3-year trends to November 2010

Parametric plots of smoothed climate variables at Manilla
“Near a “flooding rains” peak?”

Trends to November 2010

Data points for climate anomalies in the autumn months (MAM) of 2010 are now fully smoothed.

  • In autumn 2010 the smoothed maximum temperature anomaly fell much faster than it had risen in the previous autumn (clearer on the second and fourth graphs). Partially smoothed later values suggest that an extreme negative temperature anomaly came in October 2010.
  • Rainfall anomalies are plotted (inverted) on the y-axis of the first graph. Fully-smoothed autumn values rose with falling maximum temperature, but remained negative. Later values generally rose rapidly to an extreme positive raw value of +38 mm in November.
  • During autumn of 2010 the anomaly of percent cloudy days rose to a new record for fully-smoothed values. It continued to rise to an apparent extreme in October 2010.
  • Early morning dew point was positive and rising in autumn. It seems to have peaked at less than a record value in September 2010.
  • The anomaly of daily temperature range fell during autumn to a new negative record for smoothed data. It continued to fall to an apparent negative peak in September 2010.
  • In autumn daily minimum anomalies fell little below the peak of December 2009. Later they traced an arc through the “Equable” zone of the graph, ending near zero.
  • The autumn subsoil temperature anomaly was near zero and scarcely falling. It then accelerated downwards to an apparent extreme in October 2010.

Note:
Fully smoothed data – Gaussian smoothing with half-width 6 months – are plotted in red, partly smoothed data uncoloured, and raw data for the last data point in orange. January data points are marked by squares.
Blue diamonds and the dashed blue rectangle show the extreme values in the fully smoothed data record since September 1999.

November 2010: more cool, cloudy, wet weather

The daily weather log

Weather log November 2010 Manilla

As in October, November’s days were very cool: only 5 days went above 30°.
Rain fell on 11 days. The highest reading was 21.0 mm on the 12th.

Comparing November months

Climate November 2010 Manilla

The mean daily maximum temperature (26.5°) was the lowest for November on this 12-year record. The mean daily temperature range (12.4°) was (with November 2008) a record low value.
Mean subsoil temperature (20.4°) was the lowest since November 1999. The month ended with subsoil temperature (then 22.2°) trailing only 10 days later than its usual date. It had begun the month 22 days late.
There were more cloudy mornings (53%) than in any November on this record.
The rainfall of 105.4 mm is in the 84th percentile for November, far above the long-term average of 67 mm. Totals for groups of months up to 15 months are now all above the median, as is the thirty-year total.


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.

3-year trends to October 2010

Parametric plots of smoothed climate variables at Manilla
“More Flooding Rains”

Trends to October 2010

The October 2010 data, marked with orange diamonds, are again in the “Flooding Rains” area in the bottom left corner of five of the six graphs. Anomaly values of rainfall, cloudy days, Dew Point, temperature range and subsoil temperature are extreme. The Minimum temperature anomaly is now near zero but falling rapidly.

Note:
Fully smoothed data – Gaussian smoothing with half-width 6 months – are plotted in red, partly smoothed data uncoloured, and raw data for the last data point in orange. January data points are marked by squares.
Blue diamonds and the dashed blue rectangle show the extreme values in the fully smoothed data record since September 1999.

Cool, cloudy, wet October 2010

The daily weather logWeather log October 2010 Manilla

 

October days were very cool: no days went above 30°, when usually seven days do, and the 16th, at 14.2°, was 13° below normal. The following night (the only frost) was 10° below normal. A day earlier, overcast skies brought an extremely narrow daily temperature range (2.3°) on the 15th.
Rain fell on 8 days. The highest reading was 20.4 mm on the 4th.

Comparing October monthsClimate October 2010 Manilla

 

The mean daily maximum temperature (24.2°) was the lowest for October on this 12-year record. The mean daily mean temperature (17.7°) was low, but the mean daily minimum temperature (11.2°) was normal. The mean daily temperature range (13.1°) was a record low value.
Mean subsoil temperature was remarkably low: 17.4° against a 12-year October mean of 19.4°. The month ended with subsoil temperature (then 18.8°) trailing 22 days later than its usual date.
There were more cloudy mornings (58%) than in any October on this record. The mean early morning Dew Point (9.6°) was also high.
The rainfall of 85.4 mm is in the 80th percentile for October, far above the long-term average of 58 mm. Totals for groups of months up to six months are now all above the median, as is the thirty-year total.


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.

3-year trends to September 2010

Parametric plots of smoothed climate variables at Manilla
“Flooding Rains”

Trends to September 2010

The September 2010 data, marked with orange diamonds, are in the “Flooding Rains” area in the bottom left corner of five of the six graphs. Anomaly values of rainfall, cloudy days, Dew Point, temperature range and subsoil temperature are extreme. The Minimum temperature anomaly has remained very high for a year.

Note:
Fully smoothed data – Gaussian smoothing with half-width 6 months – are plotted in red, partly smoothed data uncoloured, and raw data for the last data point in orange. January data points are marked by squares.
Blue diamonds and the dashed blue rectangle show the extreme values in the fully smoothed data record since September 1999.