Given below, are the final October statistics for Edinburgh, Gogarbank from all of the data which I have available which are:

Temperature (°C):

Lowest Min.: -4.3 (on 29/10)
Highest Min.: 13.5 (on 8/10)
Mean Min.: 6.0
Min. Anomaly: -0.2

Lowest Max.: 7.0 (on 27/10)
Highest Max.: 19.3 (on 10/10)
Mean Max.: 13.1
Max. Anomaly: +0.2

Average Temp.: 9.5
Temp. Anomaly: 0.0

Air Frosts: 3 (130.4% of 1981-2010 average)

Rainfall (mm):

Total For Month: 26.0 (30.8% of 1981-2010 average)
Wettest Day 11.4 (on 13/10)
Rain Days: 9 (70.3% of 1981-2010 average)
Dry Days: 19
Longest Dry Spell: 11 days (14/10 to 24/10)
Highest Number of Days without a single dry day: 4 days (28/10 to 31/10)

Sunshine Totals (hrs):

Total for month: 99.4 (103.4% of 1981-2010 average)
Sunniest Day: 9.1 (on 2/10)
Sunless Days: 1

Conclusion:

For a while, it had looked as though October was going to end up being warmer than average overall and indeed, the maximum temperatures did end up being slightly above average overall. However, those hopes were scuppered by a cold snap towards the end of the month which was enough for the minimum temperatures to be slightly below average overall. When all of that is balanced out, The average temperature during October ended up being virtually bang on the 1981-2010 average.

However, it was a significantly drier than average month both in terms of the actual rainfall amounts and the number of official rain days. October was also slightly sunnier than average overall although in the end, it wasn't until the very last day of the month at 12 noon, that the threshold for that was finally satisfied.

rather cool, rather wet


Average temperature = 9.2°C; diff from climate av: -0.5°C
Average humidity = 85%
Average dewpoint = 6.8°C
Average barometer = 1016.2 mb
Average windspeed = 9.1 mph
Average gustspeed = 12.7 mph
Average direction = 250° (WSW)
Rainfall for month = 96.3 mm (+22mm)
Rainfall for year = 609.8 mm (-63mm)
Maximum rain per minute = 0.6 mm on day 28 at time 06:09
Maximum temperature = 20.3°C on day 13 at time 16:15
Minimum temperature = -1.9°C on day 29 at time 22:31
Maximum humidity = 91% on day 29 at time 09:34
Minimum humidity = 63% on day 02 at time 15:16
Maximum dewpoint = 16.6°C on day 13 at time 15:09
Minimum dewpoint = -3.4°C on day 29 at time 22:31
Maximum pressure = 1037.0 mb on day 22 at time 10:48
Minimum pressure = 995.4 mb on day 30 at time 14:25
Maximum windspeed = 36.8 mph from 180°( S ) on day 12 at time 14:51
Maximum gust speed = 58.7 mph from 180°( S ) on day 12 at time 15:33
Maximum heat index = 22.1°C on day 13 at time 17:16
Avg daily max temp :12.8°C
Avg daily min temp :5.2°C
Growing degrees days :47.8 GDD
Total windrun = 6059.0miles
Frost days= 4
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Daily rain totals
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00.6 mm on day 1
08.2 mm on day 5
03.7 mm on day 6
00.6 mm on day 7
08.6 mm on day 12
13.0 mm on day 13
12.7 mm on day 14
00.2 mm on day 18
00.2 mm on day 23
14.3 mm on day 26
18.6 mm on day 27
04.5 mm on day 28
01.1 mm on day 29
09.3 mm on day 30

Given below, are the final October statistics for the botanic gardens in Edinburgh from all of the data which I have available which are:

Temperature (°C):

Lowest Min.: -2.5 (on 29/10)
Highest Min.: 14.0 (on 9/10)
Mean Min.: 6.3
Min. Anomaly: -0.2

Lowest Max.: 7.1 (on 29/10)
Highest Max.: 18.8 (on 10/10)
Mean Max.: 13.4
Max. Anomaly: +0.2

Average Temp.: 9.3
Temp. Anomaly: 0.0

Air Frosts: 3 (200.0% of 1981-2010 average)

Rainfall (mm):

Total For Month: 22.4 (29.6% of 1981-2010 average)
Wettest Day 12.2 (on 13/10)
Rain Days: 5 (40.3% of 1981-2010 average)
Dry Days: 17
Longest Dry Spell: 6 days (22/10 to 27/10)
Highest Number of Days without a single dry day: 4 days (28/10 to 31/10)

Sunshine Totals (hrs):

Total for month: 121.8 (120.4% of 1981-2010 average)
Sunniest Day: 9.4 (on 10/10)
Sunless Days: 1

Conclusion:

Rather interesting, all of the temperatures for anomalies were exactly the same as they are for Edinburgh Gogarbank which once again shows that October was an average month in terms of the temperatures with slightly above average maximum temperatures and slightly below average minimum temperatures with the number of air frosts being quite significantly above average.

The botanic gardens in Edinburgh were sunnier than Edinburgh Gogarbank and also drier. What I forgot to mention in my last post though was that for both the botanic gardens in Edinburgh and Edinburgh Gogarbank, October was the second driest month of this year so far despite the fact that October is the wettest month on average at both of those stations according to the 1981-2010 average for that respective station. So far as far as this year is concerned, May 2018 is the only month which was drier than October as I write.