Today's CET return of 16.8C (my provisional estimate) is obviously a record for 31 Oct.
More interestingly today was the equal 31st warmest in terms of mean temperature of ANY October day on record in the CET area going back to 1772 (out of over 7,500 October days). That is simply staggering when you consider that temperatures are generally much higher in the early part of October than at the end of the month.
No October day after the 11th has ever had a CET mean higher than the 16.8C recorded today.
The closest comparison I can find for such a high mean temperature this late in the month is 27th October 1888 which saw a mean of 16.7C.
The minimum CET today was 12.9C and the maximum 20.7C.
My final CET estimate for October is 12.39C which is 0.13C lower than last year's figure of 12.52C.
Here is a list of the warmest October days (in terms of mean temperature in the CET area) on record
The weather on 27 Oct 1888 saw a very active front across western areas give extremely heavy rain. Here are some rainfall stats for that day for Cumbria courtesy of CumbriaWeatherWiki http://www.cumbriaweatherforum.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=1888
27th - Bowness, Fallbarrow Rain 2.45in, heaviest for 7 years - Ambelsid, Lesketh Howe heaviest rain for 20 years 4.08in (103mm) - Patterdale Hall. Rain 4.45in more than 1inch larger than any other fall in 24hrs during 10 years.
A deep area of low pressure to the west of the UK drew in some very warm air from the Azores. 850hPa temperatures were above 10C widely across England, Wales and Northern Ireland
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31 October 2014 20:53:40
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