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6 + 35 +31 = 72mm of rain since Friday 8pm(ish). 83.6mm for Oct so far, which isn't too far short of the average for the month, so it'll be interesting to see if the rest of the month stays relatively dry. Certainly forecast to be cooler for the coming week than its been of late.

Got to Westhill just now, A944 very wet in the usual places but nothing you can't get through fairly easily with the occasional slow drive in the middle of the road to stay out of the deep bits.

We're going to finish the day on just over 35mm. Eased off in the afternoon enough to get the dog out. The burns were flowing briskly, but nothing really notable other than that. Forecast is for probably the same tomorrow, so maybe 70 to 80mm in total from Friday evening through to Sunday afternoon.

Amber warning now our for areas in the NE, from 21:00 tonight through 14:00 Sunday. Looks like I'm just inside the new warning area, and I have to go to Westhill with my 16yr old tomorrow morning.

14mm or rain so far today here, steady but not what I'd call heavy. With the 6mm from around 8pm to midnight yesterday that makes around 20mm so far. Wife drove down to her parents in NW England last night and said it wasn't at all fun from around Stirling right the way through to Preston. Oh, and currently 5.7C, which is pretty much the low for the day so far as the temp has been slowly decreasing since midnight. Quite a contrast to the mid 20s forecast for SE England (and the low 20s forecast earlier in the week for here today).

Standard autumnal weather here really. Weather station up the road say max gust of just over 60km/h and around 10mm of rain, both of which were easily beaten by the weather around a week ago. Nothing that unusual and wouldn't have expected it to mean we are in both wind and rain warning areas.

Wood burner is going, Autumn has officially arrived.

Low of 2.1C and a touch of frost this morning.

Bloody roasting in school today, but on the other hand it was nice to end the working week sat outside with a couple of beers once I got home. Now sat inside with a brandy and the house is still way too warm. Still 17.4C outside l, at 9pm, in September!

@NorthernlightsThat doesn't look too dissimilar to my garden following the first grass cut after nearly 6 weeks of not being cut over the summer (3 weeks away on holiday and over 2 weeks waiting for the lawn tractor to get a new fuel pump fitted after it cut on my first time starting it after the hols). A high of 25.0C here but cloudier than yesterday, and like elsewhere, feeling muggy with it. Still currently 18.7C and dead calm out.

A high of 27.2C here today and the local farmers are in full on harvest frenzy unsurprisingly.

Despite the above, it was roasting this afternoon whilst I was working on trimming the bushes. Topped out at 23.2C. Had a look for the aurora before going to bed last night but saw nothing obvious. We have a poor view to the north though due to the hill behind the house.

Drove through the edge of that around 4pm on my way home from Westhill. Very heavy rain around Dunecht, eased off around Sauchen, with the roads quite deep with water in places. Bone dry in Alford.

Max of over 20C yesterday but dropped to a low of 6.7C last night, the lowest overnight temp for quite a while. Not really thought much about the coming winter, but it could be interesting if the jetstream continues to stay predominantly to our south where its been recently.

Currently sitting in the motorhome in Northern France in blustery conditions, with reasonably frequent rain showers driving through. Late morning tomorrow we're back on the Eurotunnel to the UK and the long hall back to Aberdeenshire. First week in Holland and Germany was largely very nice, sunny and temps in mid to high 20s mist of the time. The second and third weeks in Germany and France have been much more changeable, we've had a fair share of rain at times, including some thundery torrential downpours. Overall its been OK, at least when it's been dull or wet it's still been warm enough for shorts. Not particularly looking forward to a return to what appears to pass for summer weather in Scotland whilst we've been away. The heating will automatically come back out of 'holiday mode' before we get back, but the wood burner might also have to be lit, which is pretty much unheard of for August.

Mid 20s today, a bit cloudy and humid but now cleared up. Might be an uncomfortable night as forecast low is 20C or thereabouts. No we're not in Aberdeenshire, we're in Den Bosch in the Netherlands, arrived last night after leaving Alford on Tue morning. Heading off down the Rhine in Germany tomorrow, then along the Mosel. After that who knows, Eurotunnel isn't booked for the return until a few days into Aug. Looks like we're not missing any decent weather back home, but with all the rain I'll expect my grass will be knee deep by the time I get home. At least the other plants will be getting some water though.

About 13mm of rain here since late yesterday. Just clearing now, with sun trying to get out.

20.5C here under a sheet of cloud, calm, a little humid feeling. Only just over 3mm of rain overnight, ground could really do with a proper soaking.

Driving south of the border is the worst bit of the whole trip usually, get off the ferry/train and you breath a sigh of relief. Despite being on the 'wrong' side of the road driving in Europe is a pleasure mostly. Tebay is lovely, probably as they actually seem to invest in it, whereas most service areas feel as if they haven't even had a lick of paint since the day they opened. Forecast mid 20s in Germany next week, but nearer end of week before we'll be there, so really looking to the week after to stay nice.

A high of 19.9c today, which is the high for the week. Currently sat out with a beer in a cloudy but bearable 18.7C. School holidays have finally hit here, so we leave at the start of next week to head to Germany in the motorhome for a bit.

Aye, just clipped Westhill around then too, with the lightning off to the north a bit. Caught another very heavy shower on the drive home just before Dunecht, with the roads quickly becoming quite deep in places.

22.6C currently after an overnight low of 15.7C. Breezier and much less humid feeling, so not as hot and oppressive feeling, especially out of the direct sun. We'll see if the thunderstorm warning this afternoon brings anything of interest, I doubt it.

21.8C here already this morning, at 8:30am. Have we moved Scotland nearer to the equator?

Very heavy, but brief, shower at Westhill around 2:30pm. I didn't hear it but a colleague was sure there was also some thunder associated with it. Currently 19.5C back home outside Alford.

Only around 10mm fell around Alford by the looks of the local weather stations, welcome, but far from what most forecasts were predicting. As Quinach said, we could do with more top ups this week.