MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for OCT. 2008 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 9.3 18.5 4:15p 2.7 8:15a 8.9 0.0 0.0 0.3 17.7 12:00p N 2 8.9 15.1 2:45p 4.9 7:15a 9.4 0.0 0.0 2.3 25.7 5:15p N 3 7.3 15.1 4:15p 0.8 6:30a 11.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 16.1 2:45p SW 4 10.9 19.6 4:00p 3.8 5:15a 7.4 0.0 0.0 0.8 20.9 12:15p SW 5 12.8 18.5 3:15p 6.6 7:00a 5.5 0.0 0.0 0.8 20.9 12:45p ENE 6 12.9 15.8 4:30p 10.1 12:00m 5.4 0.0 15.0 0.2 27.4 5:30a SSW 7 9.8 15.3 4:45p 5.3 12:00m 8.5 0.0 0.0 0.3 16.1 11:00a SW 8 9.9 14.8 1:45p 5.3 12:15a 8.4 0.0 1.0 1.4 27.4 10:00p NW 9 8.1 12.0 3:30p 3.6 12:00m 10.2 0.0 0.5 2.7 35.4 6:45a NW 10 4.9 10.3 3:15p -0.9 5:15a 13.3 0.0 0.0 0.5 16.1 2:45p NNE 11 6.6 8.1 5:15p 4.9 6:15a 11.8 0.0 0.3 3.7 29.0 6:00p N 12 7.2 9.5 7:45p 5.4 5:45a 11.1 0.0 25.1 3.9 32.2 5:00a N 13 5.4 7.7 12:15a 3.8 12:00m 12.9 0.0 0.8 1.3 29.0 5:00p SW 14 6.1 12.9 3:00p -0.6 6:30a 12.2 0.0 0.0 2.7 32.2 3:45p SW 15 6.5 8.2 12:15a 4.9 5:15a 11.8 0.0 0.0 1.8 29.0 2:15a NW 16 4.6 12.3 3:15p -0.6 8:15a 13.7 0.0 0.0 0.2 12.9 1:15p NNW 17 4.6 12.1 4:15p -2.4 5:15a 13.8 0.0 0.0 1.6 27.4 2:00p SW 18 9.9 14.5 2:45p 6.1 1:00a 8.4 0.0 0.3 3.9 35.4 9:45a SW 19 8.7 13.4 3:00p 1.6 12:00m 9.6 0.0 0.0 2.3 25.7 12:45p N 20 2.9 9.8 2:30p -2.1 6:30a 15.4 0.0 0.0 0.2 16.1 12:15p N 21 4.6 10.3 3:30p -0.1 4:00a 13.7 0.0 0.8 5.1 49.9 12:30p SW 22 5.7 7.8 4:15p 4.2 3:30a 12.6 0.0 3.3 2.4 32.2 2:15a SW 23 5.2 8.7 5:00p 1.4 5:30a 13.1 0.0 0.0 3.5 30.6 3:30p SW 24 5.8 13.8 4:00p 1.1 8:45a 12.5 0.0 0.0 1.0 19.3 2:15p SW 25 6.9 13.4 3:15p 1.8 12:15a 11.4 0.0 6.3 1.6 38.6 4:00p N 26 3.4 5.7 12:15a -0.7 12:00m 14.8 0.0 2.3 6.6 53.1 7:45p N 27 -0.6 2.7 4:00p -2.3 10:30p 18.9 0.0 0.0 1.6 30.6 2:45a N 28 1.4 10.3 4:30p -4.5 4:30a 16.9 0.0 0.0 0.6 19.3 3:45p SW 29 4.5 13.1 4:15p -2.7 4:00a 13.8 0.0 0.0 3.4 38.6 1:00p SSW 30 7.9 17.4 1:45p 0.3 12:00m 10.4 0.0 0.0 2.3 32.2 5:00p SW 31 2.4 8.9 2:30p -2.8 7:00a 15.7 0.0 0.0 0.3 12.9 9:45a NNW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.6 19.6 4 -4.5 28 362.7 0.0 55.6 1.9 53.1 26 SW OCTOBER 2008 HIGHLIGHTS.. ..ANOTHER PLEASANT FALL MONTH.. Pleasant fall weather continued through much of October 2008, with little in the way of cold spells or winterlike weather. Temperatures for the month averaged over a degree above normal at my site (6.6C vs 5.3C normal) with generally above normal temperatures through much of the month. Temperatures ranged from a high of 19.6C on the 4th to a low of -4.5C on the 28th. The growing season officially ended at my site in Charleswood on Oct 10th with a low of -0.9C although some flowers and gardens were still living by the last week of the month. Precipitation was above normal at 55.6 mm at my site, all of it rain, although most of the rain fell with two events in the first half of the month. Strong northwest winds ushered in a brief cold snap on the 26th-27th that produced the first snowfall over portions of southern MB, but missed the Winnipeg area. All in all.. another pleasant fall month.