MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for OCT. 2007 NAME: Charleswood CITY: Winnipeg STATE: MB ELEV: 235 m LAT: 49° 54' 00" N LONG: 97° 18' 00" W TEMPERATURE (°C), RAIN (mm), WIND SPEED (km/h) HEAT AVG MEAN DEG WIND DOM DAY TEMP HIGH TIME LOW TIME DAYS SNOW RAIN SPEED HIGH TIME DIR ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 10.6 20.4 4:00p 0.5 4:15a 7.9 0.0 0.0 2.7 38.6 3:45p SSW 2 12.7 17.6 1:45p 4.4 12:00m 5.7 0.0 0.0 2.6 38.6 4:30p N 3 12.9 23.2 4:15p 2.3 3:00a 6.3 0.0 0.0 4.5 38.6 4:30p SSW 4 11.8 19.3 3:00p 3.6 8:15a 6.2 0.0 0.0 1.6 30.6 1:30p NW 5 7.6 10.4 3:00p 5.1 8:30p 10.8 0.0 0.0 6.9 35.4 8:45p NE 6 7.6 9.7 4:15p 5.7 1:45a 10.7 0.0 0.5 4.3 30.6 12:30a ENE 7 8.2 10.4 4:15p 6.4 9:45a 10.1 0.0 0.3 4.2 27.4 4:45a N 8 5.5 7.8 2:15a 1.5 11:45p 12.8 0.0 18.5 4.3 32.2 8:15p N 9 4.8 7.9 4:45p 1.3 12:30a 13.5 0.0 1.3 10.8 43.5 10:00a N 10 5.0 6.7 5:45p 2.7 8:30a 13.3 0.0 0.0 6.1 32.2 12:15a N 11 5.8 7.3 4:00p 4.6 8:30a 12.5 0.0 0.3 1.3 22.5 12:00p E 12 7.2 9.5 4:15p 5.1 12:15a 11.1 0.0 0.3 0.8 19.3 12:00p SW 13 7.9 15.7 4:15p 0.8 8:15a 10.4 0.0 0.0 0.3 11.3 12:00p SW 14 7.1 17.7 4:00p 0.5 7:45a 11.2 0.0 0.0 0.5 17.7 2:30p NNE 15 8.2 17.7 3:30p -0.1 8:15a 10.1 0.0 0.0 0.8 16.1 3:30p ENE 16 6.0 8.8 5:00p 3.9 6:15a 10.8 0.0 1.5 1.1 17.7 5:00p E 17 9.8 12.5 5:00p 7.0 12:15a 7.2 0.0 0.0 0.8 17.7 8:45p E 18 9.9 10.4 12:15a 9.1 11:45p 8.4 0.0 11.2 1.1 17.7 7:45a ENE 19 9.3 11.1 2:15p 6.0 12:00m 9.0 0.0 6.9 0.0 0.0 --- --- 20 5.3 10.7 3:45p 0.9 8:00a 13.0 0.0 0.8 0.3 11.3 4:00p NW 21 3.3 8.7 3:45p 0.1 6:45a 15.0 0.0 0.0 2.1 30.6 5:15p N 22 4.4 13.2 4:30p -0.7 8:15a 13.9 0.0 0.0 0.5 19.3 4:15p WSW 23 6.7 11.6 12:30p 0.8 11:45p 11.6 0.0 0.0 5.1 49.9 1:45p N 24 5.3 12.8 4:15p -2.4 4:30a 13.0 0.0 0.0 7.4 43.5 10:30p SSW 25 11.0 21.0 4:30p 6.1 8:15a 7.3 0.0 0.0 11.4 40.2 12:15a SSW 26 5.4 9.8 3:00p -2.8 12:00m 11.2 0.0 0.0 1.0 22.5 3:15p NW 27 -0.1 6.3 4:30p -4.2 11:15p 18.2 0.0 0.0 2.1 29.0 12:45p N 28 2.4 13.0 4:45p -4.7 2:45a 15.9 0.0 0.0 7.4 53.1 12:45p SSW 29 6.4 13.5 5:00p 2.2 8:00a 11.8 0.0 0.0 0.6 16.1 10:15p E 30 7.2 16.8 3:30p -0.2 7:00a 11.1 0.0 1.0 2.4 27.4 6:00p SSW 31 2.2 6.0 12:15a -4.2 11:15p 15.9 0.2 0.6 4.8 38.6 12:30p N ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.0 23.2 3 -4.7 28 345.8 0.2 43.0 3.2 53.1 28 N OCTOBER 2007 HIGHLIGHTS.. AVERAGE TEMP: 7.0 C (+1.7C ABOVE NORMAL) MONTHLY PRECIP: 43.2 mm (7.2 mm ABOVE NORMAL) Generally mild and pleasant.. October 2007 was a generally mild and quiet month with little in the way of adverse weather, cold outbreaks or hints that winter was on its way. The month finished over a degree above normal at the Winnipeg airport (6.5C vs 5.3C) with 20 days of the month averaging above normal vs 10 below. Although official frost values were recorded on 15 days at the airport site, frost was much less frequent in the city with only 8 days at my site in Charleswood, and only 3 days at the Forks site downtown. The lack of cold nights enabled the growing season to continue well into the month with flowers and some vegetable gardens still living in the city by the end of the month. Unlike last October, snowfall was virtually non-existent this year, except for a trace of wet flurries on the last day of the month. Rainfall was slightly above normal for the month, with about 40-45 mm falling across the city. However, the bulk of that rainfall fell during two main events.. one on the 8th, and the other on the 18-19th. The rest of the month was generally dry with little precipitation. Sunshine however was notably lacking, especially between the 5th and 20th when cloudy skies prevailed on 13 of 16 days. Temperatures at my site ranged from a high of 23C on the 3rd, to a low of -5C on the 28th. All in all.. A quiet and pleasant end to fall.