Epping Weather Station

Monthly Summary: October 2003 (Daily Readings)

Temperature °C
   Date or compared to 1971-2000 average
Mean Maximum 13.4
-0.3
Mean Minimum 5.7
-1.5
Monthly Mean 9.6
-0.9
Highest Maximum 19.1
8th
Lowest Maximum 8.7
22nd
Highest Minimum 13.3
3rd
Lowest Minimum 0.2
27th
Lowest Grass Min -1.4
27th,28th
Wind mph
Mean wind speed
4.8
Strongest Gust
33
Date
8th
Dominant Direction  
Direction at 0900
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
CALM
No of mornings
6
1
11
1
0
0
6
4
2
Precipitation mm
 Date or compared to 1971-2000 average
Monthly Total
37.8
64%
Wettest Day
13.2
30th
Rain Days (>0.2mm)
15
Wet Days (>1mm)
8
Sunshine hours
Monthly Total
142.8
% Average
136
Days with no sun
0
Sunniest day
10.64
Date
5th
Number of days with
Air Frost
0
Ground Frost
0
Snow/sleet falling (0000-2400GMT)
0
>50% snow cover at 0900
0
Fog at 0900 (vis <1000m)
0
Thunder heard
0
Hail <5mm diameter
0
Hail > 5mm diameter
0

 
Miscellaneous Data
Mean Relative Humidity at 0900 (%)
78
Mean Air Pressure at 0900 (mb)
1013.3
Lowest Pressure
971
 Date
31st
Highest Pressure
1029
 Date
16th
Hours of air frost
0
Mean soil temp °C (20cm depth)
9.0
Greatest snow depth (0900)
n/a
Date
  
Particular days/events

Left and right hand sun dogs observed on Sunday 12th at 1600GMT
971mb on 31st was lowest October pressure since 11/10/2000

 

 

Month as a whole
Coldest October since 1993. Mean minimum was second lowest since records began here in 1979.
The below average monthly mean temperature breaks a continuous run of 'warmer than average' months which began in January 2002.
Driest October since 1995
So far this year we have only had 64% of normal rainfall (to 31/10).

 

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