Graham Easterling wrote:

On Sunday, October 28, 2018 at 4:10:15 PM UTC, wrote:
On Sunday, October 28, 2018 at 10:39:20 AM UTC, Nick Gardner wrote:
On 27/10/2018 17:17, Graham Easterling wrote:
. .so far, the temperature may rise overnight. The forecasts
suggest it will.

However, the maximum since 09:00 so far is 8.5C. My lowest ever
October maximum was 9.6C on 30th 2008. This is all the more
surprising given the SST. The last sub 10C maximum was back in
March.

I was surprised that the maximum temperature here only got up to
9.9C yesterday given the mostly sunny day. We've got some shelter
from that northerly and I even managed a couple of hours in the
hammock and the sunshine felt warm.

Still, 9.9C is the coldest October day maximum since 9.4C on the
14th October 2010 where the temperature only reached 9.4C. The
difference between then and now is that the 14th was a cloudy day
whilst yesterday we had over 8 hours of sunshine. That makes it
rather notable methinks.

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Nick Gardner
Otter Valley, Devon
20 m amsl
http://www.ottervalleyweather.me.uk

Yesterday's (27th) max 8.9°C min 3.2°C.

Not as cold as my record OCT low of 29th Oct 2008
Max 7.7°C Min -1.0°C

That was followed by a much colder than average winter 2009 (DJF).
There was a 10 day cold spell at the beginning of Jan 2009.

The present cold spell might give clues as what we have in store.
What with SST anomalies in the N Atlantic and lack of sea ice,
I am not liking the prospects for this winter. Better get chopping
logs. :-(

Len
Wembury, SW Devon
83 m asl

You need a lumberjack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZa26_esLBE

(any excuse!)

Graham
Penzance

That's going back a bit, Graham! Michael Palin is the same age as me.

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Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.