| OCTOBER | 2007 | ||||||||
| 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: 29 800 | |||||||||
| © 2007 | by: Grant Burgess | Circulation: | 21 + | Frequency: Monthly | Issue #: | 142 | |||
| The Average Max Temp was | 28.07 | °C | The Avg Max Wind Gust was | 29.78 | km/h | ||||
| (which is 2.39 °C Above average) | (which is 0.29 km/h Below average) | ||||||||
| The Highest Max Temp was | 35.8 | °C | The Prevailing Wind Direction was | S | |||||
| (recorded on the 3rd at 1423) | (the average wind direction is S) | ||||||||
| The Lowest Max Temp was | 19.0 | °C | The Max Wind Gust was | 49.7 | km/h | ||||
| (recorded on the 17th at 1434) | (recorded from the NW on the 17th at 1105p) | ||||||||
| The Average Min Temp was | 13.24 | °C | The Avg Daily Wind Run was | 161.68 | km | ||||
| (which is 0.95 °C Above average) | (which is 29.59 km Above average) | ||||||||
| The Highest Min Temp was | 18.5 | °C | The Max Daily Wind Run was | 284.3 | km | ||||
| (recorded on the 29th at 0703) | (recorded on the 17th) | ||||||||
| The Lowest Min Temp was | 7.3 | °C | The Min Daily Wind Run was | 99.4 | km | ||||
| (recorded on the 14th at 0535) | (recorded on the 27th) | ||||||||
| The Avg Max Relative Humidity was | 87.97 | % | The Avg Min Wind Chill was | 12.24 | °C | ||||
| (which is 3.39 % Below average) | (A Record For Oct) | ||||||||
| The Avg Min Relative Humidity was | 31.03 | % | (which is 2.14 °C Above average) | ||||||
| (which is 5.21 % Below average) | The Min Wind Chill was | 7 | °C | ||||||
| (recorded on the 18th at 1949p) | |||||||||
| The Avg Max Dew-Point was | 14.50 | °C | |||||||
| (which is 0.04 °C Below average) | The Total Monthly Rainfall was | 55.6 | mm | ||||||
| The High Max Dew-Point was | 20.9 | °C | (which is 13.37 mm Below average) | ||||||
| (recorded on the 31st at 0255) | The Median Monthly Rainfall is | 43.60 | mm | ||||||
| The Avg Min Dew-Point was | 5.93 | °C | The Number of Rain Days was | 7 | days | ||||
| (which is 0.48 °C Below average) | (which is 1.60 days Below average) | ||||||||
| The Low Min Dew-Point was | -1.6 | °C | The Cumulative Yearly Rainfall is | 1044.8 | mm | ||||
| (recorded on the 16th at 1742) | (which is 129.29 mm Above average) | ||||||||
| The Highest Daily Rainfall was | 33.8 | mm | |||||||
| The Avg Max Heat Index was | 27.59 | °C | (recorded on the 27th) | ||||||
| (A Record For Oct) | |||||||||
| (which is 1.40 °C Above average) | PHENOMENA: (Number of Days with) | ||||||||
| The High Max Heat Index was | 33.4 | °C | Thunderstorms | 3 | Avg = | 2.10 | |||
| (recorded on the 3rd at 1423) | Distant Ts’s | 5 | Avg = | 4.50 | |||||
| Hail | 2 | Avg = | 0.36 | ||||||
| The Avg Min Grass Temp was | 10.18 | °C | Dew | 15 | Avg = | 16.56 | |||
| (A Record For Oct) | Fog | 3 | Avg = | 4.22 | |||||
| (which is 0.75 °C Above average) | Frost | 0 | Avg = | 0.00 | |||||
| The Min Grass Temp was | 3.4 | °C | |||||||
| (recorded on the 5th) | |||||||||
| Hail Reports | |||||||||
| ~ Thu 11th received brief pea sized hail ~1915. This come from a storm to our N which bought my auntie more hail than | |||||||||
| us but of a similar size - she is located ~1km to my N. | |||||||||
| ~ Fri 12th saw a day punctuated with regular storm activity which produced brief but gusty winds & heavy precipitation. | |||||||||
| A cell ~1330 brought small hail according to my dad. | |||||||||
| Instrument Repairs | |||||||||
| ~ Sun 14th my AWS anemometer is re-installed after the bearing was replaced. All now working as expected. | |||||||||
| Instrument Additions | |||||||||
| ~ Placed new Rain Gauge (TB3) outside for the first time on the 25th. Rainfall totals produced so far match my Nylex | |||||||||
| which is great, though my only issue so far is with the vastly diferent rainfall rates I have been recording literally from | |||||||||
| one minute to the next. This is possibly due to the gauge not being exactly level but at this stage further investigations | |||||||||
| will need to be done - along with properly mounting the gauge & levelling correctly. | |||||||||
| Barrington Tops Additions | |||||||||
| ~ Mon 8th I took another trip to Hunter Springs to collect data from Mrs Wright. Whilst there also fixed her old dobbie | |||||||||
| min/max thermometer as best we could & my dad gave the Stevenson Screen another coat of paint which seems to be | |||||||||
| holding up particularly well. With her permission I have recently created a section on my website dedicated to her | |||||||||
| quality observations - this will be added to over the coming days & weeks. | |||||||||