Monthly Averages and Totals for October 2023

*Anomaly figures compare values to 30 year averages*

Anomaly

Date

Temperatures

(º C)

Mean monthly

12.6

+1.6

Warmest day

25.1

9th

Coldest day

11.1

16th

Average maximum

16.3

+1.9

Warmest night

15.1

11th

Coldest night

1.2

16th

Average minimum

8.8

+1.3

Lowest Grass Minimum

-2.0

16th

Rainfall

(mm)

Total

130.6

188%

Rain days > 0.2mm

16

Wettest day

27.8

19th

Wet days> 1.0mm

12

Longest dry period

4 days

Very wet days

Ø5.0mm

8

14th to 17th inclusive

Sunshine

(hr)

Total

100.4

99%

Sunniest day

8.6

15th

Days without sunshine

2

Longest period without sun

1 day

Days with:

Air frosts

0

Snowfall

0

Ground frosts

4

Snow lying

0

Fog

1

Gales

0

Thunder

1

Hail

0

Average relative humidity at 0900hr

90%

Highest sea level pressure

1027mb

15th

Average sea level pressure @ 0900hr GMT

1007.0

-6.6mb

Lowest sea level pressure

975

mb

20th

Average monthly wind speed (mph)

5.4

-1.2

mph

Maximum Wind Gust (mph)

30

18th

30-year climatological normal period 1981-2010

Records date back to: temperatures 1892

rainfall 1870; sunshine 1894

0900hr GMT standard Met Office time for climatological readings