Tideswell, Derbyshire - October 2018
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(corrected version - grass min stats were incorrect in original)

Note: Anomalies (in brackets) refer to the 2009-2018 averages.


Mean max: 12.7 (-0.5)
Mean min: 5.6 (-1.3)
Mean temp: 9.1 (-1.0)

Highest max: 21.0 (+1.3) (10th)
Lowest max: 4.6 (-3.5) (27th)

Lowest min: -2.2 (-2.4) (31st)
Highest min: 13.6 (+0.7) (13th)
Lowest grass: -6.9 (-3.7) (30th)

Air frosts: 5 (+4)
Ground frosts: 8 (+3)

Days with max 20.0-24.9: 1 (0)
Days with max 15.0-19.9: 8 (+1)
Days with max 10.0-14.9: 14 (-6)
Days with max 5.0-9.9: 7 (+3)
Days with max 0.0-4.9: 1 (+1)

Frost duration: 19.3 hours (+16.2)

Total rainfall: 72.2 mm (69%)
Wettest rainfall day (09-09z) 17.5 mm (-3.5) (5th)
Rain days (0.2 mm or more): 18 (-3)
Wet days (1.0 mm or more): 10 (-5)

Days with snow/sleet falling: 1 (+1)
Days with 50%+ snow cover at 09z: 0 (0)
Deepest at 0900z 0 cm (0)
Eden Snow Index: 0 cm/days (0)

Total sunshine: 83.5 hours (132%)
Sunniest day: 8.7 hours (+1.0) (10th)
Days with no sun: 5 (-2)

Days with thunder heard: 0 (0)
Days with hail: 1 (0)
Days with fog at 0900z: 0 (-1)

Mean wind speed: 6.0 knots (+1.5)
Highest 10-min mean wind: 31 kt from SSE (+9) (12th)
Max gust: 46 knots (+10) (13th)
Days with gale: 0 (0)

Wind direction at 0900z
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N:2 NNE:0 NE:0 ENE:0 E:0 ESE:1 SE:1 SSE:5
S:3 SSW:2 SW:2 WSW:0 W:0 WNW:11 NW:0 NNW:4
CALM:0

Remarks
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Very dry, very sunny and rather cold compared to the 10-year averages
for October. It was the coldest October since 2010. Several new October
records were set for the 10-year period. These were

a) Lowest daily max temperature
b) Lowest grass min temperature
c) Number of air frosts
d) Number of ground frosts
e) Frost duration
f) Days with snow/sleet falling
g) Maximum 10-min mean wind speed
h) Maximum gust


--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.