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   STATISTICS from CTO Weather Centre - October, 2026
   MONTHLY SUMMARY: MEANS AND TOTALS:

   Reading

Mean   

Normal   

RecHi   

YY

RecLo   

YY

   High Temp

2017 2019

   Low Temp

2017 2001

   Mean Temp

2017 2019

   Dew Point

2017 2019

   Relative Humidity

n/a % 66 % 74 % 2021 56 % 2019

   Barometric Pressure

2017 2014

   Winds

2023 2001

   - from

n/a   E   WNW     N    
 
   Monthly Total

Total   

Normal   

RecMost   

YY

RecLeast   

YY

   Rain 2017 2016
   Snow 2018 2018
   - Water Equivalent 2018 2015
   Precipitation 2017 2016

   Sunshine

n/a  h 96  h 245  h 2020 0  h 2001
 

   MONTHLY SUMMARY: SINGLE-DAY EXTREMES AND RECORDS:

   Reading

Max   

DD

Min   

DD

RecHi   

YY-DD

RecLo   

YY-DD

   High Temp

n/a n/a 2023-03 2016-27

   Low Temp

n/a n/a 2023-07 2020-28

   Humidex

  n/a         2023-03      

   Wind Chill

        n/a         2023-31

   Dew Point

n/a n/a 2016-26 2019-05

   Relative Humidity

n/a % n/a n/a % n/a 99 % 2019-19 0 % 2019-02

   Barometric Pressure

n/a n/a 2022-29 2022-06

   Winds

n/a       2020-07      

   - from

n/a           NW          
 

   Daily Total

Most   

DD

RecMost   

YY-DD

   Rain n/a 2017-29
   Snow n/a 2018-28
   - Water Equivalent n/a 2018-28
   Precipitation n/a 2017-29

   Sunshine

n/a   n/a 22:00   2020-13
 

   Daily Mean

Max   

DD

Min   

DD

RecHi   

YY-DD

RecLo   

YY-DD

   Temperature

n/a n/a 2023-03 2020-28

   Dew Point

n/a n/a 2023-03 2019-05

   Relative Humidity

n/a % n/a n/a % n/a 94 % 2016-21 33 % 2019-05

   Barometric Pressure

n/a n/a 2022-29 2022-06

   Winds

n/a n/a 2023-01 2001-01

   - from

n/a     n/a     NNW   N    
 

   EVENTS LAST MONTH (14):

 
   
Time Change in most of North America: clocks go back one hour. - November 1 @ 00:00
Eastern Daylight Time ends at 02:00 EDT. Eastern Standard Time begins at 01:00 EST.
   
Hallowe'en - October 31 @ 01:00
This observance, originally called "All Hallows' Eve", and immediately preceding All Saints' Day, is a mostly fun-filled celebration of the dead; a night when jack-o'-lanterns decorate doorsteps, and candies are handed out to canvassing children.
   
thanksgiving Day - October 12 @ 00:00
In Canada, we celebrate Thanksgiving earlier than the Americans; but the same sorts of traditions are involved. At the end of the harvest, we give thanks for the bounty we hae reaped.
   
Full Moon - October 26 @ 00:11
The Moon is most-opposite the Sun in the sky, rising as the sun sets.
   
Black Thursday - October 24 @ 01:00
Signalling the beginning of the Great Depression, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped by 11 percent on this day in 1929, the beginning of many months of slides. Stock prices bottomed out in 1932. The Great Depression continued until the outbreak of war in 1939.
   
Black Monday - October 19 @ 01:00
In 1987, on this day, a stock-market crash wiped out 22.6 percent of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, its biggest one-day drop ever, after an unprecedented period of growth.
   
Happy Birthday Bill - October 19 @ 01:00
On this day, in 1964, Bill Demmery, the author of the MC-HOME suite, was born. This year, he turns 62.
   
First Quarter - October 18 @ 12:12
A waxing half-Moon is near the meridian (halfway across the sky) as the Sun sets.
   
Loma Prieta Earthquake - October 17 @ 01:00
A major earthquake occurred just before the scheduled start of a World Series game, on this day in 1989. Among the many significant consequences of the quake were the heavy damage to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, and the collapse of the double-deck Cypress Street Viaduct.
   
Hurricane Hazel - October 16 @ 01:00
This powerful post-tropical storm moved into Ontario on this day in 1954 (72 years ago), dropping heavy rainfall and causing significant damage to the waterfront, in addition to flooding.
   
New Moon - October 10 @ 11:50
The Moon is nearest the Sun in the sky and cannot be seen from the ground.
   
Kepler's Supernova - October 8 @ 01:00
On this day in 1604, the famed astronmer Johannes Kepler spied a supernova in Ophiuchus. The second in about 34 years (see Tycho's Supernova, Nov. 15), and designated SN 1604, this detonation of a distant star was bright enough to be visible during the day. Thus far, it has been the last naked-eye supernova in the Milky Way. Its remnant is the subject of ongoing study.
   
Sputnik 1 Launched - October 4 @ 01:00
On this day in 1957, the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, into orbit. The launch threw a scare into the West and completely overshadowed the official rollout of the Candian-designed and -built Avro Arrow supersonic interceptor aircraft.
   
Last Quarter - October 3 @ 09:25
A waning half-Moon is near the meridian (halfway across the sky) as the Sun rises.
  


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Daily Readings, Last Month:
 

   Day    High    Low    Mean    MxHx    MnWC    AvRH    AvDP    AvBP    Precip    Sunrise    Sunset    Sun    Moon    Winds
   1                        n/a%                07:01    18:43    n/a    Waning Gibbous    n/a @    
   2                        n/a%                07:03    18:41    n/a    Last Quarter    n/a @    
   3                        n/a%                07:04    18:39    n/a    Waning Crescent    n/a @    
   4                        n/a%                07:05    18:37    n/a    Waning Crescent    n/a @    
   5                        n/a%                07:06    18:35    n/a    Waning Crescent    n/a @    
   6                        n/a%                07:08    18:33    n/a    Waning Crescent    n/a @    
   7                        n/a%                07:09    18:31    n/a    Waning Crescent    n/a @    
   8                        n/a%                07:10    18:30    n/a    Waning Crescent    n/a @    
   9                        n/a%                07:12    18:28    n/a    New    n/a @    
   10                        n/a%                07:13    18:26    n/a    New    n/a @    
   11                        n/a%                07:14    18:24    n/a    Waxing Crescent    n/a @    
   12                        n/a%                07:15    18:22    n/a    Waxing Crescent    n/a @    
   13                        n/a%                07:17    18:21    n/a    Waxing Crescent    n/a @    
   14                        n/a%                07:18    18:19    n/a    Waxing Crescent    n/a @    
   15                        n/a%                07:19    18:17    n/a    Waxing Crescent    n/a @    
   16                        n/a%                07:21    18:15    n/a    Waxing Crescent    n/a @    
   17                        n/a%                07:22    18:14    n/a    First Quarter    n/a @    
   18                        n/a%                07:23    18:12    n/a    Waxing Gibbous    n/a @    
   19                        n/a%                07:25    18:10    n/a    Waxing Gibbous    n/a @    
   20                        n/a%                07:26    18:08    n/a    Waxing Gibbous    n/a @    
   21                        n/a%                07:27    18:07    n/a    Waxing Gibbous    n/a @    
   22                        n/a%                07:29    18:05    n/a    Waxing Gibbous    n/a @    
   23                        n/a%                07:30    18:04    n/a    Waxing Gibbous    n/a @    
   24                        n/a%                07:32    18:02    n/a    Full    n/a @    
   25                        n/a%                07:33    18:00    n/a    Waning Gibbous    n/a @    
   26                        n/a%                07:34    17:59    n/a    Waning Gibbous    n/a @    
   27                        n/a%                07:36    17:57    n/a    Waning Gibbous    n/a @    
   28                        n/a%                07:37    17:56    n/a    Waning Gibbous    n/a @    
   29                        n/a%                07:38    17:54    n/a    Waning Gibbous    n/a @    
   30                        n/a%                07:40    17:53    n/a    Waning Gibbous    n/a @    
   31                        n/a%                07:41    17:51    n/a    Waning Gibbous    n/a @    

   October                    n/a%                    n/ah      n/a @    
   Normals                    66%    +4.3°C    1015.7 mb            96 h      E @ 1 km/h   

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