Thursday 6 October 2011

Sunny intervals. Showers in the morning.
Temps: Min: 11.6; Max: 16.4*. Rain: 1.5 mm.

*It was the coolest day since 20th July.

Wednesday 5 October 2011

Mainly cloudy with a few patches of blue sky during the morning. Cloudy in the afternoon with a period of rain in the early evening.
Temps: Min: 15.5; Max: 19.1. Rain: 6.9 mm.

Tuesday 4 October 2011

Mainly cloudy, a little blue sky in the morning. Dull and grey in the afternoon with a little drizzle, and more persistent light rain for a time in the evening.
Temps: Min: 14.4; Max: 19.6*. Rain: 1.0 mm**

*On 3 of the last 4 days the maximum temperature has been 19.6 degs.
**First measurable rain for 8 days.

Monday 3 October 2011

Sunny to start, cloudy from late morning. Some light drizzle in the evening.
Temps: Min: 14.1; Max: 19.6. Rain: Trace.

Sunday 2 October 2011

Sunny.
Temps: Min: 11.5; Max: 20.1*. Rain: Nil.

*It was the warmest ever October day at this location.

Saturday 1 October 2011

Sunny.
Temps: Min: 14.0; Max: 19.6*. Rain: Nil.


*In June this year a new and more reliable thermometer came into use at this location, which may read maximum temperatures around 0.5 to 1 deg C lower than the previous one.
In today's case, the older thermometer recorded 20.4 degs C, exceeding the previous highest ever October temperature at this location [20.2], recorded by the same thermometer in 2006. It therefore follows that today was the warmest October day ever at this location [since at least 2003].


*Today saw the UK's highest ever official maximum temperature for October, namely 29.9 degs C in Gravesend, Kent. Wales also had it's hottest October day on record, 28.2 in Hawarden.

Friday 30 September 2011

AM:[Falmouth]: Cloudy, a few glimpses of the sun trying to break through later.
PM:[Porthleven]: Mainly sunny.

[Fal]: Temps: Min: 14.4; Max: 18.1. Rain: Nil.