SEPTEMBER 2018

September was statistically a normal month, but while warm 1-3, 15-19 and 26-27, it became noticeably cooler 6-7, 21-25 and 28-30. 
Rainfall was normal for the month as a whole, but half of it fell on 20^th.  
It was particularly windy 18^th – 21^st.  
There were just 2 days with a ground frost, 25^th and 29^th.

Summer Stats
SEASONAL REPORT FOR SUMMER 
Jun, Jul, Aug 

  Summer has been very pleasant, very warm (mean and mmax temps ranking 2^nd in 63 years here), and very dry (ranking 5^th driest), with rainfall and raindays half the statistical normal.
A challenging summer for growing fruit and vegetables, some crops benefiting, other less happy with the exceptional conditions.

                this year  normal    anomaly
HiMax              32.9          34.9
MeanMax        24.4         20.6          +3.8 
LoMax             16.0           9.2                   
MEAN               18.4         15.7          +2.7 
HighMin           16.7         21.5       
MeanMin         12.4         10.9          +1.5
LoMin                5.9         -1.1                             
RAINFALL         94.3      195.4        48.3%
Raindays           23          40.4        -17.4
Wet Days           11          30.3        -19.3
V Wet Days         9          12.5         -3.5

TEMPERATURES

18.4 mean max (C) 
  9.4 mean min (C) 
13.9 mean (C)  +0.0 diff from av (C)
25.7 high max (C) on    2
10.8 low max (C) on   22
15.1 high min (C) on   18 
  1.6 low min (C) on    29

OTHER

Ground frost on 2 days
Air frost on 0 days
0 thunder days
59% cloud cover percent
90% mean RH