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OCTOBER 2024
Overall
a slightly milder and slightly drier month than normal for October.
Halesowen
69 year, 10 year and 30 year Overview
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and rainfall, and more,
have all been updated to the end of 2020...
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OCTOBER
2024
Overall
a slightly milder and slightly drier month than normal for October.
69.6 rain total (mm)
83% of av
October
temperatures were slightly above normal although cooler 10th to
14th., ranking 21st highest in 69 years records.
Just one air frost on 11th, but 3 ground frosts 11th
– 13th. Duller days 1st, 6th, 9th,
14th-16th, 21st,25th, 30th-31st.
Sunniest were 3rd and 7th.
Rain
spread across the entire month, the total being 82% of normal, most
falling 7th-8th, 16th and 19th
-20th . Windiest 18th to 21st, light
winds only 3rd, 11th, 13th, 29th to 31st.
Foggy
on 9 days, 9th, 15-16th, 18-20th, 23rd,
25th , 31st.
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TEMPERATURES
14.5
mean max (C)
7.5
mean min (C)
11.0 mean (C)
+0.4C above normal
18.8
high max (C) on 7
10.0
low max (C)
on 14
10.8
high min (C) on
9, 29
-0.8
low min (C)
on
11
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RAINFALL
Most
rain was 12.6 mm on 16th
26
raindays (days with >=0.2mm)
13
wetdays (days with >=1mm)
4 very wet days (days with >=5mm) |
OTHER
1 day with air frost on 11th
3 days with ground frost 11th, 12th , 13th
9 fog days , 9th, 15-16th, 18-20th. 23rd,
25th, 31st
75%
cloud cover percent
89% mean RH
Mean pressure was 1013.7mb
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Halesowen Annual Summary for 2023
MONTHLY
RAIN AND MEAN TEMPS
month
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JAN
|
FEB
|
MAR
|
APR
|
MAY
|
JUN
|
JUL
|
AUG
|
SEP
|
OCT
|
NOV
|
DEC
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rain
mm
|
62.0
|
11.6
|
122.8
|
65.2
|
36.8
|
45.2
|
100.0
|
54.2
|
50.2
|
201.4
|
74.0
|
152.6
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30yr
rain avg
|
72.1
|
55.0
|
54.4
|
60.0
|
60.4
|
72.1
|
63.4
|
70.0
|
65.2
|
84.1
|
82.0
|
78.2
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rain
%
|
86%
|
21%
|
225%
|
108%
|
61%
|
62%
|
157%
|
77%
|
77%
|
239%
|
90%
|
195%
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Rain
rank
|
|
lowest
|
3rd highest
|
|
2nd lowest
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3rd lowest
|
|
|
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highest
|
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2nd highest
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temp C
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4.9
|
6.5
|
6.8
|
8.9
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13.4
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18.1
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16.3
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16.6
|
17.2
|
12.2
|
7.0
|
6.6
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30yr
temp avg
|
4.3
|
4.7
|
6.8
|
9.3
|
12.4
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15.3
|
17.2
|
16.8
|
14.2
|
10.6
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7.0
|
4.6
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anomaly
|
+0.6
|
+1.8
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0.0
|
-0.4
|
+1.0
|
+2.8
|
-0.9
|
-0.2
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+3.0
|
+1.6
|
0.0
|
+2.0
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65yr
temp avg
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3.8
|
4.0
|
6.1
|
8.5
|
11.7
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14.7
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16.6
|
16.2
|
13.8
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10.4
|
6.5
|
4.4
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TEMPERATURES
15.2
mean max (C) , +1.0
diff from av (C)
ranks 3rd highest in 69 years
7.3 mean min (C) ,
+1.0 diff from av (C) ranks
1st = highest
11.2 mean (C),
+0.9 diff from av (C)
ranks 3rd = highest
HiMax
32.1 C on 8/9/23 LoMax
0.8C on
8/3/23
HiMin 18.6C on 8/7/23
LoMin -5.6C on 17/1/23
and 1/12/23
Highest Mean 24.5C on 9/9/23
Lowest Mean -1.6C
on 2/12/23
RAINFALL
957.8
rain total (mm), 117% of av
ranks 9th highest in 69 years
237 raindays (with 0.2mm or more)
ranks highest – new record
161 wetdays (with 1mm or more)
ranks 3rd highest
68 verywetdays (with
5mm or more)
ranks 5th
highest
36.4mm
most rainfall in a day on 19/10/23
Rainfall duration 833.5 hours
SNOWFALL
3
days with snow falling, totalling 9.6 cm.
Most snowfall in a day 5.5cm on 9/3/23
3 days with lying snow on 18/1/23, 9/3/23 and 10/3/23
PRESSURE
1013.6
mean pressure (mb) , -1.3 pressure anomaly (mb), normal is 1014.9 mb
1047.8 max pressure at any time of day, on 5/2/23
960.7 min pressure at
any time of day, on 2/11/23
FOG
11
days with fog
FROSTS
34 air frosts, the last
was 25/4/23 , first was 25/11/23
71 ground frosts, the last was 25/4/23 , first was 15/10/23
so 173 days with no air or ground frost.
Frost duration 290 hours.
THUNDER
7 days
with thunder heard
HAIL
No days with hail
HUMIDITY
87% at 0900
CLOUD COVER 63% at 0900
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Halesowen
65 year,
10 year and 30 year
Mean
Min, Max and Mean Temperatures
and Mean Total Rainfall
|
Temperature
C
|
Rainfall
mm
|
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MMin
|
MMax
|
Mean
|
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65 year
1956 - 2020
|
5.8
|
13.6
|
9.7
|
785.8
|
|
|
|
|
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10
year
|
|
|
|
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1956
- 1960
|
5.3
|
13.0
|
9.1
|
794.6
|
1961
- 1970
|
5.1
|
12.6
|
8.9
|
754.1
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1971
- 1980
|
5.5
|
13.2
|
9.4
|
748.4
|
1981
- 1990
|
5.5
|
13.6
|
9.5
|
756.2
|
1991
- 2000
|
5.9
|
13.8
|
9.9
|
760.1
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2001
- 2010
|
6.5
|
14.3
|
10.4
|
777.2
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2011
- 2020
|
6.7
|
14.6
|
10.6
|
913.6
|
|
|
|
|
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30
year
|
|
|
|
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1971
- 2000
|
5.6
|
13.5
|
9.6
|
754.9
|
1981
- 2010
|
6.0
|
13.9
|
9.9
|
764.5
|
1991
- 2020
|
6.4
|
14.3
|
10.3
|
816.9
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