October 2023: warm and wet
With an average temperature of 13.8 degrees compared to 11.3 normally, October was a warm month. Furthermore, the month was wet with 137.92 mm in Tielt compared to 67.8 normally. In terms of sunshine hours, the sun shone about 7 hours less than usual.
The average temperature came out at 13.8 degrees compared to 11.3 normally. The warmth of the month was mainly due to the first days of the month. On 2 October, the temperature in Tielt rose to 25.9 degrees, the lowest temperature in Tielt was on 16 October. The temperature dropped to 4.2 degrees.
Ten warm days and three summer days
In Tielt, a total of 10 days were recorded this October with a maximum temperature of 20 degrees or more. On three days (1, 2 and 10 October), the mercury in Tielt rose above 25 degrees and summer days could be noted.
Very dry start, increasingly wetter later
The first 10 days of the month were not only warm, but also very dry. In Tielt, from 1 to 10 October, only 0.4 mm fell. The rest of the month was much wetter. During the period from 11 to 20 October, there were still a few dry days, but from 18 October, it rained every day.
In the end, 132.97 mm fell in Tielt. The rain fell on a total of 19 days in Tielt, and the most rain was recorded on 20 October. At that time, the rain gauge measured 18.2 mm.
Reasonably normal number of sunshine hours
In terms of sunshine, there was also a significant difference between the first half of the month and the second half. The first 10 days of October were very sunny. Notably, the last phase of the month, from 21 October, was very gloomy. The total duration of sunshine amounted to 70.6 hours.
Overviewweather station Tielt
- Maximum temperature: 25.9 degrees, 2 and 10 October
- Minimum temperature: 4.1 degrees, 16 October
- Precipitation: 137.92 mm
- Wind speed: 51.5 km/h, with gusts up to 56.3 km/h
Special days in Tielt
- Number of tropical days (30 °C or more) this month: 0 days
- Number of summer days (25 °C or more) this month: 3 days
- Number of warm days (20 °C or more) this month: 10 days
- Number of frost days (minimum below 0 °C) this month: 0 days
- Number of ice days (maximum below 0 °C) this month: 0 days
- Number of precipitation days this month: 19 days