weekly weather summary for week ending 16th of October 2020

[Bishopdale Weather]

Bishopdale Chch weekly weather summary for week ending 16th of October 2020.
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A.v.g night air temp this October so far is 5.12c which is -0.88c cooler than AVG..
9th COLDEST ON RECORD October night temps so far.
AVG IS 6c
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Avg Day temps this October so far are 18.69c
which is 0.89c Warmer than avg.
6th warmest ON RECORD for October DAY TEMPS so far.
AVG IS 17.8c.
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Avg MONTH temps this October= 11.9c.
Which is AVG..
18th warmest ON RECORD.AND 11th coldest on record.
AVG IS 11.90c.
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A.V.G air temp so far this year is 11.26c.
Which is 0.53c colder than AVG for a year.
AVG is 11.79c.
UP 0.1c on last week.
3RD coldest on record for week 41 ***
RECORD WARM YEAR WAS 1998 = 12.36c.(all years)
This time last year the avg was 11.59c.



**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 0.1c from last week.
Warmest on record for week 41,
And 2.9c warmer Than same week LAST YEAR.
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RAINFALL we have had 4.2mm 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 AVG (Years avg SUN temp)
+0.44c Warmer than avg.
6th warmest on record.
Colder than last week by 0.6c.
And 2.79c colder than last October.
And 2.02c 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 3 GRASS FROSTS THIS October.
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.....................WIND-RUN.....................
Chch has had so far 3062KM of wind-run this October so far.
so far lowest on record.
Most were in 2016=6801KM.
LOWEST was in 2008=4762KM.
AVG For all of October is 5696KM.