The daily weather log
Like August, September had no extremes. Many days had normal temperatures, especially late in the month, and many others were cool. Nights varied, with two frosts, but most were warm.
Rain fell on 11 days, a September record number for the decade. The highest reading was 22.2 mm on the 10th. A reading of 12.6 mm was due to a brief afternoon shower on the 27th.
Comparing September months
The mean daily temperature (14.9°) was normal, but days (21.5°) were only 13.3° warmer than nights (8.2°). Usually, September has the highest daily temperature range of the year: 16.9°.
Along with cool days and warm nights, there were more cloudy mornings (57%) than in any September on this record. Very high humidity made the mean early morning Dew Point (7.3°) nearly two degrees higher than normal.
The rainfall of 59.3 mm is in the 76th percentile for September, well above the long-term average of 41 mm. Totals for two, three, and four months are now all above the median. The thirty-year total has now reached the median value, after three years below it.
Data. Rainfall data is from Manilla Post Office, courtesy of Phil Pinch. Temperatures, including subsoil at 750 mm, and other data are from 3 Monash Street, Manilla.
