Monthly Summary: October 2012

With a little more than 1 inch of rain, October was wetter than September, however, the drought has deepened. Normal rain fall in October is a little more than 2 inches.

Temperaturewise, this month was a little below average.

 

All data refer to the time since June 7, 2007, as measured by the UMM weather station. Averages refer to data taken by the Morris Co-op and the USDA Soils Lab.

Oct-12

10-year average

50-year average

90-year average

Temperature

Monthly Mean:

44.9

oF

47.5

oF

46.2

oF

47.1

oF

7.2

oC

8.6

oC

7.9

oC

8.4

oC

Monthly max:

78.1

oF

78.3

oF

79.9

oF

80.4

oF

25.6

oC

25.7

oC

26.6

oC

26.9

oC

Monthly min:

23.4

oF

23.7

oF

20.5

oF

22.0

oF

-4.8

oC

-4.6

oC

-6.4

oC

-5.6

oC

Liquid precipitation

Total:

1.04

in

2.40

in

2.30

in

1.91

in

26.4

mm

61.0

mm

58.4

mm

48.4

mm

Wind gust

max:

46

mph

21

m/s

Solar Radiation:

total month

77.6

kWh/m2

average daily

2.6

kWh/m2

SB, 11/1/12