Very mild November of 1938, 5th warmest November on record for CET.

From the Times of 7th November 1938

 CET trackometer
1.   9.7
2.   9.0
3.   9.5
4.   10.4
5.   11.4
6.   11.7
7.   11.8
8.   11.8
9.   11.8
10. 11.7
11. 11.7
12. 11.9 
13. 12.1
14. 12.2  (compare to 10.5 for Nov 1994)
15. 12.0
16. 11.9
17. 11.8
18. 11.6
19. 11.4
20. 11.2
21. 10.8
22. 10.7
23. 10.5
24. 10.2
25. 10.0
26. 9.9
27. 9.7
28. 9.5
29. 9.5
30. 9.4

The warmest 5th of November on record.

Aberdeen: 17.8C; 8.3C
St Abbs Head: 16.1C; 11.7C
Gorleston: 19.4C; 13.9C
Manston: 19.4C; 13.3C 

On the 23rd November, a severe gale struck

108mph gust at St Ann's Head

83mph gust at Birmingham

82mph gust at Lympne

Thanks. If only modern pieces in the press about the weather were written as carefully as that Times article was.

ISTR that that mild November was followed by a notable cold spell during December 1938.

And followed of course by an extremely cold and snowy christmas period.