Epping Weather Station

Monthly Summary: October 2012 (Daily Readings)

Temperature °C
   Date or compared to 1981-2010 average
Mean Maximum
12.7
-1.2
Mean Minimum
7.4
-0.4
Monthly Mean
10.0
-0.9
Highest Maximum
16.2
2nd
Lowest Maximum
6.1
27th
Highest Minimum
12.3
1st
Lowest Minimum
0.6
28th
Lowest Grass Min
-2.0
28th
Wind mph
Mean wind speed
4.5
Strongest Gust
32
Date
16th/27th
Dominant Direction
SSW
Direction at 0900
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
CALM
No of mornings
2
6
5
0
6
5
5
2
0
Precipitation mm
 Date or compared to 1981-2010 average
Monthly Total
108.1
153.3%
Wettest Day
18.3
5th
Rain Days (>0.2mm)
25
Wet Days (>1mm)
20
Sunshine hours
Monthly Total
87.78hrs
% Average
82.4
Days with no sun
6
Sunniest day
9.30
Date
6th
Number of days with
Air Frost
0
Ground Frost
2
Snow/sleet falling (0000-2400GMT)
1
>50% snow cover at 0900
0
Fog at 0900 (vis <1000m)
4
Thunder heard
2
Hail <5mm diameter
0
Hail > 5mm diameter
0

 
Miscellaneous Data
Mean Relative Humidity at 0900 (%)
94.3
Mean Air Pressure at 0900 (mb)
1010.0
Lowest Pressure 977.7
Date
31st
Highest Pressure 1023.9
Date
23rd
Hours of air frost
0
Mean soil temp °C (20cm depth)
10.0
Greatest snow depth (0900)
n/a
Date
-
Particular days/events

3rd Thunder at 1005Z
13th Thunder at 1600Z
22nd Fog at 0900Z
23rd Fog at 0900Z
24th Fog at 0900Z
25th Fog at 0900
27th Snow showers am. Earliest snowfall since records began here in 1979
27th Tmax 6.1°, only 2 October days have been cooler at 6.0° and 5.9°

 

Month as a whole

Lowest mean maximum temperature since 2000
Lowest high maximum temperature since 1993
Lowest mean minimum temperature since 2003
Wettest October since 2001 and 6th wettest on record
October 2012 108.1mm, October 2011 only 16.5mm

 

Epping Weather Site October 2012summary

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