weekly weather summary for week ending 24th of October 2020.

[Bishopdale Weather]

Bishopdale Chch weekly weather summary for week ending 24th of October 2020.
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A.v.g night air temp this October so far is 5.71c which is -0.29c cooler than AVG..
16th= COLDEST ON RECORD October night temps so far.
AVG IS 6c
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Avg Day temps this October so far are 18.48c
which is 0.68c Warmer than avg.
10th warmest ON RECORD for October DAY TEMPS so far.
AVG IS 17.8c.
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Avg MONTH temps this October= 12.1c.
0.2c warmer AVG..
15th warmest ON RECORD..
AVG IS 11.90c.
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A.V.G air temp so far this year is 11.29c.
Which is 0.5c colder than AVG for a year.
AVG is 11.79c.
UP 0.3c on last week.
4th coldest on record for week 42 ***
RECORD WARM YEAR WAS 1998 = 12.36c.(all years)
This time last year the avg was 11.55c.



**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 14.6c
UP 0.3c from last week.
Warmest on record for week 42,
And 2.7c warmer Than same week LAST YEAR.
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RAINFALL we have had 4.5mm 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)
+0.67c Warmer than avg.
2nd coldest on record.
Warmer than last week by 0.23c.
And 2.51c colder than last October.
And 2.84c 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 SUNLIGHT (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 4120KM 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.
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