Wednesday saw the thermometer rise to a maximum of 22.4C at 15.53 under the influence of a very warm air mass brought from the Continent on a south to southeast breeze. This was 7.7C above the 34-year October average, the warmest day since 17th September and the warmest October day since 1st October 2011, which reached 26.7C. The peak was 0.15C above the July average maximum temperature.
It was another dry day with the UV level firmly in the Low category even though we had 6.8 hours of strong sunshine.
Cloud cover overnight combined with the warm air mass meant another above average night with the thermometer slowly sinking to reach a minimum 13.9C at 07.20 this morning. This was 6.5C above the average and the warmest night since 20th September.
Thursday dawned with variable cloud as a cloud bank moved eastwards.
The barometric pressure is at it lowest this month, a minimum of 1000.1mb, as storm Callum moves in from the Atlantic but tracking towards the north of the UK.
Update on Thursday at 16.35: first rain began to fall at 16.30 from first weather front crossing the area after another mild day with a maximum of 17.9C, which was down 4.5C from the peak of yesterday but still 3.2C above average. Gusting wind during afternoon with a peak of 26mph.