Alcaston, Shropshire - October 2022

[Freddie]

Persistent warmth through the month, with no single day with a below average maximum temperature.  A handful of frosty nights at the start of the second week.  Some foggy spells during the first three weeks.  Wet from the 20th with some torrential rain recorded.  This is only the second month this year with above average rainfall.

Anomalies (in brackets) refer to the estimated 1981-2010 averages.

Mean max:                              16.1 (+2.7)
Mean min:                               8.2 (+2.2)
Mean temp:                             12.1 (+2.4)
Mean 30cm earth temp:                  12.7

Highest max:                           18.1 (29th)
Lowest max:                            13.9 (12th)
Lowest min:                            -0.2 (11th)
Highest min:                           12.8 (26th)
Lowest grass min:                      -2.2 (11th)

Air frosts:                               1 ( -1)
Ground frosts:                            3 ( -4)

Days with max  15.0 to 19.9:             25
Days with max  10.0 to 14.9:              6

Days with min  10.0 to 14.9:             11
Days with min   5.0 to  9.9:             15
Days with min   0.0 to  4.9:              4
Days with min  -0.1 to -5.0:              1

Total rainfall:                       100.0 mm (116%)
Wettest day:                           18.4 mm (21st)
Rain days (0.2 mm or more):            21      (+3)
Wet days  (1.0 mm or more):            17      (+4)
Days >= 10mm:                           4      (+1)
Days >= 20mm:                           0

Days with snow/sleet falling:           0
Days with 50%+ snow cover at 09z:       0      (0)
Deepest at 0900z                        0 cm   (n/a)
 
Days with thunder heard:                1
Days with hail:                         0
Days with fog at 0900z:                 3

Highest 10-min mean wind:               21 kn (26th)
Max gust:                               34 kn (26th)
Days with gale:                          0
Highest wind run:                    327.3 nm ( 4th)
Wind direction at 0900z:                N: 1; NE: 0; E: 1; SE: 2; S: 12; SW: 11; W: 4; NW: 0; Calm: 0

Maximum pressure:                       1029.0 (18th)
Minimum pressure:                        993.8 (23rd)

-- 
Freddie
Alcaston
Shropshire
148m AMSL
http://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/
Stats for the month so far: https://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/statistics/alcaston/latest.xlsx