After two fine sunny days here it was grey and dull today. Fortunately
I had seen the forecast so headed up to the Moray coast.

There was nothing but grey murk as far as Keith (about 45 miles N.W. of
Aberdeen) then the cloud cleared and by Fochabers ( about 10 miles
further on) there was brilliant sunshine. Clear blue skies all
afternoon at Elgin and Lossiemouth with a high of 17C.

Meanwhile the max back here in Aberdeen was 12.3C. Just one of the last
eight days here has exceeded 12.5C which, given it's supposed to be
October not November, is pathetic.

Furthermore only two days this month have reached 15C - another pitiful
statistic given that the average absolute monthly maximum is 18C and
that 15C was not reached at all last October.

20C is seldom reached in Aberdeen in October nowadays yet old monthly
weather reports show that, up to 1973, this was a reasonably regular
occurrence (every 3-4 years or so).

Richard Slessor,
Hazlehead, Aberdeen.