Don't know about Kent, Jonathan, but here in Wokingham the October record
stands at 28.6 in 1921, with 25.3 in 1997 the warmest in recent years.

Hi Bernard,

It would be interesting to know what the specific dates are for those two
temperature recordings. They would be much more impressive as records
towards the end of the month, somewhat less so if they happened to be around
1 October (four weeks is a long time at this point in the year!).

Here in the North East of England, the temperature rose to the dizzy heights
of 19C today and if it hadn't been for the stiff breeze, I'm sure it would
have felt even warmer. Pleased we haven't switched to the winter duvet yet
and I reckon we'll have saved no small sum on our heating bill at this rate.

I don't know about you southern softies, but up here in the top right hand
corner of England we're well pleased to reach 19C. Any more of this and
they'll be taking the premature Christmas goodies off the supermarkets
shelves and bringing back the BBQ essentials! It just seems like summer is
reluctant to give way to autumn... mind you, it's a week since I last saw a
swallow!

Regards... David Allan.