Monthly Averages and Totals for October 2023
*Anomaly figures compare values to 30 year averages*
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Anomaly |
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Date |
Temperatures |
(º C) |
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Mean monthly |
12.6 |
+1.6 |
Warmest day |
25.1 |
9th |
Coldest day |
11.1 |
16th |
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Average maximum |
16.3 |
+1.9 |
Warmest night |
15.1 |
11th |
Coldest night |
1.2 |
16th |
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Average minimum |
8.8 |
+1.3 |
Lowest Grass Minimum |
-2.0 |
16th |
Rainfall |
(mm) |
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Total |
130.6 |
188% |
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Rain days > 0.2mm |
16 |
Wettest day |
27.8 |
19th |
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Wet days> 1.0mm |
12 |
Longest dry period |
4 days |
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Very wet days Ø5.0mm |
8 |
14th to 17th inclusive |
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Sunshine |
(hr) |
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Total |
100.4 |
99% |
Sunniest day |
8.6 |
15th |
Days without sunshine |
2 |
Longest period without sun |
1 day |
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Days with: |
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Air frosts |
0 |
Snowfall |
0 |
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Ground frosts |
4 |
Snow lying |
0 |
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Fog |
1 |
Gales |
0 |
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Thunder |
1 |
Hail |
0 |
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Average relative humidity at 0900hr |
90% |
Highest sea level pressure |
1027mb |
15th |
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Average sea level pressure @ 0900hr GMT |
1007.0 |
-6.6mb |
Lowest sea level pressure |
975 mb |
20th |
Average monthly wind |
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