"David Buttery" wrote in message
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On Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:11:46 +0100, Will Hand wrote:

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Frequent hail and rain showers this morning, cold enough for a bit of
sleet above 550m asl with temperatures at my altitude of 5C-6C during
the precipitation.
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Will, would you expect to get sleet at 550m so early in October, or is it
notably early?

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Bewdley, Worcs. ~90m asl.

I've no reliable records at those altitudes but given the below average
temps and the fact that the earliest snowfall at my altitude since 2002 was
on 22nd October 2003, I think that it is a bit early for modern times. The
temperature has seemed keen to fall this year so far and it will be
interesting to see how the winter pans out. I suspect my "snow falling" days
will be up.

Will (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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