Epping Weather Station

Monthly Summary: October 2008 (Daily Readings)

Temperature °C
   Date or compared to 1971-2000 average
Mean Maximum
13.9
+0.2
Mean Minimum
6.2
-1.0
Monthly Mean
10.0
-0.5
Highest Maximum
21.8
12th
Lowest Maximum
5.9
29th
Highest Minimum
12.0
13th
Lowest Minimum
-1.3
29th
Lowest Grass Min
-3.3
29th
Wind mph
Mean wind speed
4.8
Strongest Gust
39
Date
1st
Dominant Direction
SW
Direction at 0900
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
CALM
No of mornings 2 0 1 2 7 8 8 3 0
Precipitation mm
 Date or compared to 1971-2000 average
Monthly Total 44.7 75.5%
Wettest Day 10.2 20th
Rain Days (>0.2mm) 13
Wet Days (>1mm) 9
Sunshine hours
Monthly Total
142.62
% Average
126.2
Days with no sun
4
Sunniest day
10.11
Date
8th
Number of days with
Air Frost
2
Ground Frost
5
Snow/sleet falling (0000-2400GMT)
2
>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 (%) 88.3
Mean Air Pressure at 0900 (mb) 1014.4
Lowest Pressure 994.3
Date
 30th
Highest Pressure 1032.4
Date
 9th
Hours of air frost
4.5
Mean soil temp °C (20cm depth)
10.0
Greatest snow depth (0900)
n/a
Date
-
Particular days/events

28th/29th Snow overnight-earliest snow on record
29th Maximum temperature 5.9º, minimum temperature -1.3º both lowest on record for October

Maximum temperature of 21.8º on 12th is higher than Tmax for September 2008

 

Month as a whole

Coolest October since 2003
More sunshine than August and September 2008

 

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