The weather for the month of August was average to slightly cooler than average, and much wetter than the long-term average for the city of Weyburn, according to statistic provided by Environment Canada's Weyburn weather station.
The weather for the month of August was average to slightly cooler than average, and much wetter than the long-term average for the city of Weyburn, according to statistic provided by Environment Canada's Weyburn weather station.
For the summer as a whole, Weyburn's temperatures overall average was cooler than the long-term average, with significantly more precipitation than is seen on average, with the average calculated from 1981 to 2010 from weather station data.
For August, the average high was 24.8 degrees, slightly cooler than the long-term average of 26.2, while the average low this year was 12.3 degrees, slightly warmer than the long-term average of 11.4 degrees.
The overall average or mean temperature was virtually the same as average, with this year's average at 18.6 degrees, and the long-term average at 18.8 degrees.
The hottest temperature recorded in August this year was 32.2 degrees on Aug. 14; this was far short of the record of 40 degrees, which was set on Aug. 8, 1958.
The coolest temperature in August was 4.0 degrees, while the record for the coldest temperature is -2.2, set on Aug. 28, 1917.
The rainfall in August was 83.2 mm, almost double the average of 47.5 mm for the month.
For the summer as a whole (from June through August), the average high temperature for Weyburn this year was 23.6, which is cooler than the long-term average of 25.3, while the average low temperature was virtually the same as the average, at 11.8 this year, and 11.4 on average.
The overall average or mean temperature for summer this year was 17.3 degrees, lower than the long-term average of 18.4 degrees.
Rainfall this summer totalled 242.9 mm, which is significantly higher than the long-term average total of 189.1 mm of rain. The average monthly rainfall this summer was 81 mm, and long-term average monthly rainfall is 63 mm.
The record for maximum wind speed for August is 55 km an hour, set on Aug. 7, 1972. The stats for August this year recorded wind gust speeds during the month, with the strongest gust recorded at 61 km an hour, recorded on Aug. 15. There were eight days in August when the winds did not gust over 31 km an hour. The record for hours of bright sunshine in August is 14.6, set on Aug. 2, 1964.
The long-term average dates for frost show the average date for the last spring frost on May 17, and the average date for the first fall frost is Sept. 15, with Weyburn on average getting 120 days frost-free each year.
