On Mon, 6 Oct 2008 at 02:43:56, Dick Lovett wrote in
uk.sci.weather :

0900Z SW F1 18KM 1SC020 6SC040 +6.7/+6.0 1012=
09-09Z Tx 15.1 Tn -0.4 Tg -1.6 RR 4.3 RMK: This mornings air frost is
the earliest on record here (1990), narrowly beating 8 Oct in 1990,
but has been as late as 14 Dec in 1994. The weekend rainfall event
total was a very modest 9.3mm.

*Just* managed an air frost here : -0.1°C, the earliest autumn frost for
5 years.
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Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)