Golden October: Colorful autumn moments despite mild temperatures!

Golden October: Colorful autumn moments despite mild temperatures!

Neuhaus am Rennweg. A October that enchanted the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt Region with warm temperatures and bright colors is a golden month that still has some surprises!

The month started with a more cloudy weather picture, which was shaped by low pressure areas until October 12th. Constant rainfall and little sunshine caused dark days, while the storm depths Dagmar, Eileen, Finny, Gerda and Helma swept across the region. On October 10, even the ex-hurricane Kirk brought some violent gusts with it, but the maximum wind thicknesses remained in Neuhaus-Igelshieb as part of the tolerable at 20 meters per second.

temperature and precipitation: a mild October

Already on October 12th, the rainfall of 87 liters per square meter was fulfilled, and the rest of the month only brought a little rain. The temperatures started cool, but the forecasts quickly showed that an October that was too cold was excluded. With an average of 8.2 ° C, the month was 2.0 ° C to mild and reached 14th place in the ranking since 1940. On October 11, the residents experienced the first wet snowflakes of the season, but a closed snow cover remained far away.

The second half of the month was dominated by the influence of high pressure, which led to a beautiful, mild weather. Between the 14th and 18th October, the region experienced a golden October with temperatures that climbed up to 17 ° C. October 18 was the warmest day of the month at 12.0 ° C. But the first frost was long in coming, and the nights remained unusually mild with 9 to 10 ° C. The latest frost date moved further and further back, which was confirmed again this year.

October ended with a mix of fog and clouds, but also occasional sun rays. Overall, the sunshine duration was 81 hours, which was almost 30 percent below the climatological mean. The rainfall rose to 98 liters per square meter, a slight plus of 12 percent. A month full of surprises that presented the beauty of autumn in all its facets!