Temperature
Mean daily maximum: 12.8 (0.5 below average)
Mean daily minimum: 6.6 (0.3 below average)
Mean temperature: 9.7 (0.4 below average)
Highest daily maximum: 18.7 (31st)
Lowest daily maximum: 9.2 (18th)
Lowest daily minimum: 1.3 (3rd)
Highest daily minimum: 11.6 (7th)
Lowest daily grass minimum: 2.2 (29th)
Number of air frosts: 0
Number of ground frosts: 4
Days with max 15.0-19.9: 5
Days with max 10.0-14.9: 22
Days with max 5.0-9.9: 4
Frost duration: 0.0 hours
Rainfall
Total fall: 63.3 mm (58% of average)
Wettest day (0900-0900) 17.0 mm (18th)
Rain days (0.2 mm or more): 18
Wet days (1.0 mm or more): 12
Snow
Days with snow or sleet falling: 0
Days more than 50% cover at 0900: 0
Deepest at 0900: 0 cm
Sunshine
Total sunshine: 63.0 hours (102% of average)
Sunniest day: 7.7 hours (2nd)
Days with no sun: 6
Other phenomena
Days with thunder heard: 0
Days with hail: 0
Days with fog at 0900: 0
Wind
Mean wind speed: 4.4 mph
Maximum gust: 35 mph (18th)
Days with gale: 0
Remarks
A notably dry month. It’s the driest October that I have recorded here (since 2009). It seemed to be a dull month but the sunshine total is bang on the average. After the exceptional warmth of September it was back to normal in October with temperatures just a tad below the average.