| OCTOBER | 2006 | ||||||||
| Weather Report, Climatic conditions recorded from Raymond Terrace, NSW Australia | |||||||||
| Location: Lat 32°46'S, Long 151°46'E Elevation: 8m Approx 12km from the ocean to the SE. | |||||||||
| Using a WM-918 Electronic Weather Station, and Nylex Rain Gauge 1000. | |||||||||
| My daily data can be found weekly in the Port Stephens Examiner. Circulation: 28 509 | |||||||||
| © 2006 | by: Grant Burgess | Circulation: | 21 + | Frequency: Monthly | Issue #: | 130 | |||
| The Average Max Temp was | 26.32 | °C | The Avg Max Wind Gust was | 31.15 | km/h | ||||
| (which is 0.72 °C Above average) | (which is 1.26 km/h Above average) | ||||||||
| The Highest Max Temp was | 36.4 | °C | The Prevailing Wind Direction was | S | |||||
| (recorded on the 14th at 1535) | (the average wind direction is S) | ||||||||
| The Lowest Max Temp was | 18.8 | °C | The Max Wind Gust was | 68.0 | km/h | ||||
| (recorded on the 21st at 1414) | (A Record For Oct) | ||||||||
| (recorded from the S on the 9th at 1450p) | |||||||||
| The Average Min Temp was | 12.00 | °C | |||||||
| (which is 0.32 °C Below average) | The Avg Daily Wind Run was | 89.62 | km | ||||||
| The Highest Min Temp was | 17.1 | °C | (A Record For Oct) | ||||||
| (recorded on the 26th at 0607) | (which is 63.70 km Below average) | ||||||||
| The Lowest Min Temp was | 6.3 | °C | The Max Daily Wind Run was | 292.4 | km | ||||
| (recorded on the 24th at 0536) | (recorded on the 9th) | ||||||||
| The Min Daily Wind Run was | 18.0 | km | |||||||
| The Avg Max Relative Humidity was | 91.65 | % | (A Record For Oct) | ||||||
| (which is 0.34 % Above average) | (recorded on the 11th) | ||||||||
| The Avg Min Relative Humidity was | 34.65 | % | |||||||
| (which is 1.87 % Below average) | The Avg Min Wind Chill was | 10.43 | °C | ||||||
| (which is 0.39 °C Above average) | |||||||||
| The Avg Max Dew-Point was | 14.85 | °C | The Min Wind Chill was | 6 | °C | ||||
| (which is 0.37 °C Above average) | (recorded on the 24th at 0543) | ||||||||
| The High Max Dew-Point was | 19.3 | °C | |||||||
| (recorded on the 20th at 0815) | The Total Monthly Rainfall was | 16.7 | mm | ||||||
| The Avg Min Dew-Point was | 6.72 | °C | (which is 58.08 mm Below average) | ||||||
| (which is 0.36 °C Above average) | The Median Monthly Rainfall is | 46.90 | mm | ||||||
| The Low Min Dew-Point was | -2.2 | °C | The Number of Rain Days was | 6 | days | ||||
| (recorded on the 27th at 2306) | (which is 2.89 days Below average) | ||||||||
| The Cumulative Yearly Rainfall is | 759.4 | mm | |||||||
| The Avg Max Heat Index was | 26.55 | °C | (which is 175.70 mm Below average) | ||||||
| (A Record For Oct) | The Highest Daily Rainfall was | 6.0 | mm | ||||||
| (which is 0.52 °C Above average) | (recorded on the 22th) | ||||||||
| The High Max Heat Index was | 34.1 | °C | |||||||
| (recorded on the 14th at 1535) | PHENOMENA: (Number of Days with) | ||||||||
| Thunderstorms | 0 | Avg = | 2.22 | ||||||
| The Avg Min Grass Temp was | 9.56 | °C | Distant Ts’s | 3 | Avg = | 4.57 | |||
| (which is 0.20 °C Above average) | Hail | 0 | Avg = | 0.40 | |||||
| The Min Grass Temp was | 4.0 | °C | Dew | 16 | Avg = | 16.50 | |||
| (recorded on the 11th) | Fog | 1 | Avg = | 4.63 | |||||
| Frost | 0 | Avg = | 0.00 | ||||||
| Gusty Southerly Change | |||||||||
| ~ Sun 8th - Strong & gusty change struck at 1445 bringing the strongest winds I have ever seen here from a S'ly change. | |||||||||
| Winds gusted to a max of 68.0km/h at 1450 with many gusts around 60km/h for over 6hrs. Highest 10min avg speed I | |||||||||
| saw was 43.9km/h at 1510 (also the highest I've seen here). This change brought with it a layer of stratus cloud. | |||||||||
| Hail Reports | |||||||||
| ~ Tue 31st - Around 1445 a storm cell near Tocal was moving E & began intensifying. This cell split soon after leaving | |||||||||
| the left-mover to move to the ESE & slowly decay while the right-mover shot S & rapidly intensified. It was this left- | |||||||||
| mover that later moved over Newcastle producing 5cm hail & flash flooding. Widespread large hail & damage were | |||||||||
| reported through the Newcastle area. | |||||||||
| Here in RT we received only some brief moderate winds, heavy showers & some close lightning. | |||||||||
| Recent Additions to Statistics List | |||||||||
| ~ Completed updating my Min/Max file for the better analysis of averages & extremes. | |||||||||
| ~ Last month (forgot to mention) that I finished my new averages/extremes excel file. This is much more comprehensive | |||||||||
| than my previous files with better analysis of data & automatic referencing for dates of extreme values. These will be | |||||||||
| available via my website early in the new year. | |||||||||