July 2011 was the coldest since 1993. Both the mean maximum and mean minimum were 1.2°C below the long-term average. The warmest day was the 4th with a maximum of 24.7°C but this is only 3°C above the mean for the month. There were several cool nights with the lowest dropping to just 3.9°C in the early hours of the 14th. The rainfall totalled 49.5mm, which is 83% of the long-term average. Interestingly the number of wet days, defined as a daily total equal or greater than 1mm, has risen since the 1980’s from an average of 8 per month to 10. The maximum daily total was 14.5mm on the 16th.