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Slightly warmer than average July!
1st August 2008
The warmest day last month was the 8th when the thermometer at our Balzan site reached 37.3°C. The warmest July day ever recorded since temperature records began at Balzan in 1987 was in July 1988 when 43.1°C was reached on the 9th. The least warm July day since that year was on 9th July 1996 when a maximum temperature of just 25.5°C was recorded.

However, the mean air temperature of last July was 27.8°C which is 0.6°C warmer than the July norm recorded for the past 21 years. The warmest July mean was recorded in 2003 with a mean temperature of 29.3°C, while the least warm mean was that of 1992 with 25.4°C.

The lowest minimum temperature at Balzan last month was 21.3°C and this was recorded early in the morning on the 25th. The coolest July night since 1987 was the 16th of July 1992 with a lowest temperature of 17.4°C. The lowest grass-height temperature last month was 15.4°C on the 25th of the month.

The wind speed at Zebbug Malta, in July, averaged 10.1 km/h. The WNW was the most frequent direction and the highest gust last   month, recorded on the 22nd, reached 57.4km/h from the NW.
 
There was obviously no rain in July, which is perfectly normal.
Relatively cool June!
1st July 2008

June was an average month with a mean temperature of 24.3°C only slightly below the average of 24.5°C. The mean maximum temperature of 27.8°C was 0.9°C below average, while the mean minimum temperature of 20.7 was 0.4°C above average! Again, like last month, this is a normal trend of global warming with nights being substantially warmer than normal.

The warmest day last month was on the last day of the month, when the thermometer at Balzan reached 33.2°C. The warmest June day ever recorded was last year when 40.1°C was reached on the 25th. The coolest June day on record was the 4th of June also last year, when a maximum temperature of just 18.5°C was recorded.

The lowest minimum temperature last month was 16.4°C, recorded on the 6th. The coolest June night since temperature records began at Balzan in 1987 was that of the 1st of June 1990 with a low of 14.8 °C.

The wind speed at Zebbug Malta in June, averaged 11.0km/h with WNW being the most common wind direction. The highest gust was of 62.9km/h from a southerly direction on the 18th. On the 2nd of the month there was a higher gust of 83.2km/h Mellieha from a south-southeasterly direction.

Rainfall was obviously on the low side with only 1.4mm of rain recorded at Balzan compared to the average of 5.8mm.
Warm nights in May!
1st June 2008

May was an average month with a mean temperature of 20.4°C but no weather records were broken. The warmest Mays were 1988 and 1999, both with mean temperatures of 21.6°C, whilst the coolest was that of 1991 with 17.8°C. The mean maximum temperature of 23.4°C was 1.0°C below average, while the mean minimum temperature of 17.3 was 0.8°C above average! This is a normal trend of global warming with nights being substantially warmer than normal.

The warmest day last month was on the last day of the month, when the thermometer at Balzan reached 28.1°C. The warmest May day ever recorded was in 2006 when 37.3°C was reached on the 23rd. The coolest May day on record was the 14th of May 1991, when a maximum temperature of just 16.1°C was recorded.

The lowest minimum temperature last month was 14.9°C, recorded late in the night on the 5th. The coolest May night since temperature records began at Balzan in 1987 was that of the 2nd of May 1992 with a low of 10.5 °C.

The wind speed at Zebbug Malta in May, averaged 14.2km/h with ESE being the most common wind direction. The highest gust was of 79.6km/h from a southerly direction on the 28th. On the same day a much higher gust of 98.1km/h was recorded at Mellieha.

The lowest grass-height temperature last month was 10.2°C on the 6th of the month. The lowest ever recorded grass-height temperature in May was 5.7°C on the 8th of the month in 1991.

Rainfall was on the low side with only 2.5mm of rain recorded at Balzan compared to the average of 9.8mm.
A rather dry April!
1st May 2008
Last month was a rather dry April with 21.7 mm of rainfall. This was about 5mm below average. Most of this rainfall was concentrated on the 1st day of the month with 16.3mm. The wettest April since rainfall records began at Balzan in 1985 was that of 1994 when 163.1 mm of rain drenched the Maltese Islands.

With a mean temperature of 17.4°C, last month was just 0.1°C cooler than the warmest April ever on record. April of 1988, 1998 and 2006, with a mean temperature of 17.5°C, were the warmest Aprils on record ever since temperature records began at Balzan in 1987.. The coolest was that of 1997 with a mean of 14.7°C.

The warmest day last month was the 11th with a high of 31.7°C. This was the warmest ever April day on record. However, the coolest it got last month was early before dawn on the 5th of the month when the thermometer dropped to 10.3°C. The coolest April night since temperature records began in 1987 was on 2nd April 1997 when a temperature of 6.5°C was registered.
An average but dry March!
1st April 2008
March 2008 turned out to be a dry month with only 15.0mm of rain at Balzan compared to the average of 36.2mm. This was only 41% of the average. There were only 8 days of rain and the highest 24 hour rain total was just 5.0mm.

Temperature-wise, March 2008 was just slightly warmer than the average, with the mean monthly temperature of 14.8°C being 0.3°C above average. The warmest day was on the 15th when the maximum temperature went up to 21.3°C. This however is almost 3°C below average! The coldest night was of 6.1°C on the 9th. On this night the Grass Minimum temperature was -1.3°C. This was the colder ever March Grass Minimum temperature since temperature records began at Balzan in 1988.
A cold February!
1st March 2008

February 2008 was a cold month and, temperature-wise, was very much different to January. The mean monthly temperature of 12.4°C was 0.6°C below the average since temperature records began at Balzan in 1987.

The coldest night last month was the 18th, when the air temperature plummeted to a chilly 3.1°C. The Grass Minimum on that day fell to a record -4.0°C - the coldest ever Grass Minimum temperature recorded at Balzan since 1987 for any month! The coldest day was 17th February when the maximum temperature only rose to 7.9°C. This was the coldest day ever recorded for any month at Balzan since temperature records began in 1987!

Hail fell on 3 days last month with some places getting a thick carpet of small hail which took hours to melt! There were also 4 days with thunderstorms. A total of 44.5 millimetres of rain fell during the month - this was 73% of the average of 61.3mm for February. The wettest February since 1985 was that of 1996 with 181.3 millimetres and the driest was in 1990 with just 1.5 millimetres.
Another  warm and dry January!
1st February 2008

Following last year's very dry and warm January, January 2008 was also warm and very dry although not as warm or as dry as last year's January! The average mean last month was of 13.9°C - this is 0.8°C higher than the average of 13.1°C. The mean maximum of 16.3°C was only 0.2°C above average. The warmest day was the 6th, when the temperature reached a high of 19.7°C. The warmest January day ever recorded was the 28th in 1988 with 22.2°C. 

However, the mean minimum temperature of 11.5°C was 1.4°C above average. The warmest night was the on the 5th when the mercury reached its lowest at 15.0°C. The coolest night was on the 3rd of the month, when the thermometer reached a minimum at 7.9°C. The lowest temperature on record was that of the 7th January 2002 when the minimum temperature was only 3.9°C.

January 2008 was also a very dry January with only 21.9mm of rainfall at Balzan, compared to the average of 92.4mm, although there were 12 days of rain. The driest ever January was that of last year with only 8.9 mm.

Weather phenomena of note were a brief tornado on the 18th of the month and a strong gregale wind on the 24th which caused lots of damage to boats on the northeastern coast of Malta. For reports and photos of both storms click here.