diff --git a/Framework/API/inc/MantidAPI/LogManager.h b/Framework/API/inc/MantidAPI/LogManager.h
index ee209b5029c31f690c14fa84c8e9ff42a6f3f717..f1148286640908c10340bf7602a5af85cab21206 100644
--- a/Framework/API/inc/MantidAPI/LogManager.h
+++ b/Framework/API/inc/MantidAPI/LogManager.h
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ public:
     return getPropertyAsSingleValue(name, statistic);
   }
 
+  /// Get the time averaged standard deviation for a log
+  double getTimeAveragedStd(const std::string &name) const;
+
   /// Empty the values out of all TimeSeriesProperty logs
   void clearTimeSeriesLogs();
   /// Empty all but the last value out of all TimeSeriesProperty logs
diff --git a/Framework/API/src/LogManager.cpp b/Framework/API/src/LogManager.cpp
index cbbb143a181fb8853a01b5eda468fda88d9122bb..877c09f82a9177f22c7ce5edd40678dbd1f64116 100644
--- a/Framework/API/src/LogManager.cpp
+++ b/Framework/API/src/LogManager.cpp
@@ -337,6 +337,17 @@ LogManager::getTimeSeriesProperty(const std::string &name) const {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns the time dependent standard deviation
+ * @param name :: The name of the property
+ * @return A single double value
+ */
+double LogManager::getTimeAveragedStd(const std::string &name) const {
+  return getTimeSeriesProperty<double>(name)
+      ->getStatistics()
+      .time_standard_deviation;
+}
+
 /**
  * Get the value of a property as the requested type. Throws if the type is not
  * correct
diff --git a/Framework/API/test/LogManagerTest.h b/Framework/API/test/LogManagerTest.h
index b546982ae936a0974b67cd89b09023f96b9d8a40..a6e5733416fa7ed810f8da2a572333b193ff323b 100644
--- a/Framework/API/test/LogManagerTest.h
+++ b/Framework/API/test/LogManagerTest.h
@@ -407,6 +407,14 @@ public:
     TS_ASSERT_EQUALS(runInfo.getPropertyAsSingleValue(name), value);
   }
 
+  void test_getTimeAveragedStd() {
+    LogManager run;
+    const std::string name = "series";
+    addTestTimeSeries<double>(run, name);
+
+    TS_ASSERT_DELTA(run.getTimeAveragedStd(name), 8.5239, 0.001);
+  }
+
   void test_clear() {
     // Set up a Run object with 3 properties in it (1 time series, 2 single
     // value)
diff --git a/Framework/PythonInterface/mantid/api/src/Exports/Run.cpp b/Framework/PythonInterface/mantid/api/src/Exports/Run.cpp
index 2e9b34ea84b02a90fafa0342afaeae5fe02dc2cf..3a1f7aae4753a20ee0ef8c74228d5928827bdc36 100644
--- a/Framework/PythonInterface/mantid/api/src/Exports/Run.cpp
+++ b/Framework/PythonInterface/mantid/api/src/Exports/Run.cpp
@@ -178,6 +178,10 @@ void export_Run() {
            "Return a log as a single float value. Time series values are "
            "averaged.")
 
+      .def("getTimeAveragedStd", &Run::getTimeAveragedStd,
+           (arg("self"), arg("name")),
+           "Returns the time averaged standard deviation")
+
       .def("getProperties", &Run::getProperties, arg("self"),
            return_internal_reference<>(),
            "Return the list of run properties managed by this object.")
diff --git a/Framework/PythonInterface/test/python/mantid/api/RunTest.py b/Framework/PythonInterface/test/python/mantid/api/RunTest.py
index 2a51c6be8b5774dbe94445aeaecc576ac7760777..f6fe7ea957f0ddbd8452208dfb82461cffb77ee6 100644
--- a/Framework/PythonInterface/test/python/mantid/api/RunTest.py
+++ b/Framework/PythonInterface/test/python/mantid/api/RunTest.py
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 import unittest
 import copy
 from mantid.geometry import Goniometer
-from mantid.kernel import DateAndTime
+from mantid.kernel import DateAndTime, FloatTimeSeriesProperty
 from mantid.api import Run
+import numpy as np
 
 class RunTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ class RunTest(unittest.TestCase):
         run = self._run
         charge = run.getProtonCharge()
         self.assertEqual(type(charge), float)
-        self.assertAlmostEquals(charge, 10.05, 2)
+        self.assertAlmostEqual(charge, 10.05)
 
     def test_run_hasProperty(self):
         self.assertTrue(self._run.hasProperty('start_time'))
@@ -123,6 +124,22 @@ class RunTest(unittest.TestCase):
         )  # The space at the end is to get around an IPython bug (#8351)
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(runend, DateAndTime))
 
+    def test_timestd(self):
+        """
+        """
+        run = Run()
+        start_time = DateAndTime("2008-12-18T17:58:38")
+        nanosec = 1000000000
+        # === Float type ===
+        temp1 = FloatTimeSeriesProperty("TEMP1")
+        vals = np.arange(10) * 2.
+        for i in range(10):
+            temp1.addValue(start_time + i*nanosec, vals[i])
+        run.addProperty(temp1.name, temp1,True)
+        # ignore the last value
+        expected = vals[:-1].std()
+        self.assertEqual(run.getTimeAveragedStd("TEMP1"), expected)
+
     def do_test_copyable(self, copy_op):
         original = self._run
         # make copy
diff --git a/docs/source/release/v4.3.0/framework.rst b/docs/source/release/v4.3.0/framework.rst
index 2f8d5dff4a12d8aab440dc47ece5f5dd01d4253b..c16892e48e19fc369c48fea187fde9ffa9f0db95 100644
--- a/docs/source/release/v4.3.0/framework.rst
+++ b/docs/source/release/v4.3.0/framework.rst
@@ -52,4 +52,6 @@ Improvements
 Python
 ------
 
+- added :py:meth:`mantid.api.Run.getTimeAveragedStd` method to the :py:obj:`mantid.api.Run` object
+
 :ref:`Release 4.3.0 <v4.3.0>`