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Swanston Weather Station
October 2018 (Means and totals to date are at foot of table)
 
  0900 GMT readings
 Daily  Readings (See notes at foot of page)
Weather in previous 24h & hours of air frost (to 0900 on date)
Date
Date
Pressure
(mb)
Temp (°C)
Relative
Humidity (%)
Wind Speed
(mph)
Wind
Direction
SoilTemp @ 20cm
(°C)
SnowDepth(cm) or
Pentlands, Lammermuirs, Moorfoots snowline(ft)
1Maximum Temperature (°C)
2Minimum Temperature (°C)
3Rainfall
(mm)

4GrassMin Temp
(°C)
5Sunshine (Hours)

Solar
Rad'n High
(W/m2)

7ET
(mm)
6Max Wind
Speed (mph)
1
1025.0
7.6
82
6
W
10.0
12.9
3.7
1.1
0.6
1.45
399
1.3
42
Sunny periods 30th September. Clear skies am 1st October
1
2
1014.0
9.6
74
16
WNW
10.5
13.2
7.6
0.0
7.0
9.26
673
2.5
37
Showers late afternoon 1st. Milder and windy later. Clear am 2nd
2
3
1021.0
11.9
90
13
W
10.5
15.2
7.4
0.0
5.3
1.04
566
1.2
34
Sunny periods 2nd. Overcast am 3rd
3
4
1016.3
13.4
85
12
WSW
11.0
15.8
12.1
0.0
11.5
1.80
624
1.5
37
Cloudy 3rd. Broken cloud am 4th. Milder
4
5
1015.6
7.6
77
4
W
11.0
12.3
7.3
0.0
5.7
5.92
654
1.7
17
Cloudy and mild 4th, clearer later. Broken cloud am 5th
5
6
1016.1
6.4
81
7
WNW
10.5
11.2
5.1
0.0
3.6
7.59
566
1.6
17
Sunny periods 5th. Clear am 6th
6
7
1016.2
7.9
75
13
SW
10.0
13.4
6.1
1.0
3.7
1.54
548
1.7
54
Sunny periods 6th. Clear becoming overcast am 7th
7
8
1009.2
13.2
90
18
SW
11.0
15.3
7.8
0.4
9.7
1.65
520
1.8
44
Windy pm 7th and am 8th. Turning milder
8
9
1004.5
13.5
86
29
SW
11.5
15.1
12.6
0.2
11.0
1.97
552
1.9
53
Cloudy with rain at times 8th/9th. Windy
9
10
1012.2
13.7
82
5
SSE
11.0
20.4
11.9
0.0
8.6
9.97
455
1.9
38
Cloudy and windy 9th. Clearer skies am 10th
10
11
997.5
13.4
92
7
E
11.0
16.9
12.7
0.6
11.5
0.25
397
1.2
30
Unbroken sunshine 10th. Fog am 11th
11
12
992.6
14.8
77
19
SW
11.0
16.2
8.0
10.7
6.6
0.41
297
1.4
55
Cloudy 11th, rain in evening. Variable cloud am 12th.
12
13
1000.1
11.3
97
4
SE
10.5
15.4
11.2
6.9
10.2
0.00
121
0.6
36
Cloudy 12th, rain pm, windy. Rain 0600h onwards 13th
13
14
1007.5
8.4
88
4
WNW
11.0
11.7
7.6
0.0
6.6
3.68
508
0.8
25
Rain 13th. Overcast am 14th
14
15
1015.5
7.3
83
3
NW
9.5
13.1
3.6
0.0
0.1
7.31
464
1.1
28
Sunny intervals 14th. Clear am 15th
15
16
1009.2
10.3
91
9
SSE
9.5
15.6
5.4
0.0
2.2
2.47
638
1.3
38
Sunny periods 15th. Clear am 16th
16
17
1015.0
9.9
89
12
WSW
10.0
12.4
9.1
0.0
7.6
5.81
480
1.2
27
Sunny intervals 16th. Cloudy evening. Variable cloud am 17th
17
18
1028.8
8.6
87
5
W
9.0
12.9
6.0
0.0
2.6
2.38
638
1.1
18
Sunny periods 17th. Clear then cloudy am 18th
18
19
1020.5
9.3
83
15
WSW
9.0
13.3
6.9
0.0
6.9
2.94
538
1.2
33
Sunny intervals 18th. Variable cloud am 19th
19
20
1024.2
13.3
90
15
SW
10.0
16.0
8.7
0.0
4.5
1.43
452
1.3
31
Sunny intervals 19th, cloudy pm. Variable cloud am 20th. Milder
20
21
1019.6
15.1
91
16
WSW
10.5
15.1
11.3
0.4
11.3
2.09
418
1.3
35
Mainly cloudy 20th. Cloudy and mild am 21st. Milder
21
22
1035.2
8.1
85
11
W
10.0
11.4
6.2
0.0
4.4
5.37
485
1.7
41
Shower am 21st then clearer and colder. Clear am 22nd
22
23
1022.7
10.9
86
22
W
10.0
13.3
8.1
0.0
8.6
5.61
584
1.9
50
Sunny periods 22nd. Windy am 23rd
23
24
1026.0
10.2
89
17
W
10.0
11.4
9.8
0.0
9.2
1.61
418
1.4
40
Sunny periods 23rd. Windy. Winds easing am 24th
24
25
1019.3
10.9
92
12
W
10.0
13.4
9.4
0.0
8.5
1.24
652
1.2
32
Cloudy 24th, windy. Broken cloud am 25th
25
26
1010.0
5.2
82
12
WNW
9.0
7.8
4.6
0.0
3.5
4.42
520
1.1
27
Cloudy 25th. Clear skies and colder am 26th
26
27
1019.7
2.3
75
6
NW
7.5
6.4
1.4
0.3
– 0.6
6.65
378
1.2
21
Sunny periods 26th. Clear skies am 27th
27
28
1028.0
4.1
82
4
WNW
8.0
8.0
2.2
trace
– 0.2
6.86
371
0.8
16
Sunny periods 27th. Clear evening. Cloudy am 28th
28
29
1014.4
2.7
86
8
SSE
6.5
7.4
– 0.3
0.6
– 5.0
8.02
464
0.8
19
Sunny periods 28th. Clear skies am 29th, 1.3 hrs frost
29
30
1002.2
4.7
96
2
SE
6.5
7.8
– 0.1
2.7
– 4.9
4.04
404
0.4
14
Prolonged sunshine 29th. Showers am 30th. 0.7 hrs frost
30
31
1000.5
5.6
91
11
SSW
7.0
8.6
2.9
8.1
– 0.6
2.78
378
1.0
31
Sunshine and showers 30th. Light rain am 31st
31
 
   
Total/
Mean
12.9
7.0
33.0
– 5.0
117.66
673
41.4
55
 
Date
 
Pressure
(mb)
Temp
(°C)
Relative
Humidity
(%)
Wind
Speed (mph)
Wind
Direction
Soil Temp
at 20cm
(°C)
Snow Depth(cm)
or
Pentlands Snow line(ft)
1 Mean Maximum
Temperature
(°C)
2Mean Minimum
Temperature
(°C)
3Total Rainfall
(mm)


4GrassMin
Temperature
lowest
(°C)
5Total Sunshine
(Hours)
Solar
Rad'n highest
( W/m2)
7Total ET
(mm)
6Maximum
Wind Speed
(mph)
 
  0900 GMTreadings
Daily Readings (see notes below)  
   

 

Notes
1. For the 24 hours from 0900UTC* on the date to 0900UTC* on the following day. (The maximum temperature is generally in the afternoon*)
2. For the 24 hours ending at 0900UTC* on the date. (The minimum temperature is generally just after sunrise*)
*Where a maximum is overnight or minimum is during the day the figure is shown in italics. This often occurs in winter
3. For the 24 hours from 0900UTC* on the date to 0900UTC* on following day. SEPA = Scottish Environmental Protection Agency/UKMO 5" diameter gauge
4. For the period from sunset on previous day to 0900UTC* on the date
5.For the period sunrise to sunset on the date
6. For the period 0000UTC*-2400UTC* on the date i.e the Calendar Day
7. Total evapotranspiration on the date (in mm).
* UTC is Universal Time Coordinated. It has been adopted by the UK Met.Office in place of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). When British Summer Time is in force UTC is BST minus one hour ,e.g.1000BST=0900UTC

 

 

 

 

 


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