On Oct 29, 8:18*pm, "Nick Gardner"
wrote:
A rather chilly night for here. Awoke to the first grass and air frost of
the autumn and the first air frost since the 15th of April, which was in
fact the frostiest month of this topsy-turvy weather year so far with 5 air
frosts and bucking the trend of frostless Aprils.

Today's air frost of -1.2°C now pushes the total up to 15 for this year.. The
coldest night of 2008 so far has been -3.2°C on the 2nd of February which
was rather sharp for here as frosts are usually in the range of -0.1°C
to -2.0°C. There was not an air or ground frost in 2005, 2006 or 2007 (i.e.,
since moving here).

Beautifully clear air making for excellent visibility on a drive over to
Laaarrnceston this morning, with a dusting of snow on the higher ground of
Dartmoor but sadly none of the dramatic cumulonimbus clouds with well
defined anvils, which have greeted me at dawn on the previous two mornings,
being lit up orange by the rising sun.

A max of only 7.1°C, easily the coldest October day recorded and the coldest
day since the 15th of February (6.3°C). The fact that it had clouded over by
midday didn't help. Has been raining now since late afternoon.
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Nick.
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amslhttp://www.ottervalley.co.uk

First air frost of the autumn here also (although we've been close a
few times). Surprising how variable minimum temperatures can be over
relatively small distances (see my signature for number of air frosts
here to date this year). Minimum last night was -1.8C (VP2) with
maxima much more closely aligned at 7.0C today.

Steve.
Highest/lowest of 2008 so far: 28.0C/-4.3C.
No. of Air frosts 35...
www.rockbeareweather.co.uk