Thursday 29 November 2012

Mainly dry and bright with sunny intervals. A lot of cloud, but this on the thin side. 
Temps: Min: 4.8; Max: 8.8.
Rain: Trace. Pres: 1014.5 mb.

Wednesday 28 November 2012

Sunny intervals.
Temps: Min: 6.5; Max: 8.9.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1017 mb.

*It was the coldest day since 4th April.

Tuesday 27 November 2012

Rain overnight, some heavy, then a dry day with rather a lot of cloud and a little sun.
Temps: Min: 6.9; Max: 11.5.
Rain: 18.3 mm. Pres: 1014 mb.

Monday 26 November 2012

AM: Mainly cloudy with showers.
PM: Rain.
Temps: Min: 9.4; Max: 10.8.
Rain: 25.9 mm. Pres: 1006 mb.

Sunday 25 November 2012

Mainly cloudy. A few showers in the morning, more frequent and heavier in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 9.0; Max: 14.5.
Rain: 9.0 mm. Pres: 1002.5 mb.

Saturday 24 November 2012

Persistent rain, heavy at times in the morning, and persistently heavy in the afternoon and early evening.
Windy later in the evening.
Temps: Min: 7.7; Max: 13.5.
Rain: 61.0 mm. Pres: 1004 mb.

*It was the wettest day ever since my rainfall records began in 2008. To illustrate just how much rain fell, the second wettest day this year had 35.0 mm [29th April].

Saturday's Rain

Here's a link showing the rain that has fallen over the south-west of England during the last 6 hours.
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/sw/sw_latest_radar.html

Friday 23 November 2012

Sunny intervals in the morning. Mainly cloudy in the afternoon but some blue sky to the north.
Temps: Min: 8.1; Max: 12.7.
Rain: Nil. Pres: 1013.5 mb.

Thursday 22 November 2012

AM: Mainly cloudy and very windy with a few passing showers.
PM: Heavy, squally rain for a time, then showers and much less windy.

Temps: Min: 13.7; Max: 14.9.
Rain: 17.5 mm. Pres: 1009.5 mb.

October 2012 Summary

In Brief:
Generally cool and very wet. The month had the highest ever October night-time temperature, and the highest and lowest ever October daytime temperatures at this location*.

Temperature: [Minimum]:
The coldest night in October 2012 was that of the 26th/27th with 2.9 degs C. This was the coldest night since 19th/20th February. 
The warmest was that of the 10th/11th when the temperature only fell to 17.0 degs C.  This was the warmest ever October night by some way at this location*. The previous warmest being 15.7 in 2006.  
The average night-time temperature for October 2012 was 11.12 degs C, the 4th coolest of the last 9.

Temperature: [Maximum]:
The coolest day in October 2012 was the 27th with a maximum of just 9.0 degs C. This was the coldest day since 4th April, and the coldest ever October day by almost one degree at this location*.  Previously this was 9.9 degs C in 2008.
The warmest day was the 8th with 22.4 degs, which was coincidentally the highest ever October temperature by some way at this location*. The previous warmest was 20.2 in 2006.
Despite this, the average was 15.86 degs C, making October 2012 the 3rd coolest of the last 9.

Rainfall:
185.6 mm of rain fell during the month, just exceeding April's total, and making it the wettest month since December 2011, and the wettest October of the last 5. This compares with 65.5 mm of rain in September.
The wettest day itself was the 29th with 21.2 mm, and there were 6 completely dry 24 hour periods [2200-2200]. This is the lowest number since June, and the fewest of the last 5 Octobers.
The longest dry spell was 3 days [25th to 27th], however it was relatively dry from the 18th to the 28th with only 2.4 mm of the total falling during that time.
By the end of October, 2012 has had 995.9 mm of rain, and thereby already exceeds the total of 985.2 mm for the whole of 2011.  This is even more interesting because by the end of March, 2012 had had over 160 mm less rain than 2011!

Thunder:
Thunder occurred on the 17th.

*Since at least 2003.

Wednesday 21 November 2012

Rain overnight.  Sunny intervals in the morning. Mainly sunny in the afternoon.
Showers later in the evening.
Temps: Min: 8.9; Max: 14.3*.
Rain: 18.5 mm. Pres: 1013.5 mb.

*This temperature was reached in the evening.

Tuesday 20 November 2012

Cloudy throughout. Rain in the morning, then dry during the afternoon but more rain in the evening.
Temps: Min: 14.6; Max: 16.2.
Rain: 7.0 mm. Pres: 1008.5 mb.

Monday 19 November 2012

Overcast and dull with rain or showers for most of the day.
Temps: Min: 10.0; Max: 15.4.
Rain: 5.1 mm. Pres: 1009 mb.

Sunday 18 November 2012

Overnight shower, followed by a dry, mainly sunny morning.  Mainly cloudy in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 5.3; Max: 11.2.
Rain: Trace. Pres: 1014 mb.

Saturday 17 November 2012

Further showers late Friday evening, followed by a dry, mainly sunny Saturday.
Temps: Min: 10.9; Max: 14.1.
Rain: 1.0 mm. Pres: 1014 mb.

Friday 16 November 2012

Overcast, dull, and damp.  Drizzle, mist, rain and showers in the afternoon and evening.
Temps: Min: 11.6; Max: 15.5.
Rain: 2.2 mm. Pres: 1014 mb.

Thursday 15 November 2012

Mainly cloudy with a little sun.
Temps: Min: 11.8; Max: 13.8.
Rain: Nil. Pres: 1023 mb.

Wednesday 14 November 2012

Mainly sunny.
Temps: Min: 12.8; Max: 14.1.
Rain: Nil. Pres: 1025 mb.

Tuesday 13 November 2012

Mainly cloudy.
Temps: Min: 12.7; Max: 15.3.
Rain: Nil. Pres: 1025 mb.

Monday 12 November 2012

  
Mainly cloudy. Rain overnight and in the morning, then mostly dry.  Some blue sky in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 10.4; Max: 16.3.
Rain: 6.1 mm. Pres: 1022 mb.

Sunday 11 November 2012

Sunny intervals and one or two light showers. Mainly cloudy later.
Temps: Min: 6.5; Max: 11.9.
Rain: 0.3 mm. Pres: 1020 mb.

Saturday 10 November 2012

Sunny intervals and showers. A longer spell of rain in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 8.3; Max: 12.7.
Rain: 5.9 mm. Pres: 1005.5 mb.

Friday 9 November 2012

Mainly cloudy.  Rain from mid-afternoon.
Temps: Min: 10.4; Max: 13.8.
Rain: 9.5 mm. Pres: 1006 mb.

Thursday 8 November 2012

AM: [Falmouth]: Mainly sunny.
PM: [Plymouth]: Rather a lot of cloud but some sun too.

[Fal]: Temps: Min: 10.4; Max: 14.0.
Rain: Trace. Pres: 1022 mb.

*It was sunny on the journey east to Plymouth until around St.Austell.

Wednesday 7 November 2012

Mainly cloudy. A little blue sky in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 10.3; Max: 12.9.
Rain: Nil. Pres: 1026 mb.

Tuesday 6 November 2012

Showers late Monday evening, followed by a mainly dry Tuesday.  Sunny in the morning, cloudy in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 7.3; Max: 12.7.
Rain: 1.1 mm. Pres: 1026 mb.

Monday 5 November 2012

Showers at first, then mainly sunny.  More showers in the evening.
Temps: Min: 8.4; Max: 11.2.
Rain: 1.1 mm. Pres: 1018.5 mb.

Sunday 4 November 2012

Sunny intervals and showers.
Temps: Min: 6.3; Max: 12.4.
Rain: 11.0 mm. Pres: 992 mb.

Saturday 3 November 2012

Mainly cloudy with frequent showers of rain/hail.  A little sunshine.
Temps: Min: 6.5; Max: 10.3.
Rain: 8.0 mm. Pres: 994 mb.

Friday 2 November 2012

Sunny intervals with one or two showers.
Temps: Min: 6.7; Max: 11.2.
Rain: 1.5 mm. Pres: 992 mb.

Thursday 1 November 2012

Sunny intervals and showers, some of hail.
Temps: Min: 7.1; Max: 10.8.
Rain: 7.8 mm. Pres: 988 mb.

*Barometric pressure readings taken at 2200 hrs.

Wednesday 31 October 2012

Mostly cloudy with rain or showers throughout.
Temps: Min: 9.4; Max: 13.4. Rain: 10.0 mm.

*Pressure readings begin tomorrow!