October 2010 Summary

Temperature [Minimum]:
Night-time temperatures during October 2010 ranged from 2.7 degs C on the night of the 20th/21st, to 15.5 degs C on the night of the 8th/9th. The average for the month was 9.85 degs C.
The night of the 20th/21st was the coldest since that of the 31st March/1st April, and is the second lowest October temperature recorded here since at least 2003. The lowest itself was 1.4 degs C recorded on October 29th, 2008, during a particularly cold half-term week.
October 2010 had 3 nights below 5 degs C, [these being the 17th, 21st and 25th]. This was the same number as in 2008, but they all occurred during that same half-term week. No other October since at least 2003 has seen any nights below 5 degs C.
The highest minimum of 15.5 on the 8th/9th equals that of 2009, and is close to average for the last 8 Octobers.

Temperature [Maximum]:
Daytime temperatures in October 2010 ranged from 12.8 degs C on the 25th, to 19.2 degs C on the 11th. The average was 16.2 degs C.
The 25th was the coldest day since April 22nd, and the coldest October day since that same afore-mentioned week in 2008 - although 12.8 was actually the highest temperature of that week - the lowest being just 9.9 degs C on the 30th and 31st.
The highest daytime temperature this October of 19.2 degs C was slightly down on 2009's 19.8 degs C, but is close to average for the last 8 Octobers.
The average for October 2010 [16.2] compares to 17.1 for October 2009, however this is also close to the average for the last 8 Octobers.
The only instance of the temperature exceeding 20 degs C at this location was
on the 29th in 2006.

Rainfall:
A total of 98.1 mm fell during the month, close to the totals for September [102.7] and August [98.7], and 103.6 in October 2009.
The wettest day itself was the 3rd, with 25.2 mm, and there were only 2 other days with more than 6.0 mm - the 1st [20.1 mm] and 23rd [17.4 mm].
There were 13 completely dry days, which compares closely with the number in September [14] and August [12], and in the last two Octobers [13 in 2009 and 10 in 2008].
There was a long mainly dry spell in October 2010 lasting from the 7th to the 22nd, when just 2.2 mm of measurable rain fell.

Thunder:
Thunder was reported in the early morning of the 23rd.