OCTOBER                  2003

Weather Report, Climatic conditions Recorded from Raymond Terrace

Using a WM-918 Electronic Weather Station, and Nylex Rain Gauge 1000.

© 2003          by:  Grant Burgess          Circulation: 27 +          Frequency:  Monthly          Issue #:  94

My Daily Min/Max Air Temperatures & Rainfall Readings can be Found Weekly

in the Port Stephens Examiner.          Circulation: 26 578

The Average Max Temp was .……...….. 23.48 °C

(A Record Low For Oct)

   (which is 2.56 °C Below average)

The Highest Max Temp was ..…………... 31.4 °C

     (recorded on the 19th at 1343)

The Lowest Max Temp was ….……....…. 15.2 °C

        (A Record For Oct)

     (recorded on the 1st at 1022)

The Average Min Temp was ..…..……... 11.50 °C

  (which is 0.64 °C Below average)

The Highest Min Temp was …….............. 16.3 °C

   (recorded on the 25th at 0505)

The Lowest Min Temp was ......……….…. 6.0 °C

   (recorded on the 5th at 0410)

The Avg Max Relative Humidity was …….… 96.35 %

(A Record High For Oct)

 (which is 8.05 % Above average)

The Avg Min Relative Humidity was …….… 42.48 %

(A Record High For Oct)

 (which is 10.77 % Above average)

The Avg Max Dew-Point Temp was ……… 14.77 °C

 (which is 1.32 °C Above average)

The Avg Min Dew-Point Temp was ……...… 7.35 °C

(A Record High For Oct)

 (which is 2.54 °C Above average)

The Avg Max Wind Gust was ……..……. 31.38 km/h

       (A Record High For Oct)

   (which is 3.29 km/h Above average)

The Max Wind Gust was ………..…..……. 60.1 km/h

        (A Record For Oct)

     (recorded from the NW on the 2nd at 1306)

The Avg Min Wind Chill was ……..…….… 9.58 °C

  (which is 0.19 °C Below average)

The Min Wind Chill was …………….……… 0.0 °C

       (A Record For Oct)

    (recorded on the 11th at 0156)

The Total Monthly Rainfall was …….... 79.5 mm

(which is 32.20 mm Above average)

The Median Monthly Rainfall is …....... 36.30 mm

The Cumulative Yearly Rainfall is ….... 663.8 mm

  (A Record Low For Oct)

(which is 263.18 mm Below average)

The Highest Daily Rainfall was ..…....…. 23.0 mm

    (recorded on the 6th)

MISCELLANEOUS:  (Number Of)

Rain Days ……….… 15            Avg =         7.00

Thunderstorms …...…. 3          Avg =         1.67

Distant Ts’s ……...…. 3           Avg =         3.50

Dew Days  ……..….. 12            Avg =       18.80

Fog Days ……...…….. 6           Avg =         5.20

Frost Days ………....... 0          Avg =         0.00

No Recent Additions to Statistics List have been made.

Random Weather Data Additions

From this month onwards, this section will only be for my Manual Data Collections (when I observe the weather every 30 mins). This is because I have recently purchased a lap-top computer and am now using this to automatically log my weather data every 5 mins.

I am currently using “FreeWX”, an excellent program written by Andrew Keir. His website is: http://freewx.net/