| DECEMBER | 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: 29 645 | |||||||||
| © 2007 | by: Grant Burgess | Circulation: | 21 + | Frequency: Monthly | Issue #: | 144 | |||
| The Average Max Temp was | 27.67 | °C | The Avg Max Wind Gust was | 32.69 | km/h | ||||
| (which is 1.67 °C Below average) | (which is 1.85 km/h Above average) | ||||||||
| The Highest Max Temp was | 33.5 | °C | The Prevailing Wind Direction was | S | |||||
| (recorded on the 15th at 1648) | (the average wind direction is S) | ||||||||
| The Lowest Max Temp was | 20.8 | °C | The Max Wind Gust was | 55.1 | km/h | ||||
| (recorded on the 25th at 0859n) | (recorded from the NW on the 4th at 1526p) | ||||||||
| The Average Min Temp was | 17.35 | °C | The Avg Daily Wind Run was | 192.65 | km | ||||
| (which is 0.67 °C Above average) | (A Record For Dec) | ||||||||
| The Highest Min Temp was | 21.9 | °C | (which is 52.88 km Above average) | ||||||
| (recorded on the 22nd at 0524) | The Max Daily Wind Run was | 343.3 | km | ||||||
| The Lowest Min Temp was | 12.6 | °C | (A Record For Dec) | ||||||
| (recorded on the 15th at 0528) | (recorded on the 18th) | ||||||||
| The Min Daily Wind Run was | 93.5 | km | |||||||
| The Avg Max Relative Humidity was | 95.03 | % | (recorded on the 1st) | ||||||
| (which is 2.67 % Above average) | |||||||||
| The Avg Min Relative Humidity was | 45.80 | % | The Avg Min Wind Chill was | 15.34 | °C | ||||
| (A Record For Dec) | (which is 0.44 °C Above average) | ||||||||
| (which is 7.59 % Above average) | The Min Wind Chill was | 11 | °C | ||||||
| (recorded on the 15th at 0634) | |||||||||
| The Avg Max Dew-Point was | 20.72 | °C | |||||||
| (A Record For Dec) | The Total Monthly Rainfall was | 88.5 | mm | ||||||
| (which is 1.89 °C Above average) | (which is 21.07 mm Above average) | ||||||||
| The High Max Dew-Point was | 23.2 | °C | The Median Monthly Rainfall is | 54.95 | mm | ||||
| (recorded on the 17th at 1642p) | The Number of Rain Days was | 18 | days | ||||||
| The Avg Min Dew-Point was | 13.19 | °C | (A Record For Dec) | ||||||
| (which is 1.94 °C Above average) | (which is 8.10 days Above average) | ||||||||
| The Low Min Dew-Point was | 6.1 | °C | The Cumulative Yearly Rainfall is | 1247.0 | mm | ||||
| (recorded on the 14th at 1744) | (which is 160.26 mm Above average) | ||||||||
| The Highest Daily Rainfall was | 17.0 | mm | |||||||
| The Avg Max Heat Index was | 29.11 | °C | (recorded on the 4th) | ||||||
| (which is 1.55 °C Below average) | |||||||||
| The High Max Heat Index was | 36.3 | °C | PHENOMENA: (Number of Days with) | ||||||
| (recorded on the 21st at 1433) | Thunderstorms | 6 | Avg = | 5.80 | |||||
| Distant Ts’s | 8 | Avg = | 8.63 | ||||||
| The Avg Min Grass Temp was | 15.72 | °C | Hail | 0 | Avg = | 0.36 | |||
| (A Record For Dec) | Dew | 17 | Avg = | 15.33 | |||||
| (which is 1.70 °C Above average) | Fog | 1 | Avg = | 3.33 | |||||
| The Min Grass Temp was | 11.1 | °C | Frost | 0 | Avg = | 0.00 | |||
| (recorded on the 15th) | |||||||||
| Hail Reports | |||||||||
| ~ Mon 3rd - My parents observed at least marble sized hail & torrential rain to the near W of RT. | |||||||||
| ~ Sun 9th - A little further from home but impressive nonetheless, Sydney observed hail in the 7-8cm range. Even heard | |||||||||
| reports that their 2nd largest stone was even observed! | |||||||||
| Weather Chases | |||||||||
| ~ Tue 4th - Chased storms in the hunter from the Maitland area. | |||||||||
| Instrument Additions | |||||||||
| ~ Mon 10th - Installed new Rain Gauge (TB3), I will begin officially using from 1 Jan. My Nylex will be used as a backup. | |||||||||
| ~ Purchased a wireless thermometer for use in the Barrington Tops. Began testing from the 13th against both my AWS & | |||||||||
| official BoM standard thermometer. Accuracy seems excellent so far, will continue testing thru Jan. | |||||||||
| Instrument Repairs | |||||||||
| ~ Tue 11th - AWS thermometer began having problems after the cable was disturbed the previous day with my TB3. | |||||||||
| I ended up replacing both the modular plug & joiner. This thankfully fixed the problem. | |||||||||