BABLAKE WEATHER STATION, Coventry

seasonal Averages and Totals for Autumn 2023

*Anomaly figures compare values to 30 year averages*

Anomaly

Date

Temperatures

(ยบ C)

Mean seasonal

12.4

+1.5

Warmest day

30.5

9/9

Coldest day

3.7

30/11

Average maximum

16.1

+1.7

Warmest night

16.7

10/9

Coldest night

-3.4

30/11

Average minimum

8.6

+1.2

Lowest Grass Minimum

-9.2

30/10

Rainfall

(mm)

Total

265.2

136%

Rain days > 0.2mm

53

Wettest day

27.8

19/10

Wet days>1.0mm

37

Very wet days > 5.0mm

17

Sunshine

(hr)

Total

333.5

110%

Sunniest day

11.5

5/9

Days without sunshine

10

Days with:

Air frosts

4

Snowfall

0

Ground frosts

16

Snow lying

0

Fog

1

Gales

0

Thunder

3

Hail

1

Some brief comments on the climate statistics for Autumn 2023

This has been the mildest autumn in Coventry since 2011, though equal with last year.

Only autumn 2006 (12.7C) & 2011 (12.5C) have been warmer since 1892

Decadal averages 2011-20 suggest that autumn is now 1.5C warmer than it was a hundred years ago.

Not only is autumn much warmer than a century ago, it is also wetter (123%) and sunnier (112%).

It was the sunniest autumn since 2007 (339.6hr).