September 2010

The Barle Valley near Simonsbath, Exmoor on a warm and sunny September day.
The Barle Valley near Simonsbath, Exmoor on a warm and sunny September day.
Summary for  September 2010
Mean Max: 19.2ºC (+0.7ºC)
Mean Min: 9.6ºC (-0.3ºC)
Mean: 14.4ºC (+0.2ºC)
     
High Max: 23.1ºC 2nd
Low Max: 14.4ºC 24th
High Min: 16.7ºC 6th
Low Min: 0.2ºC 26th
Mean Grass Min: 7.2ºC  
Grass Min: -1.7ºC 26th
     
Rain Total (gauge): 63.4 mm  
Rain Total (tipping bucket): 63.4 mm (155%)
Rain Days >0.2 mm: 10 Days  
Rain Days >1.0 mm: 6 Days  
Max 24 hrs: 32.8 mm 23rd
Days without any rain: 20  
     
Air Frost: 0 Days  
Ground Frost: 1 Days  
Snow Falling: 0 Days  
Snow (50%) @ 9am: 0 Days  
Thunder Heard: 1 Days  
Hail <5 mm: 0 Days  
Hail >5 mm: 0 Days  
Fog @ 9am: 0 Days  
     
Total Monthly Sunshine: 192h:37m  
Total Monthly Sunshine: 192.6 Hours  
Most Sunshine in a Day: 12h:21m 1st
Average Daily Sunshine: 06h:25m  
Sunless Days: 1 Days  
Cloudless Days: 14 Days  
Total Possible Sunshine: 378h:41m  
Percentage of Total Sun: 51%  
     
Mean Soil Temp @ 30 cm: 14.2ºC  
Min Soil Temp @ 30 cm: 12.3ºC 26th
Max Soil Temp @ 30 cm: 15.4ºC 6th
Mean Soil Temp @ 100 cm: 14.5ºC  
Min Soil Temp @ 100 cm: 13.5ºC 29th
Max Soil Temp @ 100 cm: 14.9ºC 1st
     
Mean 10 Min Wind >39 mph: 0.00 Days  
N: 1.92 Days  
NE: 2.63 Days  
E: 3.49 Days  
SE: 5.05 Days  
S: 3.27 Days  
SW: 2.94 Days  
W: 6.67 Days  
NW: 4.04 Days  
Calm: 1.00 Days  
Mean Wind: 2.4 mph  
Max Gust: 29 mph 6th
     
Mean Cloud Cover: 58%  
Mean RH @ 9am: 90%  
Rain Duration >0.1mm/hour: 22.5 Hours  
Frost Duration: 0.0 Hours  
Max Frost Duration in a Day: 0.0 Hours  
     
Mean Sea Temperature: 17.0ºC  
Normal for Month:    
Max Sea Temperature: 17.7ºC 12th
Min Sea Temperature: 16.2ºC 30th
     
Mean Pressure @ 9am: 1015.4 hPa (-1.9 hPa)
Mean Pressure: 1015.3 hPa (-2.0 hPa)
Max Pressure: 1028.6 hPa 13th
Min Pressure: 998.5 hPa 7th
     
Max Dewpoint: 16.1ºC 10th
Min Dewpoint: -2.2ºC 26th
Mean Dewpoint: 9.6ºC  
     
Max Humidity: 92% 2nd
Min Humidity: 47% 17th
Mean Humidity: 77% (+1)

 

A generally settled, warm and quite sunny month.

Temperatures were above normal by day but due to a run of cold nights at the end of the month, the average minimum temperatures ended up below average.

There was one very wet day on the 23rd when 32.8 mm of rain fell.
There was an unusual (for September) grass frost on the 26th.
Sunshine amounts were slightly above normal with the last week being particularly sunny.
Soil temperatures were around normal through most of the month but ended up rather below average due to a few cold nights at the end of the month.
Winds were dominant from the west sectors, though there were frequent sea breezes from the SSE.
Rainfall duration was just 22.5 hours.
Sea temperatures fell slightly throughout the month, mainly due to run of quite cool nights.
Mean pressure was below average.
Dewpoints were below average.
The RH ended up being slightly above normal.
Weather Data for Otter Valley, Devon.  September 2010  
  Temp (oC) Hum (RH%) Dewpoint (oC) Wind (mph) Rain Pressure (hPa) Grass Sun  
  Min Max Ave Min Max Ave Min Max Ave Max Ave Run mm Min Max Ave Min Hours Observations
1 9.6 22.9 16.3 54 91 73 7.0 13.7 10.4 13 1.5 0 0.0 1019 1023 1021 7.1 12.4 Sunny all day
2 8.1 23.1 15.6 55 92 74 5.4 14.1 9.8 12 1.4 0 0.0 1019 1023 1021 5.5 11.8 Sunny all day
3 10.6 22.8 16.7 56 92 74 7.1 14.3 10.7 14 1.7 0 0.0 1019 1021 1020 7.3 10.5 Sunny all day
4 11.3 21.2 16.3 61 91 76 8.1 15.1 11.6 17 1.8 0 0.0 1018 1020 1019 10.4 6.6 Sunny ints all day
5 15.1 21.2 18.2 66 90 78 9.6 15.4 12.5 21 5.2 0 3.5 1012 1019 1015 13.7 6.4  
6 16.7 19.1 17.9 72 91 82 12.0 14.6 13.3 29 8.1 0 12.3 1000 1013 1006 7.7 2.6  
7 9.3 20.1 14.7 64 92 78 7.3 13.7 10.5 19 2.3 0 0.4 999 1001 1000 7.7 10.6 Sunny all day
8 8.7 20.7 14.7 66 92 79 6.7 14.7 10.7 10 0.5 0 5.7 1001 1007 1004 8.4 8.6 Sunny ints all day
9 10.8 21.5 16.2 56 92 74 8.8 14.1 11.5 17 2.0 0 0.0 1008 1019 1014 8.4 10.6 Sunny all day
10 14.7 21.2 18.0 73 89 81 9.7 16.1 12.9 22 2.8 0 0.0 1016 1020 1018 14.5 1.0  
11 15.2 21.6 18.4 59 91 75 11.1 14.9 13.0 22 3.4 0 0.9 1012 1017 1015 5.5 6.8  
12 8.1 20.4 14.3 53 92 73 5.8 11.9 8.9 18 3.0 0 0.0 1018 1028 1023 5.2 11.7 Sunny all day
13 9.1 18.5 13.8 69 90 80 5.9 13.1 9.5 16 1.3 0 0.0 1024 1029 1026 13.9 2.2 Sunny ints am, cloudy pm
14 15.0 19.2 17.1 78 89 84 11.4 15.7 13.6 25 4.4 0 1.8 1015 1024 1020 10.7 0.0 Cloudy all day
15 7.6 17.4 12.5 55 91 73 4.8 11.0 7.9 27 4.3 0 0.0 1013 1017 1015 6.7 7.4 Sunny intervals all day
16 11.8 16.8 14.3 63 87 75 7.0 10.7 8.9 17 3.9 0 0.0 1013 1015 1014 2.8 3.3 Sunny intervals all day
17 3.6 18.4 11.0 47 91 69 1.3 10.0 5.7 19 2.2 0 0.0 1015 1020 1018 1.5 7.5 Sunny intervals all day
18 2.2 16.9 9.6 59 91 75 -0.5 9.5 4.5 0 0.4 0 0.0 1019 1022 1021 0.4 8.7 Sunny intervals all day
19 5.8 18.5 12.2 69 91 80 3.2 12.5 7.9 20 2.2 0 0.0 1014 1020 1017 12.3 4.6 Sunny ints am, cloudy pm
20 13.3 22.5 17.9 53 89 71 9.9 13.1 11.5 10 1.4 0 0.0 1012 1016 1014 7.6 9.1 Sunny intervals all day
21 8.6 21.8 15.2 62 92 77 6.0 14.7 10.4 13 1.6 0 0.0 1016 1019 1018 8.6 8.4 Sunny intervals all day
22 12.1 21.1 16.6 68 92 80 9.7 15.1 12.4 15 1.4 0 0.4 1013 1018 1015 12.2 5.4 Sunny am, cloudy pm
23 12.0 18.1 15.1 72 92 82 9.8 14.3 12.1 12 1.0 0 32.8 1004 1013 1008 6.7 2.4 Sunny intervals all day
24 10.1 14.4 12.3 72 92 82 6.4 11.0 8.7 20 3.2 0 0.0 1003 1015 1009 1.6 1.2 Sunny ints am, cloudy pm
25 3.8 15.3 9.6 55 89 72 1.4 7.0 4.2 20 2.0 0 0.0 1015 1019 1017 -1.7 10.2 Sunny intervals all day
26 0.2 16.4 8.3 50 91 71 -2.2 6.5 2.2 17 2.3 0 0.0 1015 1019 1017 5.5 11.3 Sunny all day
27 6.4 14.4 10.4 75 89 82 3.5 10.4 7.0 15 1.1 0 0.0 1013 1015 1014 5.7 1.2 Brief sunny intervals all day
28 7.7 16.6 12.2 74 91 83 5.2 13.2 9.2 15 1.4 0 0.7 1015 1017 1016 4.8 2.1 Sunny am, cloudy pm
29 14.1 16.4 15.3 67 92 80 6.4 13.2 9.8 20 4.6 0 4.8 1013 1016 1015 3.5 3.7 Rain am, sunny intervals pm
30 5.1 16.7 10.9 76 92 84 2.9 12.9 7.9 0 0.1 0 0.0 1010 1017 1013 12.7 4.5 Sunny am, cloudy pm
9.6 19.2 14.4 63 91 77 6.4 12.9 9.6 18 2.4 0 63.4 1013 1018 1015 7.2 192.6  

Graphs for September 2010

Figure 1. Temperature and Rainfall for September 2010.
Figure 2. Sunshine, air pressure and mean wind speed for September 2010.
Figure 3. Wind direction for September 2010.
Figure 4. Soil & sea surface temperature (SST) for Lyme Bay for September 2010.