MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR 7/2005
                                        HEAT  COOL        
     MEAN                               DEG   DEG       WIND SPEED       DOM MEAN  MEAN
DAY  TEMP  HIGH   TIME     LOW   TIME   DAYS  DAYS RAIN AVG  HI  TIME    DIR BAROM HUM
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1    14.7  18.2    16:23  10.3     0:55   49    0  0.08   3  21    15:47 WSW1008.27   94
2    14.9  17.8    11:29  11.1    23:56   50    0  0.10   6  26    13:02   S1010.79   93
3    12.4  15.8    16:53   9.2    22:55   53    0  0.05   3  19    14:31   S1011.27   85
4    12.8  18.6    15:15   5.7     5:25   52    0  0.01   3  19    16:33 WSW1010.96   80
5    15.1  18.2    10:58  13.0     0:00   50    0  0.04   7  33    21:57  NW1005.88   86
6    14.2  17.4    14:00  11.4     0:00   51    0  0.00   8  29     0:36  NW1015.75   76
7    15.4  20.3    15:01  11.2     2:17   50    0  0.00   5  20    17:25  NW1020.08   81
8    17.2  20.7    12:14  14.2     3:09   48    0  0.00   4  17     7:42  NW1021.60   87
9    18.3  22.3    16:36  13.9    23:58   47    0  0.00   2  11    10:33 NNW1025.07   86
10   18.6  23.8    13:00  12.8     0:59   46    0  0.00   1  11    14:24 ESE1029.50   86
11   19.2  25.2    13:20  12.3     4:34   46    0  0.00   1  12     9:16 ESE1031.44   83
12   20.7  26.8    12:55  14.2     2:33   44    0  0.00   2  13    21:57  NW1029.65   82
13   19.9  23.2    15:54  15.3    23:41   45    0  0.00   2  11    13:38 ESE1024.96   86
14   18.8  24.7    15:13  14.1     1:33   46    0  0.01   2  13    13:03  NW1017.79   86
15   17.9  23.4    13:37  12.2    23:56   47    0  0.00   2  12     9:36  NW1015.66   77
16   15.6  21.7    15:34   9.2     1:28   49    0  0.00   2  12    18:08  NW1018.25   80
17   16.1  21.4    12:27  10.4     6:06   49    0  0.00   2  16    16:15   S1014.04   83
18   15.9  19.9    14:32  12.5    23:59   49    0  0.00   4  22    16:47 WNW1008.01   77
19   16.1  20.4    12:45  11.8     4:12   49    0  0.00   4  26    14:42 WSW1016.01   83
20   19.2  23.6    13:09  15.7     6:31   46    0  0.00   4  21    11:26 WNW1023.31   79
21   18.9  24.1    13:13  13.6     4:42   46    0  0.00   4  17    12:44  NW1024.01   80
22   16.0  19.6    12:07  13.5     2:58   49    0  0.08   1  12    16:46   S1017.15   92
23   16.4  19.1    14:41  15.2     0:00   49    0  0.95   3  14    14:58 ESE1003.92   97
24   16.1  17.5    13:44  14.1    23:59   49    0  1.63   6  24    11:58   N996.84   94
25   15.4  19.7    13:09  10.4     6:18   50    0  0.00   2  13     1:49  NW1006.48   87
26   15.1  19.3    16:11  11.6    23:59   50    0  0.00   2  12    11:04   N1009.39   86
27   14.2  19.5    14:04   8.7     5:58   51    0  0.00   2  16    14:06 ENE1007.44   84
28   13.9  17.5    18:54  10.8     5:58   51    0  0.00   7  26    14:17  NW1006.37   82
29   13.1  15.4    10:51   9.8     0:33   52    0  0.03   6  20     9:08  NW1011.12   87
30   14.0  17.2    13:12  12.7     5:09   51    0  0.01   6  20    17:03  NW1013.93   84
31   13.7  18.2    17:35   9.8    23:44   51    0  0.00   4  17    17:03  NW1015.93   78
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TOT  16.1  26.8  12/7/05   5.7   4/7/05 1515    0  2.99   4  33   5/7/05  NW1015.19   85

HEAT BASE: 65.0
COOL BASE: 65.0         

A generally warm month with a well defined period of hot and sunny anti-cyclonic weather during the second week. Mainly very dry too; however some very heavy rain towards the end of the month broke the dry run and made July the third wettest month of 2005.

The month started mainly cloudy, breezy and damp with some rain recorded on each of the first 5 days of July. The 4^th had the coldest night of the month with a minimum of 5.7°C and the 5^th saw the strongest winds with a near gale force 33mph; this was the strongest since 3^rd May this year (39mph). However by the 7^th high pressure became established and the run of good weather began.

The next two weeks saw temperatures above 20°C on all days but one (the 18^th - 19.9°C) with plenty of sunshine. Maximum temperatures rose daily until the 12^th with a top temperature of 26.8°C, the warmest day of 2005 so far and equalling last years top temperature. After his day temperatures never again rose above 25.0°C. This period was also very dry with just 0.01" (0.25mm) being recorded between the 6^th and the 22^nd July. The 11^th was the only day this month to record fog.

From the 22^nd to the end of the month low pressure came to dominate the weather and temperatures stayed below 20.0°C. The 23^rd and 24^th saw some very wet weather with 0.95" (24.13mm) on the 23^rd and 1.63" (41.40mm) on the 24^th making the 24^th the second wettest day of 2005 after the 7^th January (2.03", 51.56mm). Until this rainfall July was on target to be the driest month; but after further small amounts of rain on the 29^th and 30^th it ended up the 3^rd wettest with 2.99" (75.95mm) after January (4.70", 119.38mm) and April (4.96", 125.98mm).

The month ended as it had begun, with generally cloudy conditions and cooler temperatures with the 29^th recording the lowest maximum of just 15.4°C.

Climactically the month was both warmer and wetter than the average. Maximum temperatures were a good deal warmer than the average with a mean of 20.3°C compared to the Cork average of 18.5°C. Minimums, on the other hand, were slightly warmer than average with a mean of 11.9°C compared to the average of 11.1°C. Overall the mean for the month was 1.3°C warmer at 16.1°C compared to the 30 year average of 14.8°C.

Rainfall was 114% of the average. This was in spite of there being fewer days with rain fall during the month, the bulk of the month's rain falling on the 24^th. Wind speeds were very low; compared to the average of 10.5mph the mean was just 3.6mph.

In July we had:

• Snow: none
• Hail: none
• Thunder: none
• Fog: 1 day (11^th).
• Days over 20°C: 14
• Days over 25°C: 2 (11^th and 12^th)