OCTOBER 1996

Daily Data

							
	                  1996	Day  1974-95		            1996  Day  1974-95
Mean Max Temperature	  11.0	       10.3  Highest Max temp       13.1    7    15.5
Mean Min Temperature	   8.5	        7.6  Lowest Min temp	     3.9   30    -0.9
Mean Sea Temperature	  11.4	       10.8  Lowest grass minimum   -1.1   27    -4.2
30 cm Earth temperature	   9.9	        9.5  Days with ground frost  2		  2.8
100cm Earth temperature	  10.3	        9.7  Days with air frost     0		  0.0
Total Rainfall (mm)      133.5	      106.1  Days with snow/sleet    0		  1.7
Wettest Day (mm)	  13.7	19     19.0  Days snow cover at 09hr 0		  0.0
Rain Days ( 0.1mm +)	  27	       23.4  Days with hail	     5		  5.3
Wet Days (0.9mm +)	  24	       17.8  Days fog during 24hrs   3		  3.9
Total sunshine, hrs	  56.0	       72.3  Days with fog at 09hrs  1		  1.0
Sunniest day, hrs	   8.8	17      8.1  Days with NIL sun	    13		  7.8
Mean wind speed, kts	  19.3	       17.7  Days with gale	     4		  6.4
Maximum gust, kts	  62	13     67.6  Days with thunder	     1		  0.5
Mean Sea Level pressure	1004.4	     1008.0  Days with aurora	     2		  3.7
							
Wind Direction%							
              North	   6.5		8.2	    S. West	    12.9	 14.0
              N. East	   3.2		4.0	    West	    19.4	 18.7
              East	   9.7		8.5	    N. West	     6.5	  8.9
              S. East	  19.4	       16.0				
              South	  22.6	       18.9	    CALM	     0.0	  2.7