In uk.sci.weather on Sat, 21 Oct 2006, STUART ONYECHE
wrote :

Another rediculously mild month so far, the mean temperature for October is
running at 16C at London Weather Centre (18.6C mean Tmax) to 20th, and 15.7C
at Portsmouth.

Just 12.9C here - though that's still well above average, of course.
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Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)