October 2009

October 2009 - Sydney Mines, NS

Temperatures in October were much cooler than average, especially daytime high's, which were 2.7° below the norm. There was also 2/3 as much precip than normal. It felt more like November!

Avg Max.. 11.0° (normal 13.7°)
Avg Min... 4.1° (normal 5.3°)
Mean....... 7.6° (normal 9.5°)

Max......... 20.4° (on the 1st)
Min.......... -2.7° (on the 16th)
Low Max... 6.3° (on the 27th)
High Min... 10.9° (on the 5th)

Total Rain.......... 235.7mm (normal 146.0mm)
Max Daily Rain... 51.1mm (on the 5th)
Thunderstorm Days... N/A

Wind:

Dom Dir........... W
Avg Wind spd... 8.0 km/h
Max Gust......... ENE 57.9 km/h (on the 8th)

Data is available here...
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/johnathanbuffett/NOAAPRMO.TXT

Weather Summary for October 2009 at Scott's Bay, NS:

This October was cooler and wetter than normal. In fact, this month tied the record for the coolest October, recorded in 2002.

Average Maximum: 11.9°C (-2.4°) coolest; previous 12.4° in 2002
Average Minimum: 4.9°C (-1.4°) 5th coolest; coolest since 2002
Mean Temperature: 8.4°C (-1.9°) tie coolest; last recorded in 2002

Extreme high: 16.9° on the 31st
Extreme low:-1.2° on the 30th
Low maximum: 6.5° on the 23rd
High minimum: 12.5° on the 1st and 5th

Days with maximums >=15°: 7 days
Days with maximums >=10°: 20 days
Days with minimums <=0°: 4 days

Heating Degree Days: 297.0 (124%) most on record; previous 296.4 in 2002

Total Rainfall: 167.3 mm (156%) 6th most; most since 2005
Total Snowfall: TR (normal)
Total Precipitation: 167.3 mm (156%) 6th most; most since 2005

Days with rain: 18 days tie for most days last recorded in 1988

24-hour extreme rainfall: 28.3 mm on the 19th
24-hour extreme snowfall: TR on the 12th and 24th

Hours of Fog: 0.0

Thunderstorm Days: 1 day (normal)

Looks like the theme was cool and wet for October 2009. Here are my stats for Halifax and New Glasgow: http://novaweather.net/Uploads/Oct_2009_HFX_NGL.pdf .

Temperatures were 1.5C below normal in Halifax and 1.9C below in New Glasgow. Rainfall was 45% above normal in New Glasgow and about 60% above normal in Halifax.

Chris

October Summary for Duncans Cove, NS

Overall, a slightly cooler October than average for us here with the first frost really in the middle for the last 15 years. Definitely a wetter October by far.

Mean Temp: 9.0° ( 9.4˚ normal*)
Average Max Temp: 12.3° (13.2˚ normal*)
Average Min Temp: 5.7° (5.5˚ normal*)
Highest Max Temp: 18.3° (on 1st)
Lowest Min Temp: -0.2° (on 30th)

Total Rainfall: 204 mm (122.2 mm normal*)

Extreme daily rainfall: 29 mm (on 4th)
No snow.

Total days of rainfall: 17 days
Total days of fog:0 days
Total dry days (no rain, drizzle, or fog): 14 days

First frost: 11th

(*For normals, I’m using the data from Sandy Cove NRC Station, which is about 4 km SW of here, and is generally pretty close to my own records)

On a related note ... just got my power bill today for October's usage, and it's interesting because they happen to show the amount used in the same month a year ago.

My usage in Oct '09 was 40% higher than in Oct '08. :angry: