September 2020

Our beach - Jacob's Ladder just west of Sidmouth with its lovely orange-red Triassic sandstone cliffs and sand

Summer lasted through until the 23rd with dry, warm and sunny weather then much cooler and unsettled with rain. Overall September was drier, sunnier and slightly cooler than normal. Driest September since 2014 (9.8 mm), sunniest since 2015 (225.4 hours) and coolest since 2017 (14.7°C).

Summary for September 2020
Mean Max: 20.4ºC (+1.3ºC)
Mean Min: 9.1ºC (-1.8ºC)
Mean: 14.8ºC (-0.2ºC)
High Max: 26.6ºC 16th
Low Max: 14.9ºC 24th
High Min: 16.3ºC 3rd 
Low Min: 2.8ºC 28th
Mean Grass Min: 6.0ºC  
Grass Min: 0.0ºC 26th
Days  >25°C 2 Days  
Days >20°C 18 Days  
Nights  >15°C 2 Days  
Nights  <10°C 17 Days  
Rain Total (gauge): 26.0 mm (46%)
Rain Total (tipping bucket): 27.4 mm (48%)
Rain Days >0.2 mm: 6 Days  
Rain Days >1.0 mm: 4 Days  
Max 24 hrs: 11.4 mm 30th
Days without any rain: 24  
Air Frost: 0 Days  
Grass Frost: 0 Days  
Snow Falling: 0 Days  
Snow (50%) @ 9am: 0 Days  
Ice Days: 0 Days  
Thunder Heard: 0 Days  
Hail <5 mm: 0 Days  
Hail >5 mm: 0 Days  
Fog @ 9am: 0 Days  
Total Monthly Sunshine: 207.5 Hours (119%)
Most Sunshine in a Day: 12.6 Hours 1st
Average Daily Sunshine: 6.9 Hours  
Sunless Days: 0 Days  
Cloudless Days: 0 Days  
Total Possible Sunshine: 377.5 Hours  
Percentage of Total Sun: 55%  
Average Sunny Interval: 21.2 mins
Maximum UV Index: 6.8 2nd 
Mean Soil Temp @ 10 cm: 15.6ºC  
Min Soil Temp @ 10 cm: 12.7ºC 27th
Max Soil Temp @ 10 cm: 17.1ºC 9th
Mean Soil Temp @ 30 cm: 15.9ºC  
Min Soil Temp @ 30 cm: 13.4ºC 28th
Max Soil Temp @ 30 cm: 16.9ºC 4th
Mean Soil Temp @ 100 cm: 15.9ºC  
Min Soil Temp @ 100 cm: 15.0ºC 28th
Max Soil Temp @ 100 cm: 16.7ºC 1st
Ave 10 Min Wind >39 mph: 0.00 Days  
N: 8.09 Days 26%
NE: 2.99 Days 10%
E: 0.88 Days 3%
SE: 0.42 Days 1%
S: 2.44 Days 8%
SW: 3.23 Days 10%
W: 0.95 Days 3%
NW: 4.03 Days 13%
Calm: 6.97 Days 22%
Wind Chill Low: 2.5ºC 28th
Mean Wind: 2.6 mph  
Max Gust: 32 mph 30th
Mean Cloud Cover: 45%  
Mean RH @ 9am: 94%  
Rain >0.1mm/hour: 6.3 Hours  
Frost Duration: 0.0 Hours  
Air Frost in a Day: 0.0 Hours  
Mean Sea Temperature: 17.2ºC (+0.1ºC)
Normal for Month: 17.1ºC  
Max Sea Temperature: 19.2ºC 16th
Min Sea Temperature: 15.4ºC 29th
Mean Pressure @ 9am: 1017.6 hPa  
Mean Pressure: 1017.2 hPa  
Max Pressure: 1027.2 hPa 17th
Min Pressure: 990.5 hPa 24th
Max Change in 24 hours: 22.8 hPa 25th
Radiation Daily Mean: 12.73 MJ/m²  
Max Daily Value: 22.17 MJ/m² 1st
Min Daily Value: 2.70 MJ/m² 30th
Number of Days with Data: 30 Days  
1-Hour Maximum: 758 W/m² 5th
Starting Time of the Hour:   13:00
Max Dewpoint: 20.2ºC 3rd 
Min Dewpoint: 1.9ºC 28th
Mean Dewpoint: 11.6ºC  
Max Humidity: 98% 2nd 
Min Humidity: 48% 1st
Mean Humidity: 82%  
 
Weather Data for Otter Valley, Devon. September 2020
  Temp oC Grass Hum (%) Soil oC (cm) Soil DP (oC) Wind (mph) Rain Air (hPa) W/m² UV Sun Frost Sea Observations
  Min Max Min Min Max 10 30 100 (cb) Min Max Max Ave Run mm Min Max Max Max Hours Hours Temp
1 6.6 21.5 5.0 48 97 16.2 16.4 16.7 0.0 5.9 13.5 14 1.7 40 0.0 1019 1021 727 5.3 12.6 0.0 17.6 Sunny all day
2 6.4 20.0 5.0 77 98 15.9 16.3 16.2 0.0 5.7 17.0 22 3.2 77 0.0 1017 1020 601 6.8 4.9 0.0 17.4 Sunny intervals all day
3 16.3 22.9 10.0 75 96 17.1 16.7 16.1 0.0 11.9 20.2 17 4.7 112 0.0 1014 1020 517 6.3 3.9 0.0 17.4 Sunny intervals all day
4 8.6 20.4 6.1 67 98 16.7 16.9 16.1 0.0 7.7 14.6 13 1.5 36 0.0 1019 1023 868 6.0 3.1 0.0 17.3 Sunny intervals all day
5 7.0 19.5 5.0 57 98 16.2 16.5 16.1 0.0 6.1 12.7 19 2.4 57 0.0 1022 1024 854 5.8 8.9 0.0 17.0 Sunny intervals all day
6 11.1 18.7 7.8 77 97 16.1 16.2 16.1 0.0 9.9 16.7 12 1.1 28 4.4 1021 1023 907 6.0 6.7 0.0 17.0 Sunny intervals all day
7 8.4 18.8 6.7 80 98 15.9 16.2 16.1 0.0 7.7 16.9 13 1.5 35 0.4 1023 1025 693 4.6 5.9 0.0 17.0 Sunny intervals all day
8 14.4 23.2 11.7 80 95 16.7 16.3 16.1 0.0 13.2 19.8 9 1.4 32 0.0 1025 1027 566 5.9 6.4 0.0 17.7 Sunny intervals all day
9 12.8 21.2 8.3 77 97 17.1 16.7 16.1 0.0 11.5 18.4 14 2.0 47 0.0 1023 1026 446 4.7 2.5 0.0 17.5 Sunny intervals all day
10 6.1 20.0 4.4 60 98 16.3 16.6 16.1 0.0 5.4 13.8 9 1.1 27 0.0 1020 1026 870 5.4 6.3 0.0 17.3 Sunny intervals all day
11 5.4 16.9 3.3 73 98 15.8 16.3 16.1 0.0 4.7 12.9 12 1.6 37 0.0 1017 1021 363 3.0 1.1 0.0 16.9 Brief sunny intervals
12 8.8 20.4 6.1 73 98 15.9 16.1 16.1 0.0 7.9 16.7 16 2.2 52 0.0 1017 1023 678 5.6 9.5 0.0 17.2 Sunny intervals all day
13 7.0 21.6 5.0 74 98 15.7 16.1 16.1 0.0 6.3 17.6 13 1.3 32 0.0 1022 1024 781 5.2 11.7 0.0 17.3 Sunny all day
14 8.3 25.0 6.7 57 98 15.7 16.0 16.1 0.0 7.5 17.7 11 1.3 30 0.0 1017 1023 590 4.6 12.1 0.0 17.9 Sunny all day
15 12.5 24.9 9.4 69 96 16.2 16.1 16.0 0.0 11.4 19.6 11 1.7 40 0.0 1016 1021 617 4.3 6.2 0.0 17.8 Sunny intervals all day
16 15.9 26.6 12.8 60 97 17.1 16.5 15.6 0.0 15.0 19.8 12 2.6 63 0.0 1021 1024 533 4.0 8.4 0.0 17.9 Sunny intervals all day
17 13.4 23.1 9.4 51 95 16.9 16.7 15.8 0.0 11.6 15.8 14 2.5 60 0.0 1023 1027 548 4.6 11.9 0.0 17.6 Sunny all day
18 10.8 22.7 7.2 52 94 16.1 16.4 16.1 0.0 8.9 14.0 15 2.7 66 0.0 1017 1024 585 4.7 9.3 0.0 17.4 Sunny intervals all day
19 12.6 24.1 10.6 58 90 16.1 16.1 16.1 0.0 9.6 16.3 23 4.6 111 0.0 1013 1018 653 4.8 5.8 0.0 17.3 Sunny intervals all day
20 13.9 24.4 11.7 60 90 16.6 16.2 16.1 0.0 11.9 17.3 16 4.4 105 0.0 1015 1018 594 4.4 9.8 0.0 17.5 Sunny intervals all day
21 10.4 23.8 7.8 61 97 16.3 16.4 16.1 0.9 9.5 17.2 13 2.0 49 0.0 1015 1018 526 4.5 11.7 0.0 17.7 Sunny all day
22 8.1 18.5 5.6 87 98 15.8 16.1 16.1 2.0 7.3 16.7 16 2.4 58 0.0 1006 1016 401 2.9 1.5 0.0 17.5 Brief sunny intervals
23 14.1 16.3 5.0 73 97 16.1 16.1 16.1 3.0 7.8 14.9 20 2.2 52 6.4 1000 1006 450 3.9 1.9 0.0 17.3 Rain am, sunny ints pm
24 6.2 14.9 2.8 62 97 14.9 15.8 15.6 3.1 5.3 10.8 28 5.0 121 4.2 991 1002 680 3.7 5.9 0.0 17.1 Sunshine and showers
25 4.3 16.4 1.1 57 97 14.0 15.1 15.6 2.2 3.5 9.0 31 5.6 134 0.0 991 1014 744 3.8 9.5 0.0 16.7 Sunny intervals all day
26 3.2 16.0 0.0 49 97 13.2 14.2 15.6 0.4 2.3 7.5 20 2.9 70 0.0 1014 1017 611 4.1 11.3 0.0 16.5 Sunny all day
27 4.0 18.6 0.0 52 97 12.7 13.7 15.5 1.7 3.0 10.2 22 3.6 85 0.0 1015 1017 558 3.9 11.3 0.0 16.1 Sunny all day
28 2.8 17.9 0.0 83 97 12.8 13.4 15.0 2.0 1.9 16.2 9 0.6 15 0.6 1013 1016 582 3.5 2.3 0.0 15.9 Sunny ints am, light rain pm
29 10.1 20.1 4.4 61 98 13.7 13.9 15.0 3.2 6.6 15.1 9 0.8 21 0.0 1014 1017 677 3.9 4.8 0.0 16.0 Sunny intervals all day
30 4.8 15.0 2.2 90 98 13.4 13.9 15.0 3.0 4.0 14.5 32 6.5 144 11.4 1001 1015 129 1.5 0.7 0.0 16.1 Rain am, brief sunny ints pm
9.1 20.4 6.0 67 97 15.6 15.9 15.9 0.7 7.7 15.4 16 2.6 1838 27.4 1015 1020 612 4.6 207.5 0.0 17.2  
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