Tuesday 31 December 2013

Monday 30 December 2013

Rain and windy overnight and at first, then mostly dry with sunny intervals.  Cloudy later.
Temps: Min: 11.5*; Max: 13.1.
Rain: 17.2 mm.  Pres: 1006.5 mb.

*This temperature was reached during the daytime.

Monday 30 December 2013

Sunday 29 December 2013

AM: Sunny intervals and showers.
PM: Cloudy.  Rain in the evening.

Temps: Min: 6.6; Max: 14.9.*
Rain: 3.3 mm.  Pres: 1009 mb.

*This temperature was reached in the evening.


Sunday 29 December 2013

Saturday 28 December 2013

Showers, heavy and prolonged, with some sunny intervals between.
Temps: Min: 6.8; Max: 11.0.
Rain: 10.2 mm.  Pres: 1004 mb.

Friday 27 December 2013

Rain and wind overnight, followed by a mainly dry day with sunny intervals and the occasional shower.
Temps: Min: 10.2; Max: 11.7.
Rain: 8.0 mm.  Pres: 986 mb.

Friday 27 December 2013

Thursday 26 December 2013

AM: Mostly sunny.  PM: Mainly cloudy. Rain from late afternoon.  Windy in the evening.
Temps: Min: 7.2;  Max: 15.2.*
Rain: 8.5 mm.  Pres: 984.5 mb.

*This temperature was reached during the evening.

Wednesday 25 December 2013

Mostly cloudy with showers.
Temps: Min: 6.4; Max: 10.6.
Rain: 5.1 mm.  Pres: 982 mb.

Wednesday 25 December 2013

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Tuesday 24 December 2013

Mainly cloudy with showers, some heavy. 
Temps: Min: 7.6; Max: 9.3.
Rain: 9.5 mm.  Pres: 978 mb.

*It was the coldest day since 25 November.

Monday 23 December 2013

Monday 23 December 2013

AM: Overcast, wet and very windy.  Less wet and windy for a time in the afternoon.  Heavy rain and windy again in the evening.
Temps: Min: 7.9*.  Max: 16.8.
Rain: 29.9 mm.  Pres: 978 mb.

*This temperature was recorded on Sunday evening.
It was the wettest day since 27 October.
The pressure at 2200 was 34.5 mbs lower than 24 hours earlier.

Sunday 22 December 2013

Sunny intervals with the odd heavy shower.
Temps: Min: 10.3; Max: 12.5.
Rain: 5.0 mm.  Pres: 1012.5 mb.

Saturday 21 December 2013

Rain overnight, followed by a dry day with sunny intervals.
Heavy rain and windy for a short time later in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 14.8; Max: 16.3.*
Rain: 14.2 mm.  Pres: 1012 mb.

*This temperature was reached during the morning.

Friday 20 December 2013

Sunny intervals in the morning.  Cloudy in the afternoon.  Wet and windy in the evening.
Temps: Mn: 6.9; Max: 14.8.*
Rain: 2.5 mm.  pres: 1014 mb. 

*This temperature was reached during the evening.

Friday 20 December 2013

Thursday 19 December 2013

Cloudy with a spell of rain with hail and thunder during the late morning.  A little blue sky in the afternoon, and a clear evening.
Temps: Min: 8.5; Max: 11.2.
Rain: 2.9 mm.  Pres: 1009 mb.

Thursday 19 December 2013

Wednesday 18 December 2013

Overcast with rain, heavy and accompanied by strong wind in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 9.9; Max: 14.9.
Rain: 25.6 mm.  Pres: 992 mb.

*It was the wettest day since 27 October.
The pressure was 24 mbs lower than it was 24 hours earlier.

Wednesday 18 December 2013

Tuesday 17 December 2013

A little rain overnight, followed by a dry day with sunny intervals.
Temps: Min: 7.9; Max: 11.8.
Rain: 0.1 mm.  Pres: 1016 mb.

Monday 16 December 2013

Overcast with showers.
Temps: Min: 16.0*; Max: 17.0*.
Rain: 1.7 mm.  Pres: 1017 mb.

*These are the new highest ever December temperatures for night and day since at least 2002, beating the then highest values set only three days ago on December 13th, and by 0.2 degs C in each case.
Also as with that day, the daytime maximum was reached early in the day.

Sunday 15 December 2013

Sunday 15 December 2013

Overcast, dull and gloomy.  Rain or drizzle for much of the time.
Temps: Min: 10.6;  Max: 16.5.
Rain: 9.2 mm.  Pres: 1014.5 mb.

*The maximum temperature here was recorded late in the evening.

Saturday 14 December 2013

Mostly cloudy.  Dry in the morning, but wet and windy in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 8.4;  Max: 15.9.
Rain: 6.2 mm.  Pres: 1019 mb.

*The minimum temperature here was recorded early on Friday evening, and the maximum late on Saturday evening.
It was the wettest day since 11th November.

Saturday 14 December 2013

Friday 13 December 2013

Cloudy with showers and longer periods of rain in the morning.  Sunny intervals and a few showers in the afternoon and evening.
Temps: Min: 15.8*;  Max: 16.8*.
Rain: 2.8 mm.  Pres: 1022 mb.

*This is another new highest ever minimum temperature for December at this location, since at least 2002.   It is even more remarkable because it exceeds the previous record, set only 24 hours earlier, by an amazing 1.8 degs C!  In one go!   This shows just how mild this night was.
Not to be outdone, the daytime maximum is also the highest ever for December since at least 2002.  This exceeds the previous record of 16.3 degs by a mere 0.5 degs though!

It should be noted that the temperature of 16.8 degs was recorded early in the day, and that it gradually dropped as time went on.

Thursday 12 December 2013

Thursday 12 December 2013

Overcast and gloomy.  Showery light rain/drizzle in the afternoon and evening.
Temps: Min: 14.0*; Max: 16.2*.
Rain: 1.5 mm.  Pres: 1021 mb.

*Today saw the highest December minimum at this location since at least 2002, and the highest daytime max since 11th November, but it was only the second highest ever December max since 2002, as the record stands at 16.3 degs C on December 19th, 2012!

Despite a low rainfall total of 1.5 mm, this is more than the month so far [1st - 11th], and it was the highest daily total since 20th November.



November 2013 Summary

In Brief:
Wet and mild for the first half of the month, then dry with average temperatures for most of the remainder.  A windy, showery spell during the third week, and then briefly colder.
Very high pressure for the second and fourth weeks.

Temperature: [Minimum]:
On the night of the 25th/26th the temperature dropped to 2.7 degs C, making it the coldest November night for three years.  On the night of 31st October/1st November the temperature did not fall below 15.6 degs C, making it the warmest November night ever at this location*,  beating the 15.3 degs set in 2005 into second place.  Thus the exceptionally mild nights of October continued into the beginning of November.
The average night-time temperature for November 2013 was 9.67 degs C, the second highest since at least 2003, behind 2011's 10.22 degs C.
The temperature fell below 5 degs C on 4 nights, the most for November for three years.

Temperature: [Maximum]:
Daytime temperatures ranged from 8.3 degs C on the 25th to 19.0 degs C on the 11th.  This was the warmest November day ever at this location*, beating 18.4, set in 2007, into second place.  
Due to the cooler second half of the month however, the average daytime temperature for November 2013 stands at 13.41 degs C, which is the fifth lowest since 2003.

Rainfall:
A total of 107.7 mm of rain fell during November 2013, making it the third driest November since 2008. This total was less than half of that of November 2012 [217.8 mm], and a little over half of that of October 2013 [214.4 mm].
Most of the rainfall total had fallen by the 14th, with just 7.4 mm after that.  The wettest spell was over the Remembrance weekend, when 53.6 mm fell between the 8th and 11th, although the wettest day itself was the 3rd, with 22.2 mm. 

Cumulatively, 1055.5 mm of rain has fallen in 2013 to the end of November.  This compares to 1213.7 mm during the same period in 2012 [-13%]. 
Note that up to the end of March however, 322.3 mm of rain had fallen in 2013, compared to just 141.4 mm during the same period in 2012. 
This means that looking at the period April 1st to November 30th, 733.2 mm of rain fell in 2013, compared to 1072.3 mm during the same period in 2012 [-31.6%]!

  
*Since at least 2003.

Wednesday 11 December 2013

Wednesday 11 December 2013

Sunny intervals in the morning.  Mostly cloudy in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 10.8; Max: 14.3.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1024 mb.

Tuesday 10 December 2013

Mainly cloudy.
Temps: Min: 10.7; Max: 14.4.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1026 mb.

Tuesday 10 December 2013

Monday 9 December 2013

Mostly sunny.
Temps: Min: 8.8; Max: 12.5.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1025 mb.

Monday 9 December 2013

Sunday 8 December 2013

Sunny intervals.  Showers in the morning.
Temps: Min: 11.3; Max: 14.6.
Rain: 0.2 mm.  Pres: 1025 mb.

*It was the warmest day since 12 November.

Saturday 7 December 2013

Mostly cloudy with the odd spot of blue sky and one or two drizzly showers.
Temps: Min: 9.7; Max: 12.6.
Rain: 0.2 mm.  Pres: 1025 mb.

Friday 6 December 2013

Friday 6 December 2013

Some sunny intervals but quite a lot of cloud.  Mostly dry but a few light showers too.
Temps: Min: 9.3; Max: 13.9.
Rain: Trace.  Pres: 1030 mb.

Thursday 5 December 2013

Some sunny intervals but rather a lot of cloud too.  Mainly dry with a few spots of drizzle. 
Temps: Min: 5.6; Max: 13.4.
Rain: Trace.  Pres: 1030 mb.

Thursday 5 December 2013

Wednesday 4 December 2013

Cloudy with drizzle for a time in the morning.  Sunny intervals in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 10.8*; Max: 13.6.
Rain: 0.8 mm.  Pres: 1032 mb.

*This was the overnight temperature.  It was colder than this from mid-afternoon, which will appear as Thursday's minimum.

Wednesday 4 December 2013

Tuesday 3 December 2013

Cloudy and dull.
Temps: Min: 9.2; Max: 11.3.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1029 mb.

Tuesday 3 December 2013

Monday 2 December 2013

Mostly cloudy.
Temps: Min: 8.2; Max: 13.5.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1030 mb.

Monday 2 December 2013

Sunday 1 December 2013

A few glimpses of the sun at first, then cloudy and dull.
Temps: Min: 5.5; Max: 11.4.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1032 mb.

Sunday 1 December 2013

Saturday 30 November 2013

Light shower at first, then sunny.
Temps: Min: 9.5; Max: 11.1.
Rain: 0.2 mm.  Pres: 1030 mb.