Strange and unusual weather observation: Mossel Bay (10 August 2014)

Yesterday started of as any other day in Mossel Bay.  However around 11h00 a South Easterly wind started to blow lightly.  It increased in strength throughout the day and was fairly strong (+45km/h) around 14h00.  Although it is August the windy month in many areas of the country we normally experience the South Easterly only starting to blow in all earnest around late October of each year.  This is really an early start for the South Easter.  Strange and unusual?  Maybe not, but definitely noticed by me as a weather observer in the Mossel Bay area and no it is not yet the end of the winter.