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Today

8° 5°

Partly cloudy.

Sunrise: 07:22

Sunset: 17:46

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Sun Sunday

8° 4°

Light showers changing to sunny intervals in the afternoon.

Sunrise: 07:21

Sunset: 17:47

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Mon Monday

10° 4°

Clear changing to cloudy in the afternoon.

Sunrise: 07:19

Sunset: 17:48

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Tue Tuesday

12° 6°

Cloudy.

Sunrise: 07:18

Sunset: 17:49

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Wed Wednesday

12° 7°

Partly cloudy changing to sunny intervals by late morning.

Sunrise: 07:16

Sunset: 17:50

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Thu Thursday

12° 6°

Cloudy.

Sunrise: 07:15

Sunset: 17:51

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Fri Friday

10° 4°

Cloudy changing to light rain by late morning.

Sunrise: 07:13

Sunset: 17:52

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Sat Saturday

Partly cloudy changing to sunny by late morning.

Sunrise: 07:11

Sunset: 17:53

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                        Partly cloudy.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            07:22
                                    
Sunset:
                                            17:46
                                    
                                                L
                                            
                                                UV

                        Light showers changing to sunny intervals in the afternoon.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            07:21
                                    
Sunset:
                                            17:47
                                    
                                                L
                                            
                                                UV

                        Clear changing to cloudy in the afternoon.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            07:19
                                    
Sunset:
                                            17:48
                                    
                                                M
                                            
                                                UV

                        Partly cloudy changing to sunny intervals by late morning.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            07:16
                                    
Sunset:
                                            17:50
                                    
                                                M
                                            
                                                UV

                        Cloudy changing to light rain by late morning.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            07:13
                                    
Sunset:
                                            17:52
                                    
                                                L
                                            
                                                UV

                        Partly cloudy changing to sunny by late morning.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            07:11
                                    
Sunset:
                                            17:53
                                    
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                                                UV

Today (17 August 2019)

Now	23:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)
6°	6°
Feels like temperature (°C)
3°	3°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
SSW 11	SW 11
Wind gust (mph)
17	17
Visibility
VG	VG
Humidity
67%	68%
UV
-	-

Sunday (18 August 2019)

00:00	01:00	02:00	03:00	04:00	05:00	06:00	07:00	08:00	09:00	10:00	11:00	12:00	13:00	14:00	15:00	16:00	17:00	18:00	19:00	20:00	21:00	22:00	23:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)
6°	6°	6°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	6°	6°	6°	7°	8°	8°	8°	8°	8°	8°	7°	7°	6°	6°	6°	5°
Feels like temperature (°C)
3°	3°	2°	2°	2°	2°	2°	2°	3°	3°	4°	5°	5°	6°	7°	7°	7°	6°	6°	5°	4°	3°	3°	2°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
SW 10	SW 10	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 10	SW 10	SW 10	SW 9	WSW 8	SW 8	SW 8	SW 7	SW 6	SSW 5	S 4	SE 4	E 5	ENE 5	NE 6	NE 7	NNE 8	NNE 9	NNE 10
Wind gust (mph)
17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	14	14	14	14	12	11	9	9	9	8	10	12	13	14	16
Visibility
VG	VG	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
69%	71%	73%	76%	77%	79%	81%	80%	80%	80%	77%	74%	72%	70%	68%	67%	69%	71%	74%	75%	77%	78%	78%	78%
UV
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Monday (19 August 2019)

00:00	01:00	02:00	03:00	04:00	05:00	06:00	07:00	08:00	09:00	10:00	11:00	12:00	15:00	18:00	21:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	10%
Temperature (°C)
5°	5°	6°	6°	5°	5°	4°	4°	4°	4°	6°	7°	8°	10°	8°	6°
Feels like temperature (°C)
2°	2°	2°	2°	1°	1°	0°	1°	1°	1°	3°	4°	6°	8°	6°	3°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
NNE 11	NNE 12	NNE 13	NNE 14	NNE 14	NNE 14	NNE 14	NNE 13	NNE 12	N 11	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 11
Wind gust (mph)
17	19	21	22	22	22	21	19	17	15	15	16	16	17	16	15
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
77%	76%	74%	73%	74%	76%	78%	76%	75%	73%	68%	63%	58%	58%	75%	79%
UV
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	2	3	1	-	-

Tuesday (20 August 2019)

00:00	03:00	06:00	09:00	12:00	15:00	18:00	21:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	10%	10%	10%	10%
Temperature (°C)
6°	5°	6°	8°	11°	12°	11°	9°
Feels like temperature (°C)
2°	2°	2°	4°	7°	8°	7°	6°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
NNE 12	NNE 13	NNE 15	NNE 21	NNE 23	NNE 19	NNE 18	NNE 16
Wind gust (mph)
17	18	22	32	35	29	27	23
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	G	VG
Humidity
75%	76%	73%	66%	58%	58%	67%	75%
UV
-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-

Wednesday (21 August 2019)

00:00	03:00	06:00	09:00	12:00	15:00	18:00	21:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
10%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	10%	<5%	10%
Temperature (°C)
8°	8°	7°	7°	10°	11°	9°	8°
Feels like temperature (°C)
5°	5°	5°	6°	9°	10°	7°	5°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
NNE 14	N 11	NW 6	NNW 7	NW 8	NW 8	NNW 10	NNW 12
Wind gust (mph)
20	17	10	12	14	13	15	18
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
77%	77%	82%	75%	65%	64%	70%	79%
UV
-	-	-	1	3	1	-	-

Thursday (22 August 2019)

00:00	03:00	06:00	09:00	12:00	15:00	18:00	21:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%
Temperature (°C)
9°	9°	8°	9°	11°	12°	10°	8°
Feels like temperature (°C)
5°	6°	5°	6°	9°	9°	7°	6°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
NNW 15	NW 14	NW 13	NNW 12	NW 12	WNW 12	NW 12	NW 10
Wind gust (mph)
23	20	18	17	18	18	17	15
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
79%	78%	79%	76%	67%	67%	73%	75%
UV
-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-

Friday (23 August 2019)

00:00	03:00	06:00	09:00	12:00	15:00	18:00	21:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
10%	10%	10%	50%	50%	40%	20%	30%
Temperature (°C)
8°	7°	7°	7°	9°	9°	8°	7°
Feels like temperature (°C)
5°	5°	5°	4°	7°	7°	6°	5°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
WNW 9	WNW 8	WNW 7	WSW 8	SW 9	S 9	SSE 8	SSW 8
Wind gust (mph)
14	12	11	14	16	16	13	14
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
77%	78%	78%	83%	72%	72%	80%	78%
UV
-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-

Saturday (24 August 2019)

00:00	03:00	06:00	09:00
Weather

Chance of precipitation
10%	10%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)
7°	6°	5°	7°
Feels like temperature (°C)
4°	3°	2°	4°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
WSW 9	WNW 9	NNW 8	NNW 9
Wind gust (mph)
15	14	13	14
Visibility
VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity
76%	78%	78%	70%
UV
-	-	-	1

Monthly averages

Daily max (°C)

Rainfall (mm)

Daily sunshine (hrs)

Relative humidity (%)

Snowfall (days)

Wind speed (mph)

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