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Winds in Maltese!

Do you know the compass / wind directions in Maltese? Well, here is a CORRECT version, called ‘il-Warda tar-Riħ’ in Maltese

Posted in Learning, Weather Reports

The distribution of yesterday’s rainfall

The distribution of yesterday’s rainfall (in mm) reveals that it rained hardest in Mosta with 34.4mm, followed by Sannat with 24.1mm and Dingli with 23.3mm.

Posted in Rainfall, Weather maps, Weather Reports

Rainfall totals from noon yesterday till noon today

Rainfall totals (in millimetres) from noon yesterday till noon today. The highest rainfall totals were in Rabat (Malta) 21.8mm, Żebbuġ (Gozo) 21.6mm and Sannat (Gozo) 21.0mm.

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Today’s rainfall readings

Today’s rainfall readings till noon (in millimetres) with Gozo being the ‘worst’ affected with rainfall totals up to 3.3mm.

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Last night’s rainfall readings

Last night’s rainfall readings (in millimetres) with mainly places in the east of Malta getting hit by a brief thunderstorm. Some relatively large hail was also seen in Żejtun and Marsascala.

Posted in Weather maps, Weather Reports

Some weather statistics for September

Some weather statistics for September Highest ever = 39.2°C (26th September 1990) Mean Maximum Temperature = 28.5°C Mean Minimum Temperature = 21.6°C Lowest ever = 15.4°C (28th August 2004) Mean monthly rainfall = 68.4mm Driest ever = 0.0mm (1992) Wettest

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August another cool month

August 2013 was another cooler than average month and was in fact the THIRD consecutive month with below-average temperatures, thus confirming what we said MANY MONTHS ago that summer 2013 would be COOLER than average! More stats for August 2013

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Some weather statistics for August

Some weather statistics for August Highest ever = 43.0°C (10th August 1999) Mean Maximum Temperature = 31.8°C Mean Minimum Temperature = 23.7°C Lowest ever = 18.0°C (23rd August 1997) Mean monthly rainfall = 5.6mm Driest ever = 0.0mm (various) Wettest

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July was the SECOND coolest on record

July 2013 was the SECOND coolest on record with the average monthly temperature of 26.1°C being 1.1°C below average and was the second coolest July on record. The average maximum monthly temperature of 30.2°C was 1.3°C below average while the

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Today was the hottest day so far this year

Today was the hottest day so far this year: Qormi 36.9C, Żejtun 35.3C, Żebbuġ (Malta) 35.2C, Nadur (Gozo) 35.1C, Attard 34.9C, Burmarrad 34.3C, Naxxar 33.9C, Victoria (Gozo) 33.8C, Mġarr (Malta) 33.0C, Mellieħa 32.7C. A big thanks to Chanelle Briffa for

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