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This month was wet and cloudy. It was cold compared to recent years, with below average high temperatures as usual.
Precipitations were abundant and frequent.
Rimini-Miramare airport data (comparison with 1971-2000 averages):
Average high: 18.6°C (-0.6°C)
Average mean: 14.8°C (exact average)
Average low: 11.1°C (+0.7°C)
Extremes:
Highs: 13.8°C/23.4°C
Lows: 6.7°C/16.7°C
Rainfall: 115 mm (+40 mm)
Rainy days >1 mm: 11 (+3 days)
Mean humidity: 84%
Average Max = 64.2 (17.9), 2.7 (1.5) below long term average
Average Min = 46.7 (8.2), 4.6 (2.6) above long term average
With daytime highs depressed and night time lows elevated one would guess there were a lot of clouds this month. Yup, we got - maybe - 80 to 90 hours of sunshine for the entire month. It's been a long time since we had as gloomy October as this one.
Precipitation for the month was 10.94 inches (277.9 mm). That's nearly 9 inches (228 mm) above long term. We checked in with 300% normal making this the wettest October in 130 years. Since this was also a slightly warmer than average month, we didn't get a whole lot of snow in the Cascades for all that wet.
We got a bit of a scare mid month when forecast models agreed we'd get hit with a monster storm with central pressures in the 27.9 to 28.1 (944 to 952 millibar) range and wind gusts topping 100 mph at exposed locations. Didn't happen but the 6+ inches of rainfall the system brought to us contributed to our generally high rainfall totals.
For us 29th warmest since 1871 using ORD which is the official station in Chicago, but MDW had it's 7th warmest Mean on record going back to 1928. ORD just seems to always be one of the cooler stations. If MDW was the official station it's mean temp of 59.2F would rank 11th warmest.
Highest high: 87 F on October 19th
Average high: 80.23 F
Lowest high: 69 F on October 22nd
Monthly mean: 68.52 F
Highest low: 73 F during Hurricane Matthew on October 8th
Average low: 56.8 F
Lowest low: 40 F on October 23rd
Precip was 6 inches for the month, almost all of it from Hurricane Matthew.
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If MDW was the official station it's mean temp of 59.2F would rank 11th warmest.
