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NOVEMBER 2023

Temperatures above normal then plumetting,
Rainfall a bit below normal

Halesowen 68 year, 10 year and 30 year Overview
Basic statistics about temperature and rainfall, and more, 
have all been updated to the end of 2020...
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Halesowen, West Midlands

lies 13km to the west of Birmingham 
in central England. 

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NOVEMBER 2023

Although November began slightly warmer than usual, from the 24th onwards temperatures plummeted remaining entirely below the normal, and this is when all 3 air frosts and 6 of the 9 ground frosts occurred. The number of air frosts was the 15th fewest in 68 years.
Rainfall was distributed across the month, although the total was slightly below normal. Sunniest days were 6,7, then 15, 17, but most at the end of the month 24,25,28,29. Dullest days were 2, 12, 19 and 26,27.
The mean pressure was 8th lowest on record here, owing to the deep depression storm Ciaran during the first week passing by. It was a windy month, but little wind from 25th.
 

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SEASONAL REPORT FOR AUTUMN  (Sep, Oct, Nov 2023)

Autumn had the 3rd highest mean temperature in 68 years here, 1.8 degrees above normal. Rainfall was the 8th wettest with 151% the normal amount, and the number of raindays was the 2nd highest, 140% of normal.

                   this year  normal   anomaly
HiMax              32.1        31.7
MeanMax        15.8        13.8       +2.0          3rd highest          
LoMax               3.3        -2.0                             
MEAN               12.1        10.3       +1.8          3rd highest
HighMin           18.1       17.1                            
MeanMin          8.4          6.7       +1.7         4th  highest
LoMin              -3.8        -8.1                 
RAINFALL        325.6     215.3  
151.2%       8th highest
Raindays           66        47.1      140.1%      2nd highest
Wet Days           42        34.2      122.8%      9th  highest
V Wet Days        19       14.2      133.8%     11th highest

TEMPERATURES

 9.7 mmax © 
  4.3 mmin ©                
  7.0 mean©          0.0 diff from av ©  
13.3 high max © on 23rd  11th = lowest  
  3.3 low max © on 30th 
  9.7 high min © on 19th 
 -3.8 low min ©  on  30th

RAINFALL

74.0mm rain total (mm)  
90.2 % of av 
25 raindays (days with >=0.2mm)    6th highest
15 wetdays (days with >=1mm)       16th highest
  5 very wet days (days with >=5mm)  
Most daily rain was 12.6mm on 12th 

OTHER  

  9 days ground frost  
  3 days air frost      15th fewest
  0 days fog     one of the 19 years with no fog days in Nov
74% cloud cover percent
92% mean RH 
Most hours sunshine on 6,7 15,17, 24,25,28,29
Dullest days were  2,12, 19, 26,27

 


Halesowen Annual Summary for 2022

An exceptionally mild year, with average rainfall.

2022 had the 2nd highest mean temperature in 67 years, only beaten in 2006.
The mean temperature was +1.1 degrees above the 30 year normal.
It was warmer than usual in Feb, May, Jul, Aug, Oct and Nov. 
It was cooler than usual only in Dec.

Rainfall for the year ranked 35th highest in 67 years, 94.6% of normal.
Very wet months were Feb, Sep, Oct, Nov, while it was driest than usual in Jan, Jul and Aug.
Raindays ranked 9th highest and very wet days 18th highest.

MONTHLY RAIN AND MEAN TEMPS

month

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

 SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

rain mm

29.8

104.2

55.8

36.6

52.8

55.6

36.8

21.8

88.2

102.6

137.0

51.6

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

rain %

41%

189%

103%

61%

87%

77%

58%

31%

135%

122%

167%

66%

Rain rank

2nd lowest

highest

 

 

 

 

3rd lowest

lowest

3rd highest

4th highest

2nd highest

 

temp C

4.3

6.6

8.2

9.6

13.9

15.8

19.0

19.4

14.5

12.7

8.7

3.2

30yr temp avg

4.3

4.7

6.8

9.3

12.4

15.3

17.2

16.8

14.2

10.6

7.0

4.6

anomaly

0.0

+1.9

+1.4

+0.3

+1.5

+0.5

+1.8

+2.6

+0.3

+2.1

+1.7

-1.4

65yr temp avg

3.8

4.0

6.1

8.5

11.7

14.7

16.6

16.2

13.8

10.4

6.5

4.4

 

TEMPERATURES

15.7 mean max (C) ,    +1.5 diff from av (C)                   ranks 2nd highest in 67 years
  7.1 mean min (C) ,     +0.8 diff from av (C)                   ranks 5th highest
 11.4 mean (C),            +1.1  diff from av (C)                 ranks 2nd highest

HiMax 38.2 C on  18/7/22
LoMax   -0.5C on 12/12/22

HiMin   22.5C on 19/7/22
LoMin   -7.8C on 15/12/22

Highest Mean  30.3C on 19/7/22
Lowest Mean   -3.1C on 15/12/22
 

RAINFALL

 772.8 rain total (mm), 95% of av                             ranks 35th highest in 67 years

 205 raindays (with 0.2mm or more)               ranks 9th highest
 129 wetdays (with 1mm or more)                  ranks 42nd highest
   59 verywetdays (with 5mm or more)          ranks 18th highest

26.8 most rainfall in a day (mm) on 22/10/22

Rainfall duration 621.0 hours

SNOWFALL

2 days with snow falling, totalling 0.8cm
Most snowfall in a day 0.5cm on 6/1/22
 1 day with lying snow on 5/1/22

PRESSURE

 1016.4 mean pressure (mb) ,  +1.5 pressure anomaly (mb)
 1043.1 max pressure at any time of day, on 18/3/22
   983.0 min pressure at any time of day, on 7/4/22

FOG

7 days with fog

FROSTS   
30 air frosts,  the last was 10/4/22 , first was 6/12/22
84 ground frosts, the last was 30/4/22 , first was 11/10/22
so 164 days with no air or ground frost.
Frost duration  329 hours.

THUNDER     3 days with thunder heard,

HAIL                 No days with hail

HUMIDITY           85% at 0900

CLOUD COVER    62% at 0900  

 

Halesowen 65 year, 10 year and 30 year

Mean Min, Max and Mean Temperatures
and Mean
Total Rainfall

 

Temperature C

Rainfall mm

 

MMin

MMax

Mean

 

65 year 
1956 - 2020

5.8

13.6

9.7

785.8

 

 

 

 

 

10 year

 

 

 

 

1956 - 1960

5.3

13.0

9.1

794.6

1961 - 1970

5.1

12.6

8.9

754.1

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

2001 - 2010

6.5

14.3

10.4

777.2

2011 - 2020

6.7

14.6

10.6

913.6

 

 

 

 

 

30 year

 

 

 

 

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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