October Summary
Above average temperature, below average rainfall and wind.
- October was above my average temperature of 11.4C with 12.7C ,the third warmest October I've recorded.
- The warmest October was 2013 with 12.9C, the coolest, 2009 with 9.8C.
- The warmest temperature was 29.3C, the warmest October temperature I've recorded.
- The coldest temperature was 3.7C. The lowest October temperature I've recorded was in 2007 -1.8C.
- No air frosts were recorded (air temperature 0C or below), my average is 1.
- No days failed to reach or exceed 10C, my average is 1.
- Twenty six days reached or exceeded 15C, my average is 20.
- Fourteen days reached or exceeded 20C, my average is 9.
- Four days reached or exceeded 25C, my average is 2
- Wind run was 88% of my average of 5452km with 4792km. The windiest October I've recorded was 2006 with 6960km. The least windy October was 2013 with 4579km.
- The barometer recorded above average pressure for the month with 1011.5hPa. My average is 1009.2hPa.
- Rainfall was 82%% of my average expected total of 63mm with 51.5mm. 2017 rainfall total is still above my long term average.
- The driest October is 2015 with 14.5mm, the wettest is 2006 with 120mm.
October 2017 Summary Temperature | |
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Mean | 12.7 C |
Mean Maximum | 19.6 C |
Mean Minimum | 7.6 C |
Maximum High | 29.3 C (30th) |
Maximum Low | 11.7 C (29th) |
Minimum High | 10.4 (7th) |
Minimum Low | 3.4 C (4th) |
Wind Speed and Direction | |
Maximum Gust | 50 km/h (4th) |
Mean | 6.8 km/h |
Wind Run | 4792 km |
Max Daily Windrun | 255 km (9th) |
Prevailing Direction | East North East |
Barometer | |
Maximum | 1029.7 hPa (18th) |
Minimum | 986.6 hPa (2nd) |
Mean | 1011.5 hPa |
Max Daily Change | +21.1 hPa (2nd) |
Rainfall | |
Days with Measured Rainfall (0.5mm or more) |
12 |
Max Daily Rainfall | 15 mm (9th) |
Monthly Rainfall | 51.5 mm |
Humidity | |
Maximum | 100 % (Several days) |
Minimum | 30 % (9th) |
October Daily Observations | ||||||||||||
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Temperature | Wind | Rainfall | Barometer | |||||||||
Date | Min | Max | Mean | Mean (Km/h) | Gust (Km/h) | Run (km) | Prevailing Dir | 10 Minute Max (mm) | Total (mm) | Min (hPa) | Max (hPa) | Change (hPa) |
1 | 5.1 | 18.8 | 9.9 | 2.9 | 24 | 66 | South Sth West | 0 | 0 | 987.7 | 994.5 | -6.8 |
Overcast and cool in the morning with light breezes. Cloud breaking to a sunny afternoon with southerly winds. | ||||||||||||
2 | 5.6 | 19.3 | 11.9 | 5.8 | 33 | 133 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 986.6 | 1007.7 | +21.1 |
Some cloud but a mostly sunny day with southerly wins turning NE from mid afternoon. | ||||||||||||
3 | 5.1 | 26.2 | 15.2 | 5.7 | 30 | 130 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 1007.4 | 1014.2 | +6.8 |
Sunny and warm with light winds tending NE, increasing from late afternoon. | ||||||||||||
4 | 3.7 | 22.0 | 13.0 | 5.0 | 50 | 113 | North Nth West | 0 | 0 | 1005.3 | 1014.3 | -9.0 |
Mostly cloudy with northerly winds, cloud breaking later on the afternoon. A strong southerly change in the evening but remaining dry. | ||||||||||||
5 | 8.4 | 15.2 | 10.3 | 10.2 | 38 | 233 | South Sth West | 0 | 0 | 1015.0 | 1026.6 | +11.6 |
Morning cloud breaking to a mostly sunny afternoon, southerly winds turning NE from early afternoon. | ||||||||||||
6 | 7.8 | 18.6 | 11.7 | 7.8 | 27 | 178 | East Nth East | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1015.6 | 1022.9 | -7.3 |
Variable cloud with some sunny intervals in the afternoon. NE winds turning southerly in the afternoon with light rain in the evening. | ||||||||||||
7 | 8.3 | 10.4 | 9.2 | 4.3 | 24 | 99 | East | 0.5 | 9.5 | 1018.0 | 1020.0 | -2.0 |
Overcast with light rain all day, easterly winds from mid morning. | ||||||||||||
8 | 9.1 | 13.2 | 10.8 | 8.3 | 29 | 190 | East | 0.5 | 5.0 | 1019.5 | 1021.4 | +1.9 |
Overcast with showers or light rain, less frequent from afternoon, cool easterly winds. | ||||||||||||
9 | 11.0 | 14.3 | 12.0 | 11.1 | 37 | 255 | East | 1.5 | 15.0 | 1009.2 | 1019.7 | -10.5 |
Overcast with showers. some heavy with easterly winds. | ||||||||||||
10 | 10.1 | 17.0 | 12.2 | 6.6 | 32 | 150 | East Nth East | 0.5 | 2.0 | 993.2 | 1009.0 | -15.8 |
Mist and drizzle in the morning. Cloud breaking in the afternoon with some sunny intervals, NE winds. | ||||||||||||
11 | 8.3 | 14.5 | 10.8 | 9.2 | 48 | 211 | South Sth West | 2.5 | 10.0 | 992.6 | 1011.8 | +19.2 |
Pre dawn thunderstorm. Showers clearing by midday with cloud breaking in the afternoon. Southerly winds. | ||||||||||||
12 | 7.3 | 18.5 | 11.9 | 6.5 | 28 | 147 | South Sth West | 0 | 0 | 1011.3 | 1017.7 | -6.4 |
Morning cloud breaking and clearing from midday, southerly winds turning NE mid afternoon. | ||||||||||||
13 | 8.7 | 26.8 | 15.5 | 10.6 | 35 | 242 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 998.4 | 1010.9 | -12.5 |
NE winds turning warm northerly from midday with morning cloud clearing to a sunny afternoon. Winds turning cooler westerly then southerly in the evening. | ||||||||||||
14 | 4.9 | 20.2 | 12.4 | 4.5 | 24 | 102 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 1002.7 | 1007.6 | -4.9 |
High cloud increasing from midday, a few spots of rain in the afternoon, NE winds turning NW to west in the evening. | ||||||||||||
15 | 6.6 | 19.4 | 11.8 | 5.9 | 34 | 135 | East Nth East | 0.5 | 2.5 | 1005.6 | 1013.2 | +7.6 |
Early showers clearing before dawn. Sunny and mild with cooler NE winds later in the afternoon. | ||||||||||||
16 | 7.7 | 15.3 | 10.8 | 7.0 | 34 | 160 | South Sth West | 0 | 0 | 1006.1 | 1020.4 | +14.3 |
Overcast and cool with a few spots of rain in the morning and some drizzle later in the afternoon. Southerly winds turning cooler NE in the afternoon. Maximum temperature recorded at 1:50am. | ||||||||||||
17 | 5.7 | 22.5 | 11.6 | 7.2 | 37 | 164 | South Sth West | 0 | 0 | 1014.5 | 1022.0 | +7.5 |
Morning cloud breaking then clearing to a sunny afternoon. Light NE winds turning fresher southerly early afternoon and becoming overcast again on the evening. | ||||||||||||
18 | 6.3 | 14.5 | 10.2 | 7.4 | 36 | 168 | South Sth West | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1022.1 | 1029.7 | +7.6 |
Overcast with a few showers in the morning. Cloud breaking to a sunny afternoon, cool southerly winds. | ||||||||||||
19 | 6.4 | 24.2 | 13.6 | 4.3 | 22 | 97 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 1022.2 | 1028.9 | -6.7 |
Sunny and mild with light NE winds. | ||||||||||||
20 | 6.1 | 16.1 | 11.9 | 8.0 | 36 | 182 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 1005.4 | 1024.1 | -18.7 |
Some morning cloud but mostly sunny with a cool NE wind. | ||||||||||||
21 | 10.0 | 23.7 | 13.7 | 6.6 | 42 | 150 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 996.1 | 1005.2 | -9.1 |
Overcast and cool morning with light breezes, winds turning mild northerly around midday with cloud breaking, then southerly for the afternoon but remaining dry. | ||||||||||||
22 | 5.4 | 24.2 | 13.4 | 5.9 | 31 | 135 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 993.7 | 999.8 | +6.1 |
Mosylu sunny with variable high cloud, light NE breeze turning mild northerly from mid morning then back to cooler NE in the afternoon. | ||||||||||||
23 | 7.7 | 21.2 | 13.1 | 8.0 | 38 | 182 | East Nth East | 0.5 | 1.0 | 994.4 | 1000.8 | -6.4 |
Variable cloud with fresh NE winds in the morning. Winds easing in the aftenoon and becoming milder. Winds turning southerly with a thunderstorm to the south but remaining dry. Showers in the evening | ||||||||||||
24 | 7.1 | 21.3 | 13.0 | 5.7 | 28 | 129 | East | 0 | 0 | 1000.4 | 1004.7 | +4.3 |
Morning cloud breaking to a sunny day with light variable breezes turning cooler NE and increasing in the afternoon. | ||||||||||||
25 | 6.6 | 20.9 | 13.2 | 5.4 | 31 | 122 | East Nth East | 0.5 | 1.5 | 997.7 | 1003.7 | -6.0 |
Mostly cloudy but some sunny intervals in the afternoon. Mild notherly winds from late morning turning cooler NE in the afternoon with a few light showers in the evening and a period of rain later. | ||||||||||||
26 | 7.2 | 16.6 | 11.8 | 6.4 | 29 | 146 | East Nth East | 1.0 | 2.5 | 1003.7 | 1010.8 | +7.1 |
Showers clearing before dawn. Variable cloud but mostly sunny with a cool NE wind. | ||||||||||||
27 | 8.9 | 16.7 | 12.1 | 6.4 | 32 | 145 | East Nth East | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1011.1 | 1023.9 | +12.8 |
Cool and overcast in the morning. Cloud breaking from late morning and clearing in the atfernoon with NE winds. | ||||||||||||
28 | 10.7 | 18.4 | 14.0 | 10.2 | 32 | 234 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 1023.6 | 1025.3 | -1.7 |
Broken morning cloud clearing to a sunny day with with a freshening NE wind. | ||||||||||||
29 | 11.7 | 21.5 | 15.5 | 8.9 | 30 | 203 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 1020.6 | 1024.6 | -4.0 |
Morning cloud clearing to a sunny mild day with NE winds. | ||||||||||||
30 | 9.3 | 29.3 | 18.6 | 2.8 | 22 | 62 | East | 0 | 0 | 1022.0 | 1025.2 | +3.2 |
Sunny and warm with light winds tending easterly. | ||||||||||||
31 | 9.1 | 27.6 | 17.2 | 5.1 | 27 | 116 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 1024.7 | 1027.3 | +2.6 |
Sunny and warm with NE winds. |