The average rainfall for October fell in the first half of the month and recently very little has fallen to add to this total, now 89.6mm. The southerly winds have been bringing mild air with overnight minima in double figures and no air frost this month so far.
My records since 1984 show that there have been seven instances when no air frost has been recorded in October and these have all occurred since the year 2000.
The weather station of Marlborough, Wiltshire
