Thursday 30 October 2014

Mostly overcast, dull and misty.  Some cloud breaks in the morning. 
Temps: Min: 14.4;  Max: 15.6.
Rain: Trace.  Pres: 1013.4 mb.

Wednesday 29 October 2014

Heavy rain/showers overnight.
Foggy until mid-afternoon, then overcast.  A few showers in the morning.
Temps: Min: 14.7;  Max: 16.0.
Rain: 12.4 mm.  Pres: 1012.1 mb.

The Last Date 20 Degs C Is Reached

Yesterday, October 28th, 2014, the temperature exceeded 20 degs C at this location. 
To illustrate the significance of this, here is a chart, starting with the earliest, showing the final day the temperature exceeded 20 degs C in each of the last 10 years.

10.  2008  September 13
  9.  2004  September 22
=6.  2007, 2009, 2010   September 23
  5.  2005  September 25
  4.  2011  October 2
  3.  2012  October 8
  2.  2013  October 23
  1.  2006  October 29

Tuesday 28 October 2014

AM: Cloudy start, then sunny intervals. 
PM: Overcast.  Some drizzle in the evening.
Temps: Min: 14.5;  Max: 20.3.
Rain: 0.3 mm.  Pres: 1010.2 mb.

*It was the warmest day since 3 October.

Monday 27 October 2014

Cloudy in the morning.  Overcast and gloomy with some mist and a little drizzle in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 14.5;  Max: 16.4.
Rain: Trace.  Pres: 1012.1 mb.

Sunday 26 October 2014

Mostly cloudy.  Some sunny intervals during the middle of the day.
Temps: Min: 12.7;  Max: 17.1.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1017.9 mb.

Saturday 25 October 2014

Mostly cloudy.  A few spots of rain in the morning.
Temps: Min: 9.9;  Max: 15.3.
Rain: Trace.  Pres: 1020.0 mb.

Friday 24 October 2014

Cloudy with showers and longer spells of rain or drizzle until mid-afternoon, then sunny intervals.
Temps: Min: 14.1;  Max: 15.6.
Rain: 2.0 mm. Pres: 1015.4 mb.

Thursday 23 October 2014

Mostly cloudy with showers and some longer spells of rain/drizzle.
Temps: Min: 12.9;  Max: 16.6.
Rain: 1.9 mm.  Pres: 1015.3 mb.

September 2014 Summary

In Brief:
Very dry and fairly sunny first half.  Warm, especially at night.  Showers during the final week.

Temperature [Minimum]:
On the night of the 22nd/23rd temperatures reached a low of 8.1 degs C, the coolest September night since 2010, however this was not as low as the 6.9 degs C reached in August.
The warmest night of the month was the 16th/17th with 17.2 degs C, giving an average of 12.97 degs C.  Unusually, this exceeded the August average of 12.49 degs C.

Temperature [Maximum]:
The coolest day of September 2014 was the 19th with a maximum of 18.5 degs C.  There has been a cooler day than this every September since 2007.  The warmest day of the month was the 5th with 23.7 degs C, equalling the warmest day of September 2013.
The average maximum for the month was 21.66 degs C, making it the warmest September since at least 2004.  This was only a little cooler than August, which had an average of 21.87 degs C, and beats the 21.38 recorded in September 2006 into second place. 
The maximum temperature exceeded 20 degs C on 27 days, beating the 22 days recorded in 2006.  The temperature never exceeded 25 degs C in September 2014 however, but did so twice in 2006, the most recent time it has happened in September.

Rainfall:
September 2014 set a new record in becoming the driest of any month at this location since rainfall records began in April 2008.  Official reports show it was the driest September for a lot longer.
With just 4.6 mm of rain for the whole month, it beats April 2011 with it's 11.1 mm into second place.
This compares with 83.3 mm in August 2014, and 63.8 mm in September 2013.
The rainfall total for the month almost doubled on the last day, as up until the end of the 29th only 2.5 mm of rain had fallen!
The 30th was the wettest day of the month with 2.1 mm. The only other day with more than 1 mm of rain was the 24th with 1.2 mm, and there were only 4 days with measurable rain in the whole month, the others being the 1st and the 26th.   This means there was no measurable rain from the 2nd to the 23rd.
There were 22 completely dry days in the month, beating the previous highest number of 21 recorded in September 2009.

Cumulatively 870.5 mm of rain has fallen in 2014 until the end of September.  This compares with 733.4 mm for the same period in 2013 [+18.69%].

Fog:
Fog was reported on the 19th.

Thunder:
No thunder this month.

Wednesday 22 October 2014

Mostly cloudy.
Temps: Min: 9.4;  Max: 15.3.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1023.3 mb.

Tuesday 21 October 2014

Breezy with some rain or showers overnight and in the morning.  Sunny intervals in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 11.6;  Max: 15.1.
Rain: 2.0 mm.  Pres: 1025.5 mb.

Monday 20 October 2014

Sunny intervals. 
Mainly cloudy from mid-afternoon with a light shower.
Temps: Min: 11.4;  Max: 18.4.
Rain: 0.1 mm.  Pres: 1011.3 mb.

Sunday 19 October 2014

Cloudy to start, then some sunny intervals.
Temps: Min: 15.2;  Max: 18.9.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1016.6 mb.

Saturday 18 October 2014

Mostly dry, cloudy and breezy.
Temps: Min: 15.5;  Max: 17.7.
Rain: 1.0 mm.  Pres: 1008.1 mb.

Friday 17 October 2014

Cloudy/overcast.   Rain from mid-afternoon, heavy for a time.  Windy.
Temps: Min: 14.7;  Max: 16.9.
Rain: 16.8 mm.  Pres: 999.0 mb.

Thursday 16 October 2014

A little rain late on Wednesday evening, then dry and mostly cloudy on Thursday.
Temps: Min: 10.6;  max: 16.9.
Rain: 0.2 mm.  Pres: 998.0 mb.

Wednesday 15 October 2014

Rain in the morning, some heavy.  Sunny intervals from late morning.
Heavy rain with thunder and lightning in the evening.
Temps: Min: 9.9;  Max: 19.2.
Rain: 22.2 mm.  Pres: 994.7 mb.

Tuesday 14 October 2014

Sunny intervals.  Mostly cloudy from mid afternoon.
Temps: Min: 7.5;  Max: 18.6.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1003.4 mb.

Monday 13 October 2014

Cloudy with rain or showers throughout.
Temps: Min: 10.2;  Max: 11.9.
Rain: 11.8 mm.  Pres: 1004.4 mb.

*It was the coldest day since 20 April.

Sunday 12 October 2014

Mostly cloudy with a visible milky sun.  Blue sky to the north.
Temps: Min: 6.9;  Max: 14.9.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1002.0 mb.

*It was the coolest day since 3 May.

Saturday 11 october 2014

Heavy rain/showers overnight.
Sunny intervals.  A few showers during the morning.
Temps: Min: 6.9;  Max: 19.3.
Rain: 5.0 mm.  Pres: 1010.5 mb.

Friday 10 October 2014

Shower overnight, followed by a mostly dry day with sunny intervals.
Temps: Min: 7.1;  Max: 18.9.
Rain: 0.6 mm.  Pres: 1007.3 mb.

Thursday 9 October 2014

Showers with thunder overnight.
Showers and sunny intervals by day.  Most of the showers in the morning.  Most of the sunny intervals in the afternoon.
Temps: Min: 12.2;  Max: 16.4.
Rain: 1.1 mm.  Pres: 1002.0 mb.

Wednesday 8 October 2014

Sunny intervals and a few showers.  Thunder and lightning during an early evening shower.
Temps: Min: 11.0;  Max: 17.1.
Rain: 0.5 mm.  Pres: 988.7 mb.

Tuesday 7 October 2014

Showers overnight and at first, then dry with sunny intervals.
Temps: Min: 6.3;  Max: 16.6.
Rain: 6.5.  Pres: 996.1 mb.

*It was the lowest minimum since 27 May, and the lowest maximum since 24 May.

Monday 6 October 2014

Heavy rain and windy overnight.  Showers at first in the morning, then dry and fairly sunny.
Heavy and thundery showers in the evening.
Temps: Min: 11.8;  Max: 19.8.
Rain: 39.2 mm.  Pres: 993.8 mb.

*It was the wettest 24 hour period since 5 August 2013.

Sunday 5 October 2014

Intervals of increasingly milky sunshine until mostly cloudy by the afternoon.
Rain and wind late in the evening.
Temps: Min: 8.1;  Max: 17.4.
Rain: Trace.  Pres: 1005.0 mb.

Saturday 4 October 2014

Rain overnight and at first, then mostly sunny.
Temps: Min: 11.2;  Max: 18.2.
Rain: 8.8 mm.  Pres: 1020.4 mb.

*It was the wettest 24 hour period since 27 August.

Friday 3 October 2014

Mostly cloudy.
Temps: Min: 12.2;  Max: 20.2.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1012.8 mb.

Thursday 2 October 2014

Mostly sunny in the morning.  Rather cloudy around the middle of the day, then sunny intervals later.
Temps: Min: 12.9;  Max: 21.6.
Rain: Nil.  Pres: 1024.1 mb.

Wednesday 1 October 2014

Mostly sunny for a time, then cloudier with a few well scattered showers.
Temps: Min: 13.2;  Max: 22.1.
Rain; 0.4 mm.  Pres: 1027.6 mb.

Driest Month Ever!

So although the showers arrived on Tuesday evening, only 2.1 mm of rain fell from them, bringing the monthly total for September 2014 to 4.6 mm, making it the driest month ever at this location since at least April 2008. 

Tuesday 30 September 2014

Mostly cloudy in the morning; sunny intervals in the afternoon.
Cloudy again in the evening with some showers.
Temps: Min: 11.9;  Max: 23.3.
Rain: 2.1 mm.  Pres: 1021.0 mb.