Tuesday 29 October 2013

Sunny intervals and a few showers.
Temps: Min: 10.8; Max: 14.3.
Rain: 1.9 mm.  Pres: 1017 mb.

Monday 28 October 2013

Sunny intervals and showers, these on the frequent side.
Temps: Min: 13.2; Max: 15.2
Rain: 17.5 mm.  Pres: 1004 mb.

Sunday 27 October 2013

After a showery night, sunny intervals for the first half of the morning.  Cloudy thereafter, with rain from mid-afternoon - heavy in the evening. Very windy later.

Temps: Min: 13.7; Max: 18.9.*
Rain: 39.0 mm**.  Pres: 987.5 mb.

*This temperature was not reached until late evening.
**It was the wettest day [2200-2200] since 5th August.

Saturday 26 October 2013

Some sunny intervals but a lot of cloud too.  Rain from late afternoon.
Temps: Min: 17.2; Max: 18.5.
Rain: 7.0 mm.  Pres: 1003 mb.

Friday 25 October 2013

Rain overnight Thursday/Friday, followed by a day of sunny intervals and occasional showers.
Temps: Min: 18.2; Max: 19.9.
Rain: 6.1 mm.  Pres: 1004 mb.

Thursday 24 October 2013

Overcast. Light rain during the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 13.3; Max: 18.6*
Rain: 0.9 mm.  Pres: 1004 mb.

*Reached during the evening.

Wednesday 23 October 2013

Showers overnight, followed by a mostly dry day with good sunny intervals.
Temps: Min: 15.5; Max: 17.3.
Rain: 4.3 mm.  Pres: 1007 mb.

Tuesday 22 October 2013

Rain/showers overnight, followed by a mostly dry, mainly cloudy day.  Heavy showers in the evening.
Temps: Min: 17.7; Max: 20.4.
Rain: 9.8 mm.  Pres: 988 mb.

Monday 21 October 2013

Overcast throughout with heavy bursts of rain in the morning and more drizzly in the afternoon.  Heavy rain and windy in the evening.
Temps: Min: 17.1; Max: 19.5.
Rain: 23.2.  Pres: 998 mb.

September 2013 Summary

In Brief:
Pressure was often high, but instead of leading to much settled, fine and dry weather, there were rather disappointing cloud amounts, especially towards the end of the month.
A newsworthy hail storm occurred on the 6th, but apart from that, rain amounts were mainly small. There were no lengthy dry spells after the first few days.
It was a warmer than average month though, particularly, as in August, at night. 

Temperature: [Minimum]:
Night-time temperatures ranged from 10.9 degs C on the night of the 14th/15th, to 19.6 degs C on the night of the 21st/22nd.  This gave an average minimum temperature of 14.94* degs C.  [*see note below].
All these figures were the highest in their categories for September at this location, since at least 2004, overtaking September 2006, which previously held these records with 10.6; 18.8 and 14.71 degs C respectively.

Temperature: [Maximum]:
Maximum temperatures ranged from 16.4 degs C on the 16th, to 23.7 degs C on the 21st.  The 21st was thus the warmest September day at this location since 2007.
The average maximum temperature for the month was 20.02 degs C, making it the second warmest September of the last ten, behind 2006 with 21.38 degs C.
There were a maximum of 16 days this month when the temperature exceeded 20 degs C.  In 2006 there were 22.  The last time the temperature exceeded 25 degs C in September was in 2006.

* There were no individual reports for five days this month, although extremes for this period are still noted.  Normally these short and rare breaks are insignificant in calculating averages, however this break occurred during a spell when night-time minima were high, meaning that all figures 'lost' were above the average without them.   Therefore I have calculated an estimate, which is 15.35 degs C [replacing 14.94].
Using the estimate this September's night-time average temperature is even more significantly the highest of the last ten.

Rainfall:
63.8 mm of rain fell during September 2013, making it the second driest September of the last six, behind 2009, and the third driest month of 2013 behind April and July.  95.5 mm of rain fell during August 2013.

September 2013's 63.8mm is very close to the amount that fell in September 2012, 65.5 mm, but when comparing to last year it should be noted that September 2012 was the only month between June 2012 and January 2013 which had less than 100 mm of rain.

The wettest day of September 2013 was the 6th, when 19.0 mm fell during a spectacular hail-storm which made the news due to it's intensity.
The only other day of the month with more than 7 mm of rain was the 13th with 12.3 mm.  Unfortunately the remainder of the month's rain fell in small amounts, limiting the number of dry spells considerably.  There were only about 11 completely dry days during the month, and the longest run of these was the 1st to the 5th.

Cumulatively, 733.4 mm of rain has now fallen during 2013, compared to 810.3 by the end of September 2012.

There was no thunder during the month.

Sunday 20 October 2013

AM: Mostly cloudy with heavy showers and a fairly short-lived thunderstorm at the end of the morning.
PM: Some sunny intervals but still quite cloudy.
Temps: Min: 15.3; Max: 18.8.
Rain: 11.0 mm.  Pres: 1004.5 mb.

Saturday 19 October 2013

Sunny intervals.  Showers in the evening.
Temps: Min: 18.4; Max: 19.9.
Rain: 1.6 mm.  Pres: 1003 mb.

Friday 18 October 2013

Cloudy with showers.
Temps: Min: 17.4*; Max: 18.6**.
Rain: 2.0 mm.  Pres: 1004 mb.

*The temperature fell to 16.9 degs C during the afternoon.
**This temperature was reached during the late evening.

Thursday 17 October 2013

Overnight showers followed by a mainly dry day.
Sunny intervals in the morning, but cloudier in the afternoon. 
Showers in the evening.
Temps: Min: 16.1; Max: 21.5.
Rain: 9.0 mm.  Pres: 1014 mb.

Wednesday 16 October 2013

Rain overnight, followed by a dry, sunny morning.  A bit more cloud in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 15.4; Max: 18.7.
Rain: 22.6 mm.  Pres: 1013.5 mb.

Tuesday 15 October 2013

AM: Cloudy.  PM: Sunny intervals.
Temps: Min: 10.3; Max: 17.0.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1013 mb.

Monday 14 October 2013

Rain/showers overnight followed by a mostly dry, cloudy morning.
Sunny intervals in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 14.1; Max: 16.0.
Rain: 2.0 mm.  Pres: 1013 mb.

Sunday 13 October 2013

Mostly cloudy.  A few showers at first, and some rain in the evening.
Temps: Min: 11.8; Max: 17.1.
Rain: 0.8 mm.  Pres: 1015 mb.

Saturday 12 October 2013

Cloudy in the morning. Sunny intervals in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 12.9; Max: 17.2.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1021 mb.

Friday 11 October 2013

Mostly sunny.
Temps: Min: 8.1*; Max: 15.6.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1022 mb.

*Lowest minimum since 26 May.

Thursday 10 October 2013

Shower during the night, followed by a mainly sunny day.
Temps: Min: 10.1*; Max: 13.8**.
Rain: 1.1 mm.  Pres: 1023.5 mb.

*7.3 degs lower than two nights ago.
**8.2 degs lower than two days ago, and the coldest day since May 15th.

Wednesday 9 October 2013

Mainly cloudy. A little rain in the evening.
Temps: Mn: 16.4; Max: 17.6.
Rain: Trace.  Pres: 1023 mb.

*It was the coolest day since 16 September.

Tuesday 8 October 2013

Mostly cloudy.  Showers in the morning, and more general rain for a time in the afternoon. A little sun too.
Temps: Min: 17.4; Max: 22.0.
Rain: 1.9 mm.  Pres: 1025 mb.

Since 2004 there have been nine October days on which the temperature exceeded 20 degs C. Six of them have been in October 2013!

Monday 7 October 2013

Quite a lot of cloud but sunny intervals also.
Temps: Min: 18.1; Max: 22.5.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1025 mb.

Sunday 6 October 2013

Foggy start, then sunny intervals.  Mainly sunny in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 14.9; Max: 20.8.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1024.5 mb.

Saturday 5 October 2013

Sunny intervals in the morning and evening.  Cloudy in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 15.2; Max: 19.6.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1024 mb.

*It was the coolest night since 20 September and the first completely dry day for over a week.

Friday 4 October 2013

Sunny intervals and a few showers.
Temps: Min: 18.8; Max: 21.6.
Rain: 1.0 mm.  Pres: 1015 mb.

Thursday 3 October 2013

Overcast with rain, some heavy bursts, in the morning.  Sunny intervals in the afternoon. Rain, some heavy again, in the evening.
Temps: Min: 18.3; Max: 22.7.
Rain: 30.0 mm.  Pres: 1004.5 mb.

Another record is broken this month as it was the warmest October day ever [since at least 2003] at this location. 
It was also the wettest day since 5 August.

Wednesday 2 October 2013

Cloudy with a few showers in the morning. Overcast with a longer spell of rain during the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 19.1; Max: 22.4.
Rain: 3.0 mm.  Pres: 1006.5 mb.

Monday night's highest ever October minimum at this location has already been exceeded, so two new records for the month have been set already.
It was also the equal warmest October day at this location [since at least 2003].

Tuesday 1 October 2013

Overcast and dull with rain or showers throughout.
Temps: Min: 18.8*; Max: 20.0.
Rain: 13.0 mm.  Pres: 1005.5 mb.

*It was the highest ever October minimum at this location [since at least 2003].  Previously 17.0 mm set in 2012.

Monday 30 September 2013

AM: Overcast with mist, fog and some drizzle.
PM: Some sunny intervals for a time, then overcast again.

Temps: Min: 18.4; Max: 21.0.
Rain: 0.1 mm.  Pres: 1005.5. mb.