MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for OCT. 2004 NAME: Ferryhill CITY: Ferryhill STATE: Co. Durham ELEV: 394 ft LAT: 54° 41' 00" N LONG: 1° 33' 00" 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 11.3 14.3 15:00 7.7 9:00 4.2 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 2 10.7 13.8 15:00 8.9 00:00 4.8 0.0 2.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- 3 10.7 12.9 15:00 8.1 4:00 4.8 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- 4 11.3 14.6 5:00 8.3 23:00 4.2 0.0 5.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 5 10.8 14.2 14:00 8.1 1:00 4.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 6 9.8 11.9 13:00 8.4 7:00 5.7 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 7 10.4 14.1 16:00 6.8 7:00 4.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 8 9.4 11.2 14:00 7.2 9:00 6.0 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 9 8.6 10.8 13:00 7.0 5:00 7.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 10 9.9 11.3 15:00 8.6 7:00 5.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 11 10.3 12.3 15:00 8.6 8:00 5.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 12 10.4 11.7 00:00 9.1 9:00 5.1 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- 13 11.2 12.9 17:00 8.8 9:00 4.3 0.0 12.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 14 8.9 11.1 17:00 6.8 8:00 6.6 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 15 7.5 9.6 21:00 4.8 9:00 8.0 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- 16 8.5 9.8 13:00 7.2 21:00 6.7 0.0 9.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 17 8.7 11.0 14:00 7.8 1:00 6.8 0.0 8.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 18 8.6 12.4 16:00 6.5 23:00 7.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 19 7.1 9.4 18:00 4.2 8:00 8.4 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 20 8.7 10.6 00:00 6.5 8:00 6.5 0.0 9.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 21 9.0 12.6 4:00 6.6 7:00 6.5 0.0 11.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 22 9.3 10.8 14:00 7.8 1:00 6.1 0.0 8.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 23 9.4 11.4 3:00 7.1 9:00 6.1 0.0 6.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 24 11.2 15.2 15:00 9.3 00:00 4.3 0.0 11.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 25 10.6 13.4 14:00 8.5 8:00 4.9 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 26 8.2 10.9 15:00 5.8 00:00 7.3 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 27 7.8 10.7 16:00 4.1 9:00 7.7 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 28 10.8 13.5 16:00 9.5 3:00 4.7 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 29 10.7 11.3 17:00 9.6 10:00 4.8 0.0 8.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 30 10.9 12.0 16:00 9.8 00:00 4.6 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 31 9.8 11.7 14:00 7.0 9:00 4.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.7 15.2 24 4.1 27 178.2 0.0 106.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- (+0.2) (187%) Max >= 32.0: 0 Max <= 0.0: 0 Min <= 0.0: 0 Min <= -18.0: 0 Max Rain: 11.99 ON 13/10/04 Days of Rain: 25 (> .2 mm) 12 (> 2 mm) 0 (> 20 mm) Heat Base: 15.5 Cool Base: 15.5 Method: Integration Very wet - the England and Wales average of 144 mm was 51% above average. It was particularly wet in North Wales and eastern Scotland, and it was the wettest October on record in Leuchars (Fife). Temperatures were about average in the south, although Scotland was on the cool side. The highest reading of the month was 19C at Gravesend on the 24th - this is the lowest high October maximum since 1974. Apart from the far SW, it was mostly dull overall, in spite of a sunny, dryish interlude 5-11th. Aviemore had its dullest October since 1974.