| Monthly Climate Summary for October 2003 at Milhaguet (Carreau) | |||||||||||||
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| A cool cloudy month; very cold spell 21st-31st with sharp frosts | Back | Forward | |||||||||||
| Overall mean temperature was | 9.8 | ēC | which is | -2.6 | degC | compared with the 1971-2000 average | |||||||
| Mean day maximum (09-21) was | 13.6 | ēC | which is | -5.2 | degC | compared with the 1971-2000 average | |||||||
| Mean night minimum (21-09) was | 6.0 | ēC | which is | 0.0 | degC | compared with the 1971-2000 average | |||||||
| Mean 24hr maximum (09-09) was | 13.6 | ēC | |||||||||||
| Mean 24hr minimum (09-09) was | 5.9 | ēC | |||||||||||
| Highest day max was | 23.5 | ēC | on the | 2 | |||||||||
| Lowest day max was | 3.0 | ēC | on the | 24 | |||||||||
| Highest night min was | 13.7 | ēC | on the | 1 | |||||||||
| Lowest night min was | -5.0 | ēC | on the | 25 | |||||||||
| Lowest grass min was | -6.8 | ēC | on the | 26 | |||||||||
| Total rainfall this month was | 174.9 | mm | which is | 203.4 | per cent | of the 1971-2000 average | |||||||
| Highest daily fall was | 41.4 | mm | on the | 30 | |||||||||
| Number of hours with rain was | 129.0 | hrs | |||||||||||
| Equiv. TSR rainfall duration was | 90.3 | hrs | which is | per cent | of the 1971-2000 average | ||||||||
| Highest no of wet hrs | 22.0 | hrs | on the | 30 | |||||||||
| Highest equiv duration | 17.6 | hrs | on the | 30 | |||||||||
| Total sunshine this month was | 47.4 | hrs | which is | 31.2 | per cent | of the 1971-2000 average | |||||||
| Equiv. C/S sunshine total was | 52.1 | hrs | which is | 31.2 | per cent | of the 1971-2000 average | |||||||
| Highest daily sun was | 4.4 | hrs | on the | 1 | |||||||||
| Maximum snow depth was | 0.0 | cm | on the | ||||||||||
| Mean sea-level pressure at 09Z | mbar | which is | mbar | compared with the 1961-1990 average | |||||||||
| Highest pressure at 09Z | mbar | on the | |||||||||||
| Lowest pressure at 09Z | mbar | on the | |||||||||||
| Number of days with: | |||||||||||||
| Air Frost | 4 | 0.2mm rain | 20 | No sun | 4 | Snow lying | 0 | ||||||
| Grnd Frost | 8 | 1.0mm | 14 | 3h sun | 3 | Snow/sleet | 0 | ||||||
| Max < 0ēC | 0 | 5mm | 11 | 6h sun | 0 | Hail | 0 | ||||||
| Max > 10 | 22 | 10mm | 7 | 9h sun | 0 | Thunder | 0 | ||||||
| Max > 20 | 3 | 25mm | 2 | 12h sun | 0 | Fog at 09Z | 0 | ||||||
| Max > 30 | 0 | 50mm | 0 | 15h sun | 0 | Gale | 0 | ||||||
| Notable events during the month: | |||||||||||||
| Very wet end with 94mm of rain during the last four days | |||||||||||||
| Exceptional cold snap 21st-31st; maximum of 3.0ēC on the 24th and minimum of -5.0ēC on the 25th are both new October records | |||||||||||||