Climatological Observations - October 2008

Observations at Pitsford Hall 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th* 18th* 19th* 20th* 21st* 22nd* 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st
Time of Observations (GMT) 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 8.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 8.00 8.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00
Total Cloud (oktas) 3 3 1 8 8 5 8 0 1 3 3 9 8 7 8 0 2 1 8 8 0 0 7 7 8 8 1 5 0 7 7
Wind                                                              
Direction w nw nw ssw ne se se w se s ssw calm w s se nw w sw ssw ssw wsw ssw s w s wsw sw wnw wnw ne nnw
Speed (knots) 8 11 10 9 9 1 19 7 16 4 7 0 5 1 5 5 5 6 8 20 9 4 15 6 12 8 9 3 4 10 9
Weather 1 7 2 25 63 1 25 0 1 1 2 43 1 3 3 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 63 2 2 0 2 2
Visibility 7 2 7 7 5 8 6 8 6 8 7 3 6 6 6 8 8 7 7 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Screen (C)                                                              
Dry Bulb 11.5 9.1 8.1 6.4 12.5 8.9 16.0 11.0 11.6 14.5 10.6 8.4 15.5 13.9 14.2 9.9 9.0 11.2 9.6 13.6 8.0 7.2 9.9 10.6 5.8 11.5 7.0 3.5 1.5 3.6 3.8
Wet Bulb 8.9 7.3 5.1 5.1 12.5 8.0 15.0 9.5 10.0 13.0 9.6 8.3 14.6 13.1 14.0 8.0 8.0 10.0 8.8 13.2 6.4 6.0 8.9 8.9 5.1 11.3 5.6 3.2 0.2 3.1 3.1
Max 13.7 13.8 9.8 14.5 13.7 16.0 16.5 16.0 16.5 18.4 18.4 21.0 16.9 17.0 17.4 12.1 14.4 14.0 13.6 15.6 11.6 12.0 13.6 12.5 13.9 12.2 9.5 6.8 6.1 8.0 8.0
Min 8.1 5.7 5.4 2.5 6.2 2.4 9.0 7.1 5.2 10.0 9.6 6.7 8.4 10.1 10.2 7.0 4.5 6.0 6.8 9.6 6.4 3.0 6.0 9.0 3.5 5.6 3.5 0.1 -2.7 0.1 1.0
Black Bulb (Globe, C) 15.3 14.8 14.2 6.6 13.9 13.3 16.5 16.3 15.2 17 12.8 8.8 17.5 15 14.5 12.8 15.5 _ _ _ _ _ 9.9 15.3 5.9 11.6 9.3 5.1 0.9 4.4 4.4
Grass & Concrete                                                              
State of Grass 0 0 0 0 3 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 4 7 4 4
State of Concrete 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 1
Concrete Min (C) 6.5 2.1 3.0 0.1 5.0 -0.5 7.5 4.4 2.5 9.0 7.1 5.6 7.0 8.3 8.3 4.5 1.6 4.4 5.2 7.9 4.8 0.1 4.4 6.9 1.3 4.1 0.6 -2.1 -5.3 -2.4 -1.5
Evaporation                                                            
Piche (ml) 3.2 2.8 2.5 2.2 1 0.9 1.1 1.8 2.9 3.8 2.3 1.6 2.3 0.4 0.9 2 > > > > > 13.6 3.7 2 2.8 1.1 1.3 0.7 1 0.9 0.9
Pan (over interval, mm) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 24.40
Rainfall                                                              
Total (mm) tr 1.2 tr 15.4 9.1 0.3 1.3 0.1 _ _ _ _ _ 0.9 0.4 _ _ _ _ 4.8 _ _ 0.4 tr 6.8 0.3 tr 8.7 0.1 0.1 tr
Duration (hrs) _ 3.6 _ 9.8 1.9 0.5 0.8 _ _ _ _ _ _ 1.0 0.8 _ _ _ _ 5.8 _ _ 1.1 _ 5.9 1.0 _ 6.0 _ 0.1 _
Intensity (mean over 24 hrs, mm/hr) _ 0.3 _ 1.6 4.8 0.6 1.6 _ _ _ _ _ _ 0.9 0.5 _ _ _ _ 0.8 _ _ 0.4 _ 1.2 0.3 _ 1.5 _ 1.0 _
Run of Wind                                                              
Miles (over 24 hrs) 165.14 138.12 106.93 315.55 116.28 55.48 110.77 40.44 149.94 171.82 156.69 30.19 18.58 90.9 133.38 97.44 73.13 138.24 355.22 237.48 127.22 148.22 307.7 94.36 265.03 87.71 81.53 75.76 71.35 116.31 92.55
Mean (mph) 8.9 7.5 5.8 17.1 6.3 3 6 2.2 8.1 9.3 8.5 1.6 1 4.9 7.2 5.3 4 7.5 19.2 12.9 6.9 8 16.7 5.1 14.4 4.8 4.4 4.1 3.9 6.3 5
Gust (mph) 37 30 32 32 28 18 28 16 22 23 16 15 19 20 26 30 15 23 39 37 26 29 38 17 30 21 25 25 16 22 24
Sunshine (hrs) 6.0 5.6 4.6 0.3 0.6 1.0 1.2 7.0 6.5 5.7 7.3 6.0 1.0 0.5 1.2 5.0 7.3 4.4 0.1 0.0 8.1 7.9 0.0 3.1 0.2 0.0 5.6 2.5 3.6 3.3 4.5
Humidity Statistics                                                              
Saturated                                                              
VP(Twb) 1.141 1.023 0.879 0.879 1.45 1.073 1.706 1.188 1.229 1.499 1.196 1.095 1.663 1.508 1.599 1.073 1.073 1.229 1.133 1.518 0.962 0.936 1.141 1.141 0.879 1.34 0.91 0.769 0.62 0.763 0.763
VP 0.964 0.901 0.676 0.791 1.45 1.012 1.638 1.086 1.12 1.397 1.128 1.088 1.601 1.453 1.585 0.944 1.005 1.147 1.079 1.491 0.854 0.855 1.073 1.025 0.832 1.326 0.815 0.749 0.533 0.729 0.716
Saturated                                                              
VP 1.358 1.156 1.081 0.962 1.45 1.141 1.819 1.313 1.367 1.652 1.279 1.103 1.762 1.589 1.62 1.22 1.149 1.331 1.196 1.558 1.073 1.016 1.22 1.279 0.923 1.358 1.002 0.785 0.681 0.791 0.802
Rel. Humidity 71 77.9 62.5 82.2 100 88.7 90 82.7 81.9 84.6 88.2 98.6 90.9 91.4 97.8 77.4 87.5 86.2 90.2 95.7 79.6 84.2 88 80.1 90.1 97.6 81.3 95.4 78.3 92.2 89.3
                                                               
Dew Point (C) 6.4 5.5 1.4 3.6 12.5 7.1 14.4 8.2 8.6 11.9 8.7 8.2 14 12.5 13.9 6.1 7 9 8.1 12.9 4.7 4.7 8 7.3 4.3 11.1 4 2.8 -1.9 2.5 2.2
Pressure (mb) 998.4 1003.6 1011.7 1014.5 994.5 1013.3 1003.7 1018.4 1031.6 1028.2 1025.0 1024.8 1016.0 1020.6 1010.8 1014.6 1021.5 1018.2 1019.0 1004.3 1010.0 1021.0 1020.4 1020.0 1029.5 1015.4 1010.5 1011.7 1011.5 997.9 1009.0
Days with                                                              
thunder _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
hail<5mm _ 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 1 _ _ _
hail>/=5mm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
snow _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 _ _ _
fog _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
gales _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
*Some readings obtained from the                                                              
automatic weather station                                                              

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