Monthly Report for October 2026

Weather Summary
Measure	Mean / Sum (anomaly)	Min	Max	Mean Time
Minimum Temperature	9.2 °C (+0.6)	6.0 °C	13.9 °C	10:38
Maximum Temperature	16.6 °C (+1.8)	11.3 °C	22.5 °C	13:10
Mean Temperature	12.9 °C (+1.2)	8.9 °C	17.4 °C
Minimum Humidity	63%	44%	84%	14:22
Maximum Humidity	91%	82%	95%	10:21
Mean Humidity	80%	68%	90%
Minimum Pressure	1015 hPa	989 hPa	1032 hPa	11:36
Maximum Pressure	1024 hPa	1010 hPa	1035 hPa	14:11
Mean Pressure	1019 hPa	998 hPa	1033 hPa
Mean Wind Speed	4.6 mph (+0.5)	1.2 mph	9.4 mph
Maximum Wind Speed	13.8 mph	5.4 mph	23.6 mph	14:01
Maximum Gust	22.3 mph	9.2 mph	42.6 mph	12:58
Mean Wind Direction	218° [SW]	26° [NNE]	338° [NNW]
Rainfall	89.6 mm (138%)	0.0 mm	23.8 mm
Maximum Hourly Rain	2.1 mm	0.2 mm	5.6 mm	10:58
Maximum 10-min Rain	1.1 mm	0.2 mm	4.4 mm	11:07
Maximum Rain Rate	15 mm/h	0.8 mm/h	96 mm/h	10:59
Minimum Dew Point	6.5 °C	2.9 °C	11.2 °C	11:28
Maximum Dew Point	12.2 °C	7.7 °C	16.7 °C	12:04
Mean Dew Point	9.4 °C	5.0 °C	13.8 °C
Night Minimum (21-09)	9.8 °C	6.0 °C	16.3 °C	06:54
Day Maximum (09-21)	16.5 °C	11.3 °C	22.5 °C	14:38
Max 10m Temp Rise	0.5 °C	0.2 °C	0.8 °C	09:32
Max 1hr Temp Rise	1.8 °C	0.5 °C	4.1 °C	09:28
Max 1hr Hum Rise	8%	2%	17%	15:39
Max 10m Temp Fall	0.6 °C	0.2 °C	2.0 °C	14:03
Max 1hr Temp Fall	1.7 °C	0.2 °C	3.5 °C	14:37
Max 1hr Hum Fall	10%	3%	22%	12:59
Max 10m Wind Speed	10.1 mph	3.2 mph	19.7 mph	14:15
Minimum Feels-like	7.7 °C	2.1 °C	15.8 °C	11:03
Maximum Feels-like	18.6 °C	12.8 °C	26.2 °C	13:02
Mean Feels-like	13.8 °C	7.8 °C	20.7 °C
Air-frost Hrs	0 hrs	0 hrs	0 hrs
Minimum PM2.5	2.1 µg/m³	0.1 µg/m³	16.5 µg/m³	12:08
Maximum PM2.5	18.1 µg/m³	2.1 µg/m³	56.3 µg/m³	16:54
Mean PM2.5	8.2 µg/m³	1.1 µg/m³	40.3 µg/m³
Temperature Range	7.4 °C (+1.2)	2.9 °C	11.7 °C
Humidity Range	28%	9%	49%
Pressure Range	9 hPa	2 hPa	24 hPa
Sun Hours	154 (131%) [52%]
Wet Hours	69 (141%) [9.3%]

NB: Hover over a value to see how many days of data it is from. Sun hrs, Wet hrs, Cloud cover and Events are based on manual observation and provided for interest only.

Written report

October 2026

October 2026: sunniest October on station record, with a wet second half and record early warmth

153.6 hours of sunshine (130% of normal) beat 2018's 153.0 for the sunniest October since 2009. 04 Oct (9.3 h) and 17 Oct (7.6 h) set date records.
Mean 12.9°C, 1.2°C above normal and 7th-warmest of 18 station Octobers. Highs ran 1.8°C above. 04–06 Oct each set a date record, peaking at 22.5°C on the 5th, and 15 Oct set date records for both max (21.2°C) and min (13.9°C). The coldest night was only 6.0°C (21st), the mildest monthly minimum since 2009, with no air frost.
Rain 89.6 mm (138% of normal), 7th-wettest since 2009. A 9-day wet spell (16–24 Oct) ended with 23.8 mm on the 24th, a date record. 07 Oct (7.4 mm) also set one.
Fog was noted at 09 on the 30th. Gusts reached 42.6 mph on the 25th, the 2nd-highest October gust since 2009.
Mean pressure (1019.3 hPa) was the 2nd-highest for October on station record.

Written Mon 02 Nov, 17:45 GMT

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Days Of...
Rainfall		Temperature		Sunshine		Other
> 0.0 mm	16	Min < -5.0 °C	0	> 0 hrs	27	Falling Snow	0
> 0.1 mm	16	Min < 0.0 °C	0	> 1 hrs	23	Lying Snow	0
> 0.3 mm	14	Mean < 0.0 °C	0	> 3 hrs	21	Hail	0
> 1.0 mm	11	Mean > 20.0 °C	0	> 5 hrs	18	Thunder	0
> 5.0 mm	6	Max > 25.0 °C	0	> 10 hrs	0	Dense Fog	1
> 10.0 mm	3	Max > 30.0 °C	0	> 25% max poss.	21	Gusts > 30mph	6
> 20.0 mm	1	Ice Days	0	> 95% max poss.	2	Total Events	7

Misc.

Mean rainfall for days with >0.3mm: 6.4 mm
Total snowfall: 0.0 mm

Graphs and Charts

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Daily breakdown

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Temperature, rain, sunshine & wind

Day	Tmin	Tmax	Tmean	Rain	Hr max	10m rain	Rate	Sun	Wmean	Wmax	Gust	Wdir	W10m
1	13.7	20.7	16.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	7	8	3.8	12.1	18.4	274°	8.8
2	9.4	21.1	15.8	0.0	-	-	-	9	4.2	13.8	23.0	244°	9.9
3	12.0	19.6	15.4	0.0	-	-	-	4	1.7	8.4	11.5	288°	5.2
4	9.7	21.3	15.1	0.0	-	-	-	9	1.6	9.7	12.7	283°	6.7
5	11.4	22.5	16.6	0.0	-	-	-	8	4.0	10.8	16.1	291°	8.9
6	12.2	21.4	16.0	0.0	-	-	-	6	1.2	5.4	9.2	241°	3.2
7	8.6	14.8	12.7	7.4	2.0	0.4	2.9	0	2.9	12.0	20.7	26°	8.6
8	6.4	14.1	10.5	0.2	0.2	0.2	-	9	4.2	10.8	19.6	331°	8.3
9	10.8	19.9	15.4	0.2	0.2	0.2	-	2	8.6	20.9	34.6	282°	15.1
10	9.0	15.3	11.8	0.0	-	-	-	7	5.9	15.7	25.3	304°	11.8
11	7.9	15.4	11.8	0.0	-	-	-	7	2.3	8.8	12.7	282°	5.4
12	11.5	17.3	15.0	0.0	-	-	-	0.6	4.1	13.4	19.6	205°	9.0
13	12.4	19.4	17.1	0.8	0.8	0.8	7	6	7.0	17.0	30.0	276°	13.5
14	8.2	18.6	14.1	0.0	-	-	-	6	4.2	13.9	19.6	254°	10.2
15	13.9	21.2	17.4	0.0	-	-	-	2	5.5	15.7	25.3	242°	11.8
16	8.3	16.4	12.9	4.4	2.0	0.6	3.6	6	3.6	11.4	19.6	338°	7.8
17	6.1	13.3	9.4	0.6	0.6	0.6	2.4	8	4.0	11.4	18.4	34°	8.1
18	7.2	14.0	9.6	3.0	1.4	1.4	14	6	5.0	15.1	25.3	44°	8.6
19	8.2	13.9	11.1	1.4	1.0	0.4	0.8	7	2.7	11.3	16.1	118°	8.3
20	9.9	12.8	11.9	3.6	2.4	0.6	4.8	0	3.9	12.4	17.3	148°	8.4
21	6.0	11.3	8.9	10.2	5.2	2.4	24	0.4	5.0	16.0	30.0	243°	13.2
22	7.9	14.4	11.4	8.6	4.0	1.6	14	9	5.7	17.6	28.8	246°	12.5
23	7.6	12.7	10.7	15.2	3.0	1.0	14	0	7.7	20.0	34.6	54°	16.2
24	6.3	15.6	10.0	23.8	5.6	4.4	96	0.1	8.2	21.5	34.6	258°	16.9
25	8.0	13.3	10.6	0.0	-	-	-	9	9.4	23.6	42.6	284°	19.7
26	7.9	16.3	12.4	3.0	1.0	0.4	1.6	0	6.9	18.5	33.4	244°	12.7
27	8.4	16.5	13.3	6.4	4.2	1.8	14	5	7.8	21.1	33.4	268°	14.8
28	6.9	15.4	11.4	0.0	-	-	-	4	4.6	13.9	19.6	266°	10.4
29	9.9	16.2	13.2	0.0	-	-	-	0.9	1.5	6.3	10.4	171°	4.7
30	9.7	15.1	11.7	0.0	-	-	-	6	3.1	8.5	15.0	113°	6.6
31	8.4	14.3	10.6	0.0	-	-	-	8	2.4	9.9	13.8	115°	7.6

Humidity, dew point & pressure

Day	Hmin	Hmax	Hmean	Dmin	Dmax	Dmean	Pmin	Pmax	Pmean
1	49	89	72	8.5	13.4	11.3	1016	1030	1023
2	49	91	71	7.3	12.9	10.3	1030	1032	1031
3	69	90	81	10.2	14.4	12.1	1030	1032	1031
4	44	93	76	7.3	14.8	10.6	1028	1032	1030
5	61	90	78	8.4	14.9	12.6	1023	1028	1025
6	64	93	82	10.9	14.7	12.8	1016	1023	1019
7	83	93	90	5.9	13.4	11.0	1012	1017	1014
8	51	89	73	3.5	7.7	5.7	1017	1024	1021
9	59	90	78	7.3	15.4	11.5	1008	1020	1012
10	47	82	68	3.7	7.8	6.0	1013	1014	1014
11	53	87	71	5.3	9.4	6.5	1013	1015	1014
12	77	92	84	9.2	15.9	12.4	1014	1016	1015
13	50	91	75	8.5	16.7	12.3	1015	1029	1020
14	62	91	78	6.5	12.1	10.2	1025	1030	1028
15	65	87	80	11.2	15.7	13.8	1019	1025	1021
16	59	91	79	5.0	13.7	9.3	1018	1031	1023
17	62	88	79	3.9	8.7	5.8	1030	1035	1033
18	62	91	79	4.4	8.3	6.1	1027	1034	1030
19	64	93	82	7.0	9.7	8.1	1020	1028	1025
20	84	93	89	8.2	11.2	10.2	1004	1020	1009
21	76	94	88	4.6	10.4	6.9	998	1010	1003
22	60	92	77	5.2	10.5	7.3	1002	1011	1008
23	74	93	86	3.5	11.3	8.4	989	1011	998
24	74	94	86	2.9	14.3	7.8	989	1014	1005
25	50	85	69	2.9	8.7	5.0	992	1014	1003
26	75	93	84	4.5	14.2	9.9	1006	1014	1010
27	58	91	80	5.9	13.8	9.8	1005	1023	1012
28	69	89	81	5.1	10.6	8.3	1023	1029	1027
29	67	92	84	8.5	11.7	10.4	1028	1031	1030
30	66	95	87	8.5	11.2	9.5	1030	1032	1031
31	68	94	87	6.9	10.0	8.4	1032	1034	1033

Other measures

Day	Night	Daymax	T+10m	T+1h	H+1h	T-10m	T-1h	H-1h	Fmin	Fmax	Fmean	AQmin	AQmax	AQmean
1	13.7	20.7	0.5	1.9	13	0.6	2.1	11	14.9	22.2	18.7	1.0	8.1	2.9
2	9.4	21.1	0.8	4.1	7	0.5	1.5	14	9.1	22.5	17.2	1.3	4.4	2.5
3	12.0	19.6	0.5	2.1	7	0.5	2.2	6	13.4	23.0	17.8	1.8	39.9	6.3
4	9.7	21.3	0.8	3.5	13	0.8	3.5	11	10.3	23.7	16.7	1.7	41.0	18.9
5	11.4	22.5	0.6	2.3	6	0.4	1.9	8	12.0	26.2	19.2	1.8	22.6	8.1
6	12.2	21.4	0.6	2.8	9	0.7	2.6	10	13.9	25.1	18.7	2.1	24.5	9.0
7	13.6	14.7	0.2	0.9	2	0.3	1.1	5	5.7	17.7	14.3	1.5	33.6	14.0
8	6.4	14.1	0.5	1.9	5	0.2	1.0	10	3.0	14.1	9.7	0.4	10.0	3.1
9	10.8	19.9	0.5	1.5	11	0.8	2.4	22	11.0	23.6	17.5	0.3	7.9	2.1
10	9.0	15.3	0.5	1.7	5	0.5	1.1	9	6.0	15.3	11.5	0.8	8.4	2.5
11	7.9	15.4	0.5	2.1	11	0.7	2.4	9	5.7	15.4	11.6	0.8	9.4	3.4
12	11.5	17.3	0.4	1.4	6	0.3	1.1	6	12.5	21.8	17.6	1.3	6.5	2.6
13	16.3	19.4	0.5	1.6	7	1.1	1.5	21	13.2	23.6	19.6	0.2	11.9	3.9
14	8.2	18.6	0.6	3.0	7	0.4	1.3	10	7.5	20.9	15.4	2.7	7.5	4.0
15	13.9	21.2	0.5	1.2	5	0.3	1.2	6	15.8	25.5	20.7	2.2	9.5	4.2
16	11.3	15.1	0.5	1.9	5	1.2	2.9	11	5.6	19.6	13.9	0.2	6.4	2.8
17	6.1	13.3	0.4	2.1	13	0.9	2.0	8	3.1	13.4	8.4	0.2	5.8	1.8
18	7.2	14.0	0.6	2.5	17	2.0	3.5	9	3.7	14.1	8.3	0.3	2.1	1.1
19	8.2	13.9	0.7	2.0	5	0.4	1.2	12	6.7	14.2	11.3	1.7	31.0	16.3
20	10.9	12.8	0.2	0.5	5	0.3	1.0	3	8.3	14.5	13.2	7.3	50.6	36.6
21	6.0	11.3	0.5	2.1	4	0.6	1.6	6	4.2	12.8	7.8	1.5	11.4	5.7
22	7.9	14.4	0.5	1.2	12	0.5	1.2	9	4.9	14.4	10.9	0.2	8.9	3.0
23	10.9	12.6	0.3	0.8	5	0.8	2.1	7	3.3	14.6	10.2	0.2	6.5	2.4
24	6.3	15.1	0.5	1.3	4	0.8	1.8	6	2.1	19.1	9.7	0.3	6.3	1.4
25	7.6	13.3	0.3	1.1	5	0.3	1.1	7	4.8	13.3	9.7	1.6	16.7	4.7
26	7.9	16.1	0.3	1.0	10	0.2	0.2	4	4.9	19.7	13.6	0.8	11.4	3.7
27	12.9	14.9	0.3	0.9	9	1.1	2.0	13	6.0	19.6	14.6	0.1	19.1	4.6
28	6.9	15.4	0.5	2.3	8	0.3	1.1	7	3.9	16.7	11.5	2.6	16.6	5.9
29	8.4	16.2	0.3	1.4	5	0.4	1.5	8	9.5	18.1	14.6	2.5	27.5	7.9
30	9.7	15.1	0.5	1.8	7	0.3	1.0	18	8.1	16.0	12.6	8.1	39.6	28.0
31	8.5	14.3	0.5	1.9	10	0.4	1.4	9	6.7	15.4	10.8	16.5	56.3	40.3

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