"Steve Jackson" wrote in message
...
Checking out the monthly weather records for this month, I came across
an interesting statistic, well interesting for saddos like me that is!

The warmest day of this month in Coventry has just been 16.5C (24th) -
this is the lowest such value here since 1974, even though this will
be
an October that is warmer than the 30-year mean (+0.3C).

Here is a list of the lowest monthly maxima for Coventry since 1892
for
comparison:

1892= 16.1C
1905= 15.0C
1918= 16.3C
1932= 15.8C
1944= 15.3C
1952= 15.6C
1974= 13.7C

Well, I found it interesting anyway:-)

Steve,

I am also a saddo, and a Victor Meldrew, apparently.

Copley figure stands at 14.6C max for the month (av.17.1C), also on
24th. This is the lowest ab. max for October here as well. Mean max is
11.0C (-0.3C)

October 1974 absolute high at my Low Etherley site (155m) was 12.8C on
26th. Mean max for October 74 was 9.1C(-2.5C)

ATB,

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