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.
________________
Nick.
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

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.
________________
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

Hi Nick,

No snow lying here, but a min. of -2.1C was jolly cold for October with a
max. today of just 5.8C (circa 6 degrees below normal). Rain and sleet this
evening, but now dry and turning milder with a temp. of 3.9C at 2045.

Will (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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"Nick Gardner" wrote in message
...
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.
________________
Nick.
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

Steve Willington wrote:

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. ________________
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

But where is "here" Steve?

Norman
--
Norman Lynagh
Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire
85m a.s.l.
(remove "thisbit" twice to e-mail)

max. today of just 5.8C (circa 6 degrees below normal). Rain and sleet
this evening, but now dry and turning milder with a temp. of 3.9C at 2045.

Temperature gradually rising now here Will, persistent, moderate rain since
around 4pm; 15 mm so far.

(23:00), 7.1C, RH 93%, DP 6.0°C, 992 hPa (F), Wind 7 mph SE.
________________
Nick.
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

"Norman" wrote in message
...
Steve Willington wrote:

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. ________________
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

But where is "here" Steve?


It's in his sig. Rockbeare just east of Exeter in SW England.

Will
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On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 at 20:18:36, Nick Gardner
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

A max of only 7.1°C, easily the coldest October day recorded

Same here - a peak of just 4.5C, beating my old October record by 1.2C!

Records kept since 1983.
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

On 2008-10-30 08:05:55 +0000, Paul Hyett said:

On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 at 20:18:36, Nick Gardner
wrote in uk.sci.weather :
Same here - a peak of just 4.5C, beating my old October record by 1.2C!


Yesterday was rather warmer in east Scotland, reaching the dizzy
heights of 6.5C here (following the record low high of 3.3 on Tuesday).

Yesterday evening the temperature fell to -2.4C at 8 o'clock. I thought
we were in for a stonker, but the temperature then rose and it started
raining at midnight. Odd: no snow, no ice, very disappointing. But
that's still the lowest October minimum I've recorded here (in twelve
years). We had our first frost of the year Tuesday (a lttle earlier
than average here) and the first snow last week (just about the
earliest snow date).

Another glorious day though today. A very interesting spell of weather.

Trevor
From 10 miles NW of Dundee, "Scotland's sunniest city"
http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~taharley/