Reports for October 2020 for the Copley sites. (Averages refer to 1981-2010)

Overall cool, wet and dull. Wettest October since 1976 and wettest October day.

Copley Lead Mill site 218metres asl
Temperature °C (09Z-09Z)
Mean maximum 11.0 (-1.4) High 14.1 on 20th, Low 8.4 on 27th
Mean minimum 4.7 (-0.5) Low -0.3 on 31st, High 8.6 on 5th
Mean screen 7.9 (-0.9)
Mean 30cm earth 9.9
Air frost 2
Days snow lying 50% 09Z, 0
Max depth 09Z 0cm on 00

Copley Met O site 253metres asl
Temperature °C (09Z-09Z)
Mean maximum 11.3 (-0.8) High 15.1 on 20th, Low 8.4 on 27th
Mean minimum 5.3 (-0.3) Low -0.1 on 31st, High 9.5 on 21st
Mean screen 8.3 (-0.6)
Mean grass minimum 2.5 (0.2) Low -6.0 on 2nd
Mean 30cm earth 10.5
Mean 100cm earth 11.2
Air frost 1
Ground frost 6

Precipitation mm (09Z-09Z)
Total 160.4 (185%) High 54.5 on 3rd
Days 0.2mm 26
Days 1.0mm 20
Hail 0
Thunder 0

Snow cm
Days falling 0
Days lying 50% 09Z, 0
Fresh falls 09Z 0cm
Max depth 09Z 0cm on 00

Sunshine hr (R&D electronic recorder) Sunshine hr (Campbell Stokes)
Total 69.9 (71%) 75.2
Max day 7.7 on 1st&7th 7.8 on 1st
Average daily 2.3 (22% of the possible 10.6hr / day) 2.4 (23% possible)
Days no sun 4 5

Fog (Vis 1km 09Z), 1

Wind mph (Davis recorder)
Mean SW 9.0 (-1.2) High gust 41 on 29th&30th
Gale days 0
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