Friday saw the thermometer struggle to reach a maximum of 10.2C, being 4.5C below the October average. However, the brisk northeasterly wind, gusting to 21mph, gave a wind chill in that it felt more like 8C.
There were a couple of very light showers during the day amounting to 0.6mm. That brought the rainfall for October to 40.4mm when the average is 84.8mm.
Clear skies overnight meant a cold night with the thermometer at its lowest at 08.00 with a reading of 0.4C. This gave a hard ground frost but not quite an air frost. It has been the coldest morning for a month.
Saturday has arrived with the sun shining brightly as it rose above the horizon.
Update on Saturday at 15.25: cold Arctic flow brings very cold day with maximum temperature of just 5.2C, which was 9.5C below average, but wind chill made it feel more like 1C.
Update at 18.30: COLDEST October day for 10 years. temperature down to 2.7C with wind chill making it feel more like 1C in brisk northerly wind.
