HIGHEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE: 17.4C (12th)

HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE : 13.9C(7th)

LOWEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE : 06.0C (30th)

LOWEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE : -01.1C (29th)

MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE : 13.0C (10YR):14.0C (20YR):13.6C

MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE : 07.2C (10YR): 08.5C (20YR): 08.2C

MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR MONTH : 10.1C (10YR): 11.2C (20YR) 10.9C

MAX. DAILY TEMPERATURE RANGE : 12.6C (25th)

MEAN DAILY TEMPERATURE RANGE: 05.7C

TOTAL RAINFALL : 159.0mm(10YR)154.5mm(20YR)143.7mm

MAXIMUM 24HR RAINFALL : 33.9mm(4th)

RAIN DAYS (0.2MM OR MORE) : 21

WET DAYS (1.0MM OR MORE) : 16

DAYS WITH RAIN INCLUDED : 23

DAYS WITH HAIL : 04

DAYS WITH THUNDER : 02

DAYS WITH SLEET OR SNOW : SLEET: 00 SNOW :00

AIR FROSTS: (-00.1C OR BELOW) : 01

MAXIMUM ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE : 1033.0mb (9th)

MINIMUM ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE : 987.0mb (30th)

MEAN ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE : 1016.9mb (21Yr Mean: 1012.9mb)

MEAN SOUTHWEST SEA TEMPERATURE: 14.7C (1986-2007 AVE): 14.2C

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NOTES: OCTOBER TURNED OUT TO BE A GENERALLY RATHER

CHANGEABLE AND WETTER MONTH THAN USUAL EVEN

THOUGH THE MEAN MONTHLY AIR PRESSURE WAS A

LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL. A DRIER SPELL RESULTED IN FIVE

RAINLESS DAYS FROM THE 8TH TO 12TH INCLUSIVE.

THE MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE IS THE LOWEST FOR

ANY OCTOBER HERE SO FAR, WHILE THE MEAN MONTHLY

TEMPERATURE WAS THE LOWEST IN OCTOBER SINCE 2003.

THE LOWEST MAXIMUM TEMP. WAS THE LOWEST IN ANY

OCTOBER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN. IT WAS THE FIRST AIR

FROST TO BE RECORDED IN THE MONTH SINCE 2003.

HAIL OCCURRED ON 2ND, 27TH, 28TH & 29TH. (HIGHEST

NO OF DAYS WITH HAIL IN OCT SINCE 1992) AND THUNDER

WAS RECORDED ON 20TH (AROUND 2200GMT) AND 30TH

(0110GMT). THE EST’D MAX WIND GUST WAS 40KT DURING

THE EARLY HOURS OF 7TH.

ALL READINGS DONE BY PAUL RICHARDS AT 40 CRELLOW

FIELDS, STITHIANS. WE ARE A MET OFFICE REGISTERED

RAINFALL STATION (379547) THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENT

AGENCY IN BODMIN.