Day max. just 11.7C (-0.9C from Oct ELTA)
Night min. 5.1C (-2.1C from Oct ELTA)

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.

Now clear and dry at 1800.
Temp. 7.7C

Daily rainfall 7.1mm (AWS)

Will (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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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.

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

snip
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.
snip

Will, would you expect to get sleet at 550m so early in October, or is it
notably early?

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

snip
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.
snip

Will, would you expect to get sleet at 550m so early in October, or is it
notably early?

--
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)

Going back a bit further, Will, I remember reading about the unusually
early snowfalls of 20 September 1919. These are well documented in Philip
Eden's book 'Weatherwise' ( page 151)." Two inches of snow fell on Exmoor
and above 1600 feet on Dartmoor" .

Peter Clarke
Ewell, Epsom