MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for OCT. 2003 NAME: Ferryhill CITY: Ferryhill STATE: Co. Durham ELEV: 394 feet LAT: 54deg 41min N LONG: 1deg 33min W TEMPERATURE (°C), RAIN (mm), WIND SPEED (mph) HEAT COOL AVG MEAN DEG DEG WIND DOM DAY TEMP HIGH TIME LOW TIME DAYS DAYS RAIN SPEED HIGH TIME DIR ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 12.6 15.9 16:00 10.0 8:00 2.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 2 12.7 17.6 16:00 8.8 9:00 3.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 3 12.6 15.8 16:00 9.4 24:00 2.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 4 7.3 10.4 14:00 4.0 24:00 8.2 0.0 3.4 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 5 7.1 12.4 16:00 3.3 4:00 8.4 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 6 9.7 12.3 17:00 7.6 24:00 5.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 7 8.1 11.6 16:00 5.5 24:00 7.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 8 11.2 16.4 15:00 5.6 1:00 4.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 9 13.7 15.9 17:00 10.8 1:00 1.8 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 10 11.9 14.8 1:00 10.0 8:00 3.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 11 10.5 13.4 16:00 7.7 8:00 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 12 11.2 13.9 14:00 9.3 5:00 4.3 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 13 11.3 15.1 16:00 9.4 24:00 4.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 14 10.9 14.6 16:00 8.5 24:00 4.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 15 10.3 13.9 15:00 8.6 5:00 5.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 16 9.8 14.0 15:00 7.2 9:00 5.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 17 9.7 11.6 13:00 7.4 7:00 5.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 18 10.3 11.4 14:00 9.3 24:00 5.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 19 8.2 9.3 1:00 6.7 24:00 7.3 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 20 4.9 6.7 1:00 3.4 24:00 10.6 0.0 7.2 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 21 4.1 7.1 16:00 2.4 8:00 11.4 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 22 4.0 6.1 16:00 1.3 4:00 11.5 0.0 9.4 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 23 5.1 6.8 13:00 3.8 22:00 10.4 0.0 6.8 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 24 5.4 7.5 15:00 3.7 8:00 10.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 25 6.3 9.9 14:00 4.4 3:00 9.2 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 26 5.6 8.3 15:00 3.3 6:00 9.9 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 27 7.2 12.1 16:00 3.5 9:00 8.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 28 8.5 11.3 15:00 5.7 4:00 7.0 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 29 6.9 8.7 15:00 5.3 23:00 8.6 0.0 2.2 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 30 6.0 8.9 15:00 3.3 9:00 9.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- 31 7.4 8.2 7:00 5.6 1:00 8.1 0.0 9.4 0.0 0.0 1:00 --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.7 17.6 2 1.3 22 210.3 0.3 45.6 0.0 0.0 1 --- (-0.8) (80%) Max >= 32.0: 0 Max <= 0.0: 0 Min <= 0.0: 0 Min <= -18.0: 0 Max Rain: 9.40 ON 22/10/03 Days of Rain: 13 (> .2 mm) 6 (> 2 mm) 0 (> 20 mm) Heat Base: 15.5 Cool Base: 15.5 Method: Integration Dry, cool, and sunny, with winds mainly from the N and E. The coolest October for 10 years. Although there were some warm months in the first half of the month, the second half was cool, with some sharp night frosts. 22.1C was recorded at Staunton Sands (Devon) on the 2nd, and -6.9C at Shap on the 22nd. Many areas had no rain until the 28th. Sunshine was 31% above average. There were superb auroral displays on the 29th and 30th.