*November*

Mean max 12.6º(+2.5)
Mean min 6.9º (+1.8)
Monthly mean 9.7º (+2.1º)

Rainfall 35.6mm (66%)
Sunshine 138.95hrs (190%)

2006 is the 3rd warmest November since records began in 1977
1st 1994
2nd 1978

*Point to note*
From my records it is interest to note that ALL warm Novembers were
followed by colder winters in one form or another.

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Autumn

Mean max 17.2º (+2.7)
Mean min 11.0º (+2.7)
Season mean 14.1º (+2.7)

*2006 14.1°c mean the warmest Autumn on record*
1999 mean 13.0°c (+1.6)
1978 mean 12.9°c (+1.5°c)
2005 mean 12.7°c (+1.4°c)
1995 mean 12.6°c (+1.3°c)

*Point to note*
Apart from 1999 all other autumns were followed by colder winters.

Rainfall 128.2mm (79%)

(Followed along the lines of George Booths format for this report)

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Will my cold winter statistics come up trumps, time will tell ;-) If I
was a gambling man my gut feeling would be, regardless of GW, El Niño
and SST anomalies, we will see some winter action in 2006/2007. You
heard it first from me :-)
ps: I hope the Daily Express doesn't read this!
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Keith (Southend)
http://www.southendweather.net
e-mail: kreh at southendweather dot net