MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for OCT. 2005 NAME: Charleswood CITY: Winnipeg STATE: MB ELEV: 235 m LAT: 49° 54' 00" N LONG: 97° 18' 00" W TEMPERATURE (°C), RAIN (mm), SNOW (cm), WIND SPEED (km/h) HEAT AVG MEAN DEG WIND DOM DAY TEMP HIGH TIME LOW TIME DAYS SNOW RAIN SPEED HIGH TIME DIR SOG ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 13.2 20.8 3:45p 5.9 4:00a 5.2 0.0 0.0 1.3 19.3 2:45p ENE 2 17.3 22.4 3:45p 10.7 12:00m 1.7 0.0 0.0 6.3 40.2 11:15a SSW 3 7.3 10.7 12:15a 4.9 12:00m 10.7 0.0 0.5 3.2 30.6 9:45p N 4 5.3 7.8 5:15p 3.3 2:45a 11.4 0.0 0.0 7.4 41.8 4:45p N 5 1.8 5.7 12:15a 0.1 12:00m 16.5 5.0 12.5 15.6 64.4 4:00p N 6 0.7 2.8 3:45p -1.3 7:45a 15.6 2.0 0.0 6.9 43.5 12:45a N 5 7 1.3 4.9 5:15p -2.5 3:30a 17.0 0.0 0.0 4.8 40.2 3:15p SSW T 8 7.3 13.5 4:30p 3.3 7:45a 11.0 0.0 0.0 8.9 45.1 10:45a SSW 9 9.4 17.2 4:45p 3.2 7:45a 8.9 0.0 0.0 1.1 29.0 11:30a SSE 10 11.1 19.1 4:45p 5.7 12:00m 7.2 0.0 0.0 0.6 11.3 6:45a N 11 8.8 16.8 4:30p 1.8 6:15a 8.8 0.0 0.0 1.9 29.0 2:00p SSW 12 8.4 15.8 2:45p 3.4 5:45a 9.9 0.0 0.0 0.2 12.9 3:00p SW 13 9.0 16.6 4:15p 1.9 8:00a 8.0 0.0 0.0 3.1 30.6 11:00p SSW 14 11.6 17.4 3:15p 6.4 11:45p 6.7 0.0 0.0 4.5 38.6 1:45p N 15 8.1 15.1 3:45p 1.7 7:15a 10.1 0.0 0.0 1.8 22.5 9:30a N 16 11.3 18.5 3:45p 4.2 12:45a 7.0 0.0 0.0 7.9 57.9 2:45p SSW 17 9.2 13.8 1:00a 1.7 11:30p 9.2 0.0 0.0 4.3 33.8 12:45p N 18 4.2 6.1 7:30a 0.8 11:30p 14.1 0.0 8.4 0.6 17.7 2:45p N 19 4.1 9.2 1:45p 0.8 6:00a 13.7 0.0 0.3 1.4 16.1 3:15p NE 20 4.4 10.4 3:45p -1.8 6:00a 13.9 0.0 0.3 1.9 22.5 3:00p S 21 6.4 8.5 4:15p 3.3 12:00m 11.8 0.0 3.0 4.7 41.8 7:45a N 22 3.0 6.7 2:15p 0.5 2:30a 15.3 0.2 3.0 4.0 29.0 2:30p N T 23 4.4 6.4 3:00p 3.1 6:00a 13.9 0.0 0.0 2.3 19.3 3:15a N 24 5.0 9.2 4:15p 1.9 8:45a 13.3 0.0 0.0 4.5 30.6 12:15p SSW 25 4.2 11.6 3:45p -0.3 8:30a 14.2 0.0 0.0 1.9 19.3 7:30a S 26 5.1 13.8 3:30p -2.5 7:30a 13.3 0.0 0.0 0.8 22.5 2:15p S 27 6.7 14.2 3:45p 0.8 5:00a 11.6 0.0 0.0 6.9 35.4 3:30p SSW 28 9.7 14.0 4:30p 5.3 8:00a 8.6 0.0 0.0 11.6 48.3 12:15p SSW 29 8.2 11.6 12:15a 4.2 8:15a 10.1 0.0 0.0 2.6 22.5 2:30p N 30 7.2 10.4 3:15p 3.6 1:45a 11.1 0.0 0.5 0.6 12.9 9:30p SW 31 6.0 11.8 3:30p 0.8 12:00m 12.3 0.0 0.8 1.3 22.5 5:45a N ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.1 22.4 2 -2.5 7 341.9 7.2 29.3 4.0 64.4 5 N OCTOBER 2005 HIGHLIGHTS.. ..DRY AND MILD.. The mild and dry conditions that prevailed in September continued through much of October, giving residents of Southern Manitoba an extended stretch of pleasant fall weather. Temperatures for the month averaged almost 2 degrees above normal, with highs generally in the teens and lows above freezing. In fact, there were only 5 days below freezing during the month, with an extreme minimum of -2.5C. Normally, there are at least 16 days of frost during October in Winnipeg. Temperatures were above normal almost every day.. especially after the 7th. The only cold weather was between the 4th and 7th when an unseasonably early winter storm on the 5th-6th brought strong winds and snow to much of southern Manitoba with up to 45 cm of snow near Pilot Mound. The snow was short lived however and the weather turned mild and dry for the remainder of the month. Precipitation for the month totalled 36 mm.. near normal for October. However, the bulk of the precipitation fell during the October 5-6th storm with only 3 other days during the month having 2 mm or more. All in all.. another pleasant fall month in Southern Manitoba.