Weather summary for October

October was very mild with an average temperature of 13.7°, nearly two degrees warmer than average.  The lowest temperature was 5° on the 5th and the highest 20.3° on the 1st.  The warmest October in our records was 2006 with an average of 14.3°.  October is our wettest month with an average of 58.1mm and this October was wetter than average with 65.5mm.  (February has the lowest average rainfall figures with 36.1mm but March and April are only slightly wetter with 37.7mm and 37mm respectively.)  November has started very wet with over 30mm in the first five days.