Average Weather in October in Alp Spain
In Alp, the month of October is characterized by falling daily high temperatures, with daily highs decreasing by 9°F, from 63°F to 54°F over the course of the month, and rarely exceeding 71°F or dropping below 45°F.
Daily low temperatures decrease by 7°F, from 44°F to 37°F, rarely falling below 29°F or exceeding 50°F.
Average High and Low Temperature in October
The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on October. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.
Average Hourly Temperature in October
The month of October in Alp experiences gradually increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 52% to 58%. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 58% on October 30.
The clearest day of the month is October 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 48% of the time.
For reference, on October 29, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 58%, while on July 20, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 75%.
Cloud Cover in October
A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Alp, the chance of a wet day over the course of October is essentially constant, remaining around 20% throughout.
For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 26% on May 8, and its lowest chance is 13% on July 14.
Over the course of October in Alp, the chance of a day with only rain remains an essentially constant 20% throughout, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 1% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow remains an essentially constant 0% throughout.
Probability of Precipitation in October
The average sliding 31-day rainfall during October in Alp is essentially constant, remaining about 1.6 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 3.3 inches or falling below 0.4 inches.
The highest average 31-day accumulation is 1.7 inches on October 11.
Average Monthly Rainfall in October
Over the course of October in Alp, the length of the day is rapidly decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 1 hour, 22 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 2 minutes, 44 seconds, and weekly decrease of 19 minutes, 7 seconds.
The shortest day of the month is October 31, with 10 hours, 22 minutes of daylight and the longest day is October 1, with 11 hours, 44 minutes of daylight.
Hours of Daylight and Twilight in October
The latest sunrise of the month in Alp is 8:20 AM on October 28 and the earliest sunrise is 59 minutes earlier at 7:22 AM on October 29.
The latest sunset is 7:33 PM on October 1 and the earliest sunset is 1 hour, 47 minutes earlier at 5:46 PM on October 31.
Daylight saving time (DST) ends at 2:00 AM on October 29, 2017, shifting sunrise and sunset to be an hour earlier.
For reference, on June 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:15 AM and sets 15 hours, 17 minutes later, at 9:32 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:18 AM and sets 9 hours, 4 minutes later, at 5:22 PM.
Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight and Daylight Saving Time in October
The chance that a given day will be muggy in Alp is essentially constant during October, remaining around 0% throughout.
Humidity Comfort Levels in October
The average hourly wind speed in Alp is essentially constant during October, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 3.2 miles per hour throughout.
For reference, on February 20, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.0 miles per hour, while on August 27, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 2.5 miles per hour.
The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Alp is decreasing during October, falling by 1.4 kWh, from 4.2 kWh to 2.9 kWh, over the course of the month.
Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in October
For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Alp are 42.373 deg latitude, 1.887 deg longitude, and 4,016 ft elevation.
The topography within 2 miles of Alp contains large variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 2,425 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 4,162 feet. Within 10 miles contains large variations in elevation (6,919 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (9,964 feet).
The area within 2 miles of Alp is covered by cropland (47%), trees (36%), and shrubs (10%), within 10 miles by trees (45%) and grassland (21%), and within 50 miles by trees (57%) and cropland (16%).
This report illustrates the typical weather in Alp year round, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.
Temperature and Dew Point
There are 5 weather stations near enough to contribute to our estimation of the temperature and dew point in Alp.
For each station, the records are corrected for the elevation difference between that station and Alp according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations.
The estimated value at Alp is computed as the weighted average of the individual contributions from each station, with weights proportional to the inverse of the distance between Alp and a given station.
The stations contributing to this reconstruction are: Aeroport de Girona - Costa Brava (21%, 89 kilometers, southeast); Perpignan–Rivesaltes Airport (19%, 90 kilometers, northeast); Saint-Girons - Antichan (25%, 95 kilometers, northwest); Carcassonne-Salvaza (19%, 100 kilometers, north); and Barcelona–El Prat Airport (15%, 121 kilometers, south).