MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for OCT. 2003 NAME: Charleswood CITY: Winnipeg STATE: MB, CANADA ELEV: 235 m LAT: 49° 51' 00" N LONG: 97° 16' 00" W TEMPERATURE (°C), RAIN (mm), SNOW (cm), SOG (cm), WIND SPEED (km/h) HEAT AVG MEAN DEG WIND DOM DAY TEMP HIGH TIME LOW TIME DAYS RAIN SNOW SPEED HIGH TIME DIR SOG ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 0.8 8.2 4:45p -6.7 7:00a 17.5 0.0 0.0 0.8 16.1 2:15p SSW 2 6.8 14.4 4:30p -0.9 5:30a 11.5 0.0 0.0 4.5 27.4 1:45p SSW 3 9.8 14.0 2:45p 5.7 7:30a 8.5 0.0 0.0 5.8 33.8 11:15a N 4 10.5 18.3 4:15p 2.7 7:30a 7.8 0.0 0.0 0.5 12.9 3:15p ENE 5 13.1 22.1 3:45p 4.0 7:15a 5.2 0.0 0.0 1.3 17.7 2:00p SSE 6 15.4 26.8 4:30p 3.9 8:00a 2.9 0.0 0.0 1.4 17.7 12:45p SW 7 16.3 28.3 3:45p 4.3 8:00a 2.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 17.7 2:00p SW 8 19.8 28.4 4:30p 11.1 12:15a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6 22.5 2:00a SSE 9 17.5 26.8 4:30p 8.2 8:15a 0.8 0.0 0.0 5.5 38.6 4:15p SSW 10 13.7 18.5 2:00p 8.9 5:00a 4.6 0.0 0.0 4.8 30.6 12:00p N 11 11.3 15.5 4:00p 7.1 12:00m 7.0 2.5 0.0 2.6 27.4 5:15p N 12 10.1 18.7 3:15p 1.5 8:15a 8.2 0.0 0.0 1.0 22.5 12:30p SW 13 10.1 16.2 3:15p 4.1 8:45a 8.2 0.3 0.0 2.1 30.6 4:00p N 14 5.3 11.6 1:45p -0.9 8:15a 13.0 0.0 0.0 2.6 29.0 3:00p N 15 3.8 9.7 3:30p -2.1 8:15a 14.5 0.0 0.0 3.2 38.6 2:15p N 16 2.5 7.6 1:15p -2.7 12:00m 15.8 0.0 0.0 3.9 35.4 11:45a N 17 4.8 13.3 5:30p -3.7 1:00a 13.5 0.0 0.0 5.5 46.7 2:00p SSW 18 8.1 14.7 3:00p 1.5 3:00a 10.2 0.0 0.0 2.3 19.3 12:30p N 19 12.0 19.9 4:30p 4.2 6:45a 6.3 0.0 0.0 2.3 20.9 12:30p SSE 20 9.1 13.1 1:45p 5.1 7:30a 9.2 0.0 0.0 5.6 41.8 11:15a N 21 9.4 13.7 4:00p 5.1 12:00m 8.9 0.0 0.0 0.8 12.9 2:45p N 22 9.1 15.2 1:30p 3.1 4:00a 9.2 0.0 0.0 10.3 48.3 11:00a N 23 4.6 7.3 4:00p 1.8 8:15a 13.7 0.3 0.0 4.3 38.6 12:30a SSE 24 6.9 11.2 12:30p 2.7 12:00m 11.4 0.0 0.0 4.2 40.2 11:45p NW 25 0.0 2.7 12:15a -2.7 8:00a 18.3 0.0 0.0 11.9 48.3 8:45a N 26 -0.6 1.0 4:45p -2.3 5:15a 18.9 0.0 2.3 3.4 27.4 4:30a SSW 1 27 -0.2 0.4 5:45p -0.9 8:00a 18.6 0.0 13.2 5.8 29.0 3:00p SSE T 28 -0.5 1.4 2:30p -2.4 10:15p 18.8 0.0 0.5 7.2 33.8 12:15a N 8 29 -1.4 2.6 12:15p -5.4 4:00a 19.7 0.0 0.0 2.6 17.7 1:45p N 5 30 0.1 1.8 2:00p -1.7 11:45p 18.2 0.0 0.3 4.7 32.2 12:00m N 4 31 -4.7 -0.7 2:15p -8.6 11:00p 23.0 0.0 0.0 6.6 33.8 12:15a N 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.2 28.4 8 -8.6 31 345.3 3.0 16.3 3.9 48.3 22 N OCTOBER 2003 HIGHLIGHTS Cold finish to mild dry month.. Mild and dry conditions prevailed for most of October this year before a change to colder weather in the last week. The monthly average finished about 2 degrees above normal, mainly due to a prolonged warm spell at the beginning of the month which saw a 4 day stretch of 27C degree weather between the 6th and 9th. This set a record for the longest streak of 25C+ highs in October in Winnipeg (previous record 3 days in 1914 and 1943) The mild weather lasted until the last weekend when a cold front on the 24th ushered in a change to below normal temperatures for the last week of the month. This was greeted by the season's first snowfall of 2 cm on the 26th followed by a more significant snowstorm on the 27th that dropped 10 to 15 cm of heavy wet snow across the city. The last week saw daily highs barely above freezing which lowered the overall temperature average for the month. Snowcover at the end of the month was 3 cm making for the 8th white Halloween in Winnipeg since 1955. Other than the snowfall, precipitation was virtually non existent during October with only 3 mm of rain recorded for the month. Overall, precipitation for the month was 19 mm, or just over half the normal amount for October - the fifth consecutive month of below normal precipitation at my site. All in all, a very pleasant October with a cold snowy finish..