Chch weekly weather for week ending 9th of October 2020.

[Bishopdale Weather]

Bishopdale Chch weekly weather summary for week 9th of October 2020.
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A.v.g night air temp this October so far is 4.5c which is -1.5c cooler than AVG..
2nd COLDEST ON RECORD October night temps so far.
AVG IS 6c
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Avg Day temps this October so far are 19.79c
which is 1.99c Warmer than avg.
3rd warmest ON RECORD for October DAY TEMPS so far.
AVG IS 17.8c.
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Avg MONTH temps this October= 12.14c.
Which is 0.24c warmer than AVG.
16th warmest ON RECORD.
AVG IS 11.90c.
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A.V.G air temp so far this year is 11.25c.
Which is 0.54c COLDER than AVG for a year.
AVG is 11.79c.
DOWN 0.0c on last week.
5th coldest on record for week 40 ***
RECORD WARM YEAR WAS 1998 = 12.36c.(all years)
This time last year the avg was 11.49c.



**NOTE** This is for the years since 2012.
Before 2012. I did not have a weekly breakdown of avg years temps.
The avg over the last 29 years can only be done at the end of the year.
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Ground avg temps for this October is 14.2c
UP 0.7c from last week.
Warmest on record for week 40,
And 2.9c warmer Than same week LAST YEAR.
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RAINFALL we have had 1.9.1mm rain this October.
LOWEST ON RECORD SO FAR,
Wettest was in 2017=92.2mm
LOWEST was in 2015=17.5mm
AVG October rainfall is 60mm.
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SUN IS Warmer THAN NORMAL (Years avg SUN temp)
+0.5c Warmer than avg.
warmer than last week by 0.14c.
And 2.69c colder than last October.
And 2c colder THAN in October 2019.

Solar Cycle 25 STARTED ON THE 20/4/20.
Solar MAX should be in 2026.
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Air Temp taken in SUN LIGHT (NOT SHADE TEMP).
Warmest DAY this October so far is 44.1c on day 7.
The record WARM October day was 54.8c in 2018.
Coldest night on the grass this Oct is -3.1c on day 1.
COLDEST October GRASS TEMP ON RECORD IS -6.2c IN 2013.
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WE HAD 1 AIR FROSTS this October WHICH IS
AVG this October
lowest number =0 air frost in 2015,2016.
most air frost was 3 in 2014.
AVG is 1. AIR frosts.
WE HAD 2 GRASS FROSTS THIS October.
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.....................WIND-RUN.....................
Chch has had so far 1959KM of wind-run this October so far.
so far 2nd lowest on record.
Most were in 2016=6801KM.
LOWEST was in 2008=4762KM.
AVG For all of October is 5696KM.
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