Weather summary for September

Another warm and dry month, making three on the trot.  July was the warmest we've recorded, August matched the previous high and so did September.  All three months had well below average rainfall and the September total was 28mm, well short of the 43.3mm average for the month.  Of the 28mm total, 22mm fell in one go on the 16th and 17th so a lot of this would have been lost to drainage and run off.  The average temperature was 17.9°, equaling the previous high for September recorded in 2006.  The highest temperature recorded was 26.3° on the 13th and the lowest 4.6° on the 26th