October was most notable for the amount of sunshine. Some 136 hours were recorded, that’s 127 per cent of average, the sunniest October for six years.

The mean temperature finished 11.6C, 0.2C below average, the same anomaly as September. And 1.6C cooler than October last year.

Some 52.1mm of rainfall was recorded, 78 per cent of the 1981-2010 average, the wettest October for four years.

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