Echunga 2001 weather summary

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Data collected using an automatic weather station and is in the most part representative of the district. 
There will be small variations depending on your own conditions and location, elevation etc. 
The climate throughout the Mt. Lofty ranges is hugely variable with none more extreme than in the rainfall 
measured. All data is measured electronically.
** Max recorded wind speeds are, in certain conditions, less than the actual values due to topography / nearby vegetation.**
** Rainfall amounts are reset at 12:00 am .  **

Totals	
Temperatures				1st Qtr	2nd Qtr	3rd Qtr	4th Qtr	Year
Hottest Day				44.7	31.8	28.8	33.1	44.7
Coldest Day				12.1	10	9.6	11.4	9.6
Hottest Night Midnight to 7:00am	27.8	21.4	24.2	19.6	27.8
Coldest Night Midnight to 7:00am	4.6	-0.3	0.1	2.8	-0.3
Average Maximum				28.76	17.43	16.03	20.18	20.60
Average Minimum				11.67	6.04	5.21	7.36	7.57
Average Daily Variation			17.09	11.39	10.82	12.82	13.03
Average Temp (24 hours)			19.01	11.00	9.91	12.77	13.17
Mean Temp (24 hours)			18.90	9.90	8.80	12.10	11.60
Wind Statistics				1st Qtr	2nd Qtr	3rd Qtr	4th Qtr	Year
Max Wind				45.4	46.5	50.3	53.9	53.9
Average Wind				11.80	8.35	9.28	12.66	10.52
Mean Wind				12.10	5.70	9.20	11.80	9.55
% wind direction Northerlies		36.65	50.38	50.80	27.41	41.31
% wind direction Southerlies		47.23	26.14	21.37	42.29	34.26
% wind direction Easterlies		7.38	4.96	4.56	2.99	4.98
% wind direction Westerlies		8.74	18.52	23.27	27.31	19.46
Wind Direction Breakdown					
				N	3.13	3.60	4.91	3.63	3.82
				NNE	22.46	28.32	20.72	14.37	21.47
				NE	6.15	6.94	9.63	4.55	6.82
				ENE	3.55	2.92	3.46	1.59	2.88
				E	0.27	0.24	0.26	0.30	0.27
				ESE	3.57	1.81	0.85	1.10	1.83
				SE	5.50	2.70	2.17	3.49	3.47
				SSE	20.04	7.03	3.12	7.85	9.51
				S	7.83	5.03	4.65	12.40	7.48
				SSW	11.32	9.28	6.79	13.56	10.24
				SW	2.53	2.10	4.64	4.99	3.56
				WSW	1.80	1.79	3.30	4.05	2.74
				W	2.49	3.87	8.58	10.91	6.46
				WNW	4.44	12.85	11.38	12.35	10.26
				NW	2.75	6.73	8.81	3.45	5.43
				NNW	2.16	4.79	4.87	1.41	3.77
Rainfall				1st Qtr	2nd Qtr	3rd Qtr	4th Qtr	Year
Total 					96.13	235.84	347.34	196.81	876.12
Average					85.00	269.00	307.00	148.00	809.00
Difference from Av.			11.13	-33.16	40.34	48.81	67.12
Highest 24 hour				22.61	31.24	37.08	12.95	37.08
Total Rainfall Duration (hours)		32.17	92.50	132.33	82.67	339.7
Heaviest Rain in 10 minute period	10.92	4.07	3.98	4.06	10.92
Humidity				1st Qtr	2nd Qtr	3rd Qtr	4th Qtr	Year
Max Humidity				100	100	100	100	100
Minimum Humidity			18.9	24.8	27.2	25.9	18.9
Average Maximum				89.36	97.77	97.89	96.37	95.89
Average Minimum				42.46	65.80	68.27	54.70	59.20
Percentage of Rain falling in a given Wind Direction Direction		
					1st Qtr	2nd Qtr	3rd Qtr	4th Qtr	Year
				N	3.2	2.4	2.8	3.3	2.9
				NNE	11.4	8.8	8.4	6.6	8.8
				NE	2.6	1.2	5.2	1.8	2.7
				ENE	3.5	0.5	1.9	0.7	1.6
				E	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
				ESE	2.6	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.7
				SE	1.4	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.5
				SSE	14.9	3.3	0.5	2.9	5.4
				S	4.6	7.6	2.6	7.2	5.5
				SSW	16.0	23.6	7.0	14.9	15.4
				SW	7.9	5.8	7.4	3.9	6.2
				WSW	5.8	5.8	3.6	4.4	4.9
				W	6.7	5.7	16.0	14.7	10.8
				WNW	11.8	17.6	27.2	21.8	19.6
				NW	5.6	10.8	11.4	6.8	8.6
				NNW	2.1	6.9	5.6	0.4	3.8