during the afternoon. Rather cloudy on the 14th with patchy light rain through the morning, the rain becoming more persistent and locally heavy during the afternoon before clearing southeast during the evening.

15th to 18th
The 15th saw sunny spells and scattered mainly light showers. The 16th was a rather cloudy day with further showers, most frequent in the north and cool with moderate or fresh north-westerly winds. Scattered showers at first on the 17th, before bands of rain spread in from the southwest during the afternoon. Rain turned more persistent on the morning of the 18th, with some locally heavier bursts, before clearing away east by mid-evening to leave isolated light showers.

19th to 21st

Dry and bright for much of the 19th - but showery rain developed across the west later in the day. Thundery rain pushed south-eastwards through the morning of the 20th with 22 mm of rain falling at St Angelo and Lough Fea and 23 mm being recorded at Glenanne. Bright or sunny skies did, however, follow from the northwest. A cloudy start to the 21st with a few spots of rain, but it did brighten up with good sunny spells. The temperature reached 21 °C in Ballykelly and Portglenone.

22nd to 24th
The 22nd was another bright and sunny day for most parts - but low cloud plagued the North Coast, Ballypatrick Forest reaching only 14 °C. A rather cloudy day on the 23rd with the best of any brighter spells in the southeast and low cloud continued to affect the north coast at times. A cloudy morning on the 24th but it remained dry with long spells of sunshine developing in the afternoon with Helens Bay and Portglenone recording the highest temperature of the month with 23.3 °C.

25th to 31st
The 25th was cloudier though sunshine in the southeast allowed temperatures to reach 22 °C at Killowen. Patchy rain spread in later. Mainly dry and bright on the 26th and 27th, although there was the odd light shower. A fairly cloudy start on the 28th with some light showers but sunny intervals broke though in most places. Sunny spells on the morning of the 29th, but it became cloudy from the northwest, patchy light rain during the evening. A cloudy end to the month with occasional light rain and drizzle on the 30th and 31st. Statistical details

Northern Ireland Mean Temperature Series (series began in 1914).			The provisional value for the month is 14.1°C			0.4 °C below the 1961-1990. Coldest August since 1996
Northern Ireland Rainfall Series (series began in 1914).			The provisional total for the month was 98.1 mm			103% of the 1961-1990 average.
Northern Ireland Sunshine Series (series began in 1929).			The provisional total for the month was 111.0 hours			82% of the 1961-1990 average. Dullest August since 1996