MONTHLY
WEATHER REVIEW - ARMIDALE NSW
OCTOBER 2015
October 2015 was warm, dry and thundery.
The rain total of 30.0 millimetres was 38 mm less than the average with most of
the rain falling from thunderstorms.
Day temperatures were unusually high with 25.0 degrees exceeded on 12 days. It
was the second warmest October on record at the present weather station site.
Thunderstorm activity was much higher than normal with storms on nine days.
There was hail with a storm in the afternoon of the 13th.
There
were only two frosts on the 1st and 2nd, and winds were mostly light
westerlies.
There were no noteworthy events.
OCTOBER 2015
STATISTICS (long term averages in
brackets)
Rainfall: 30.0 mm (67.6 mm)
Rain
days: 9 (9)
2015 rainfall total Jan to Oct: 448.8 mm (612.6 mm)
Average
maximum temp: 23.9 deg
(20.7 deg)
Average
minimum temp: 6.8 deg
(5.5 deg)
Highest
maximum temp: 29.0 deg
on the 6th
Lowest
maximum temp: 16.7 deg
on the 28th
Highest
minimum temp: 10.5 deg
on the 15th
Lowest
minimum temp: 0.9 deg
on the 1st
Fine
sunny days: 16 (18)
Ideal
weather days: 4 (2)
Days
with thunderstorms: 9 (4)
Days
with frosts: 2 (7)
light: 2
Days
with fogs: 2 (2)
Wind
direction at 3pm & number of days: E:
10, W: 7, SW: 6,
NW: 3, NE: 2, SE: 1,
N: 1, S: 1
Average
daily pan evaporation: 4.3 mm (4.1 mm)
Thunderstorm
details:
10th: 7.10pm - thunder in north-east - no rain
11th: 5.50pm - thunder in west - no rain
7.20-7.30pm
- slight storm from west
10.05-10.15pm
- slight storm from west - 1.8 mm rain from both these storms
13th: 3.15-4.15pm - moderate storm - 4.6
mm rain; 3.57-3.59pm - hailstones up to 10 mm diameter
4.15-5.30pm
- thunder heard
14th: 2.25-2.30pm - thunder heard in
north - no rain
17th: 5.00-6.00pm - heavy storm from
south-east - light rain
6.10-7.10pm
- thunder heard in south & west
19th: 5.00-5.05pm - slight storm from
south-east - 2.2 mm rain
22nd: 10.25am-12.00noon - moderate storm
from north-west
26th: 6.00-7.15pm - moderate storm from
west; 5.45-5.55pm - squalls - gusts to
76 km/hr at airport
27th: 4.00-4.45pm - thunder heard in
north - no rain
11.00-11.45pm
- slight storm from west - 7.8 mm rain