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March 2011 still cloudy

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The daily weather logWeather log March 2011.

There were two warm spells and two cool spells in March, with no extreme temperatures.
Many mornings were very cloudy: fourteen had 7/8 or 8/8 cloud. In twelve years only six months have had so many. (Last December had sixteen.)
The highest rainfall reading was 17.4 mm on the 18th. In ten rain-days (twice the usual number) the total was 42.0 mm. No rain fell after the 20th.

 Comparing March monthsClimate March 2011.

The mean maximum temperature was a little low and the mean minimum temperature high, making the daily temperature range nearly two degrees narrower than average. Related to this, cloudy mornings (>4/8 cloud) reached a record 61%, equal with June 2010 .
The rainfall of 42 mm is in the 54th percentile for March. While below the long-term average (53 mm), it is far above the most common March total of 11 mm. Rainfall totals for groups of months remain high: above the 70th percentile for all periods up to 15 months.

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.

 

Warm February 2011 with a very wet day

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The daily weather logWeather log February 2011.

Several Mondays and Tuesdays this month were cool, while most other days were warm. Nights in the first week were warm, lifting the seven-day average. Three nights in the last week were very cool, at a time of very dry air.
Rain on the 7th (15.4 mm) ended a three-week dry spell, but really heavy rain was recorded on the 14th. That reading of 74.2 mm was the 29th heaviest daily fall in more than a century.

 Comparing February monthsClimate February 2011.

Mean maximum, mean, and minimum temperatures and mean soil temperature were all about a degree above average. The mean Dew Point was average, and cloudiness high (54%).
The rainfall of 102.6 mm is in the 77th percentile for February, far above the long-term average of 67 mm. Rainfall totals for groups of months are very high: above the 70th percentile for all periods up to 15 months, and above the 90th percentile for periods of 4-, 5-, and 6-months.

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.

 

January 2011 cool then hot

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The daily weather logWeather log January 2011.

In the first part of January cool wet weather continued. On the 5th the temperature reached only 24.4°, and the 11th had 23.4 mm of rain. Suddenly the rain stopped and temperatures became normal. The last week was dry and hot, with the maximum of 42.0° on the 26th making it the second hottest day this century. By month’s end there had been eighteen days without 5 mm of rain.

 Comparing January monthsClimate January 2011.

This month broke the year-long tendency to a cooler, moister climate in Manilla. Mean maximum, mean, and minimum temperatures and mean soil temperature were all near average. The mean Dew Point remained a little high, and cloudiness was a January record 48%.
The rainfall of 53.8 mm is in the 35th percentile for January, far below the long-term average of 87 mm. However, moisture in the landscape must be close to normal. Rainfall totals for groups of months (up to 360 months) now include no extremes, either above the 90th percentile or below the 25th percentile.

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.

 

Cloudy December 2010; cloudy year

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The daily weather log

Weather log December 2010

December moved further into the cool, cloudy, humid and wet part of the climate cycle that Dorothea Mackellar called “Flooding Rains”. Nearly all days were cooler than normal, the 19th by as much as 12°. Some nights were also cool, the 21st being 10° below normal.
The highest rainfall reading of 26.4 mm came early in the month. The total of 113.8 mm came in 15 rain days. In 126 years, only six months have had more than 15 rain days. No month ever had more than the 18 rain days of June 1950.

Comparing December months

Climate December 2010

Both the mean daily maximum temperature (28.1°) and the mean daily mean temperature (22.2°) were the lowest for December on this 12-year record. The mean daily temperature range (11.7°) was also a record low value. The mean subsoil temperature (22.7°) was the lowest December value since 1999.
There were 58% cloudy mornings, nearly twice the normal percentage..
The rainfall of 113.8 mm is in the 82nd percentile for December, far above the long-term average of 74 mm. Totals for groups of 2-, 3-, and 4-months are now all above the 90th percentile.

The year 2010

The rainfall for the year was 719 mm. This is well above average, in the 64th percentile, but the years 2004, 2007, and 2008 were just as wet. Most remarkable is that the number of rain days in the year, 112, was the highest ever. The average year has 69 rain days, and the year with the fewest rain days (38) was 1898.
The year was by far the cloudiest in 12 years: half the mornings were cloudy, when normally only one-third of them are. Every month was cloudier than usual.
With the cloud came remarkably even temperatures. Taking average values, the daily maximum temperature (24.6°) was a degree cooler than usual, the daily minimum temperature (11.3°) was a degree warmer than usual, and the daily range of temperature (13.3°) was two degrees narrower than usual.

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.

November 2010: more cool, cloudy, wet weather

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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.