Monthly Weather Data Report for Garioch Weather Station, Aberdeenshire – October 2012

Data	Total	Unit	Historic	Anomaly*	Anomaly %
Mean Temperature	6.7	°C	9.1	-2.4	n/a
Minimum Temperature	-2.3	°C	On the 17th
Mean Minimum Temperature	3.4	°C	5.6	-2.2	n/a
Maximum Temperature	15.8	°C	On the 21st
Mean Maximum Temperature	10.1	°C	11.7	-1.6	n/a
Average Wind Speed	2.3	mph	11.0	-8.7	20.9%
Maximum Daily High Wind Speed	29.0	mph	On the 26th
Total Rainfall	80.4	mm	77.6	+2.8	103.6%
Average Sunshine Hours	3.6	hrs per day	3.1	+0.5	115.5%

Much colder than normal, but just a little brighter than the average October.

* anomalies based on Aberdeen data obtained from sources such as the National Climate Data Centre identified by the Climatological Observors Link. http://www.met.rdg.ac.uk/~brugge/ukclimate.html