On 13/10/2015 19:33, Graham Easterling wrote:
A minimum of 6.7C last night, making it the 2nd coldest of the Autumn so far. Under virtually unbroken sunshine the temperature just managed 15.0C, also the 2nd lowest of the Autumn so far (after 14.5C on 22nd September)
October is normally a very wet month here (November is the wettest) Even away from the typically frequent frontal systems & misty warm sectors, we get frequent showers in the cold sector (warm seas) unlike spring /summer when the sea is colder relative to the land. In fact, to give you an idea of how just wet October normally is here, only 2 months since 1990 have failed to exceed 90mm.
This year is certainly different.

It was real chilly one here last night with a minimum of 2.4°C (well, it
is a valley floor rural location).

Temperature rose slowly under the sunshine but still managed 15.8°C.
Mean temperature (1st -13th) = 12.7C.

Dry(ish) too with 17.6 mm so far in what is normally one of the wetter
months of the year.

This is turning out, like September to be a sunny month. I've recorded
84.0 hours of sunshine so far and as with September and the rest of the
summer - the days have been warm but the nights cold.

October sunshine:
2014 = 118 hours
2013 = 119 hours
2012 = 164 hours
2011 = 120 hours
2010 = 164 hours
2009 = 111 hours
2008 = 144 hours
2007 = 128 hours.

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Nick Gardner
Otter Valley, Devon
20 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk