The table below summarises Autumn (1 March to 31 May) recorded at my station. The records from 2000 to 2002 have lower temperatures then records from 2003 and later as the sensor I was using at the time read low so these temperature records are not comparable with the later records. Rainfall and wind data however, should be comparable.

 

Autumn 2015 to 2018
Temperature2015201620172018
Mean 12.7 C 13.4 C 11.8 C 12.5 C
Mean Maximum 18.3 C 19.4 C 17.1 C 18.5 C
Mean Minimum 8.0 C 8.3 C 7.4 C 7.5 C
Maximum High 30.8 C (2 Mar) 32.6 C (20 Mar) 31.8 C (5 Mar) 28.4 C (6 Apr)
Maximum Low 15.1 C (15 Mar) 15.7 C (20 Mar) 15.8 C (1 Mar) 16.8 C (3 Mar)
Minimum High 8.6 C (25 May) 7.8 C (31 May) 9.0 C (20 May) 6.9 C (29 May)
Minimum Low -2.5 C (31 May) 1.1 C (27 May) -2.0 (22 May) -1.3 C (25 May)
Wind Speed and Direction
Maximum Gust 65 km/h (21 May) 60 km/h (16 May) 62 km/h (18 May) 55 km/h (10 Apr)
Mean 6.4 km/h 5.8 km/h 5.2 km/h 5.2 km/h
Wind Run 12553 km 10975 km 10918 km 10698 km
Max Daily Windrun 332 km (15 Apr) 320 (21 May) 428 km (6 Apr) 326 km (18 Mar)
Prevailing Direction East North East East North East East North East East North East
Barometer
Maximum 1033.8 hPa (22 Apr) 1033.6 hPa (11 Mar) 1033.1 hPa (1 Mar) 1029.8 hPa (23 Mar)
Minimum 981.4 hPa (6 Mar) 983.1 hPa (21 May)  989.2 hPa (14 Apr)  974.1 hPa (22 May) 
Mean 1011.7 hPa 1013.0 hPa 1016.9 hPa  1011.5 hPa 
Max Daily Change 19.7 hPa (8 Mar) +20.8 (11 Mar)  +18.6 hPa (30 Apr)  +24.9 hPa (16 Mar)
Rainfall
Days with Rainfall 33 27 43 33
Max Daily Rainfall 22.0 mm (27 Apr) 24.5mm (28 May)  46 mm (6 Apr) 23 mm (10 Apr)
Autumn Rainfall 126.0 mm 155mm 285 mm 219 mm
Humidity
Maximum 100% (Several days) 100% (Several days) 100% (Several days) 100% (Several days)
Minimum 27% (2 Mar) 15% (10 Mar) 25% (5 Mar)  29% (6 Apr) 


Last updated 13 October 2018