Well 9th October has to be the best ever October thunder day i've witnessed! Thundering from early morning.. showers until midday, then a whole line of thundery downpours 4-5 hours Last thunderstorm bringing about 8 rolls of thunder. Having said all that, I didn't see much lightning, may'be 3-5 flickers among st the 25-30 claps of thunder! 8th October, am I right in thinking I heard thunder on that day to ? Looking at the GFS, no sign of non-convective settled weather for at least another 48-72 hours ! 2014 !!! Has been the best year ever for thunderstorms!! ~ For the last 3-4 years the whole whether has given us huge doses of one type of weather, this year we had both heat and storms. ~ Last year rain and wind.. and before that a very nice episode of snowy weather!! This entire autumn has been like our usual thundery Augusts! ~ Roll on 10th October!