November 2010 Summary

Temperature [Minimum]:
The lowest night-time temperature of the month was -3.8 degs C, on the night of the 27th/28th. This was the coldest ever November night at this location [since 2002 or before] and the first ever November night below zero. The previous coldest November night was 0.8 degs C in 2005. It was also the second coldest night ever at this location, the coldest being the 6th/7th January 2009, when the temperature fell to -4.6 degs C.
The minimum temperature fell below 5 degs C on 12 occasions this month, the most for November. Previously the most times this had happened was 8 in 2005.
This compares favourably though with March 2010, when it fell below 5 degs C 18 times.
The temperature also fell below zero twice this month, which has never happened in November before [since 2002 or before].

The highest night-time temperature of the month was 14.2 degs C recorded on the night of the 3rd/4th. This was indeed the second mildest November night ever - the mildest being 15.3 on the 1st/2nd November 2005.

The average night-time temperature for this November was 6.2 degs C - the lowest ever for November [since 2002 or before]. Previously 7.64 in November 2005 had been the lowest.

Temperature [Maximum]:
The lowest daytime temperature in November 2010 was 4.1 degs C on the 30th. This was the coldest day since 10th January 2010 and the lowest ever November maximum at this location [since 2002 or before]. Previously the coldest November day had been 5.8 degs C in 2005.
The highest daytime temperature of the month was 17.1 degs C on the 5th, and the average for the month was 11.77 degs C, making this the coldest November ever at this location [since 2002 or before]. Previously the coldest was 2008 [12.78 degs C].
Unlike average night-time temperatures being above that of March this year, average daytime temperatures were below those of March.

Rainfall:
183.8 mm of rain fell during November 2010, making it the wettest month since November 2009, although somewhat less wet than that month which saw 223.9 mm.
Up until now the wettest month of 2010 had been January with 116.9 mm.
The wettest day itself was the 11th with 26.1 mm.
There were only 5 completely dry days, the lowest since November 2009 with just 2.
The only dry spells of note were three days from the 20th to the 22nd.
Particularly wet 24 hour periods were the 8th [17mm], 11th [26.1mm], 12th [13.3mm], 17th [23.5mm], 24th [11.1mm], 26th [17.4 mm], and 29th [19.0 mm].
The precipitation on the morning of the 29th consisted of rain, sleet, snow, and hail, which led to lying snow and ice for the remainder of the month.

Thunder:
There was frequent thunder and lightning during the morning of the 29th.