October 2021 in Durham can only be described as Autumnal.
There was rain on 23 days, with a peak reached on 5th October when a phenomenal 43.8mm of rain was recorded.
The thermometer got to 20 degC on the 7th and 8th. A good effort for October.
By the middle of the month, it was getting noticeably colder, and getting close to frosty mornings, although the maxima held up well and overall the month finished above normal.
Trevor Harley
October 2021. Mostly unsettled and wet, with above average temperatures with few frosts. There was some very heavy rain in the NW at the end of the month. Rainfall overall was 128% of the long-term average, but over 150% in the NW. It was quite dull, with 87% of average sunshine; it was particularly dull in Scotland. The highest temperature of the month was 22.9 ºC at Thornes Park (West Yorks.) on the 8th, and the lowest -3.6 at Redesdale Camp (Northumberland) on the 16th.
Of most interest was the rainfall in Cumbria and SW Scotland in the last five days. In the rain day ending on the 28th, 222.6 mm of rain fell at Honister Pass, following 343 mm in the 48 hours of the 26th and 27th.
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