October 2020 was much cooler and wetter than usual. The average maximum temperature of 12.9°C was 2.1°C under the Usk average for October of 15.0°C.
There were 9 days on which no significant rain was recorded and the total rainfall of 173.2 mm was 37% above the Usk* average for October of 126.3 mm. Over 40% of the rain (74.2 mm) fell on the three days 2nd, 3rd and 4th.
* Usk is the nearest Met Office station for which long term averages (1981-2010) are available.
Day by day data for October are given below:-
MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for OCT. 2020 NAME: Penallt210 CITY: Penallt STATE: ELEV: 210 m LAT: 51° 48' 00" N LONG: 2° 42' 00" W TEMPERATURE (°C), RAIN (mm), WIND SPEED (km/hr) HEAT COOL AVG MEAN DEG DEG WIND DOM DAY TEMP HIGH TIME LOW TIME DAYS DAYS RAIN SPEED HIGH TIME DIR ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 9.8 13.9 14:30 6.2 8:00 8.4 0.0 3.6 0.8 12.9 00:00 SE 2 9.9 11.0 23:30 8.3 1:00 8.3 0.0 22.2 7.9 35.4 9:30 NE 3 10.4 11.3 10:30 8.1 00:00 7.9 0.0 24.2 3.4 25.7 7:30 NE 4 8.8 11.2 14:00 7.6 00:00 9.4 0.0 27.8 1.1 16.1 5:00 ESE 5 10.9 13.9 15:30 7.4 1:30 7.4 0.0 1.0 0.8 14.5 16:00 ESE 6 11.6 14.7 12:30 9.6 7:00 6.7 0.0 2.6 1.6 16.1 13:30 ESE 7 11.2 14.9 15:30 7.6 6:00 7.1 0.0 2.2 1.1 20.9 00:00 SE 8 12.9 15.3 9:30 6.3 00:00 5.4 0.0 3.6 1.9 20.9 6:00 SE 9 8.2 13.1 14:00 4.3 00:00 10.1 0.0 0.8 0.5 11.3 15:00 ESE 10 8.8 13.5 14:00 3.8 0:30 9.5 0.0 0.2 1.0 19.3 13:30 ESE 11 9.9 13.6 14:30 7.2 20:30 8.4 0.0 0.0 0.8 12.9 12:00 NE 12 8.9 10.9 17:00 6.4 23:00 9.4 0.0 1.0 0.6 12.9 12:30 SE 13 8.6 11.7 15:30 6.2 2:00 9.7 0.0 0.6 1.4 17.7 00:00 NE 14 9.9 13.8 15:00 7.9 00:00 8.4 0.0 0.2 4.8 22.5 8:30 NE 15 8.0 12.3 13:30 5.3 8:00 10.3 0.0 0.2 1.9 16.1 12:30 NE 16 8.3 11.2 14:00 6.3 0:30 10.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 11.3 11:30 NE 17 8.9 11.3 15:00 7.3 23:00 9.4 0.0 0.0 1.1 9.7 5:30 NE 18 7.6 11.2 15:00 4.4 5:30 10.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.8 13:00 SE 19 10.4 13.9 13:00 6.3 0:30 7.8 0.0 0.0 3.7 24.1 22:30 SSE 20 13.7 16.6 15:00 10.6 2:00 4.7 0.0 5.0 4.5 25.7 15:00 SE 21 13.3 14.2 16:00 10.6 00:00 5.0 0.0 10.8 1.4 19.3 22:00 SE 22 10.4 12.8 14:00 7.9 22:30 7.9 0.0 0.2 0.8 14.5 1:00 SE 23 9.6 12.7 14:30 4.8 21:00 8.8 0.0 1.2 0.8 16.1 11:00 SE 24 10.5 13.2 12:30 7.1 00:00 7.8 0.0 14.2 3.5 27.4 9:30 SE 25 8.0 11.9 13:00 6.0 1:00 10.3 0.0 6.6 1.3 22.5 2:30 SE 26 8.5 12.8 14:00 5.8 5:00 9.8 0.0 0.8 0.5 12.9 13:00 ESE 27 8.8 12.8 14:30 5.3 1:30 9.4 0.0 5.8 2.1 20.9 12:30 SE 28 7.4 9.0 14:30 6.3 21:00 10.9 0.0 16.8 1.1 17.7 1:30 SE 29 11.2 13.4 15:00 5.8 2:30 7.1 0.0 2.6 2.7 25.7 17:00 SE 30 13.5 15.0 13:00 12.8 18:30 4.8 0.0 3.4 1.9 22.5 6:00 SE 31 11.5 13.8 11:00 8.3 19:30 6.8 0.0 15.6 3.9 33.8 9:00 SE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.0 16.6 20 3.8 10 257.6 0.0 173.2 2.0 35.4 2 SE Max >= 32.0: 0 Max <= 0.0: 0 Min <= 0.0: 0 Min <= -18.0: 0 Max Rain: 27.79 ON 04/10/20 Days of Rain: 26 (> .2 mm) 16 (> 2 mm) 3 (> 20 mm) Heat Base: 18.3 Cool Base: 18.3 Method: Integration