Thursday 26th October 2006

[Wynn D Woo]

A fine and sunny day, currently 12.1C, 59%RH, 999mb

[Rollo]

I have no idea what the wind speed is here at present but living at the foot of the Cheviots at present it feels like the windows are going to blow in. My favourite weater it is not.

[Andy Bown]

It was a humid morning with sunny spells. One of the narrowest fronts possible crossed with showers late morning and it turned into a glorious, sunny and breezy afternoon.

Max 15c first thing and temp levelled off at 13c after midday.

Clear evening, 10c.

[Southman]

Today 27°C over here

[Andy Bown]

Today 27°C over here

Hi Southman, where is 'over here' please?

[stormchaser1]

Very blustery up here in the north east , recorded a gust of 35.5mph not so long ago ,,gusts averaging around 21.5mph the last 10 mins or so , however whilst typing just had another gust of 28.8mph go through . current temp is 11.1c however the wind chill is 6.7c

nigel

[Terminal Moraine]

After 26.4mm of rain yesterday, today was windy with sunny intervals and a few brief, light showers.

The first gale of the season this morning as the mean speed increased to 38-40 mph between 0830 and 1130 with a max' gust of 58 mph at 0858 g.m.t.

Max' temp' was 13.3c at 0855 g.m.t, it had fallen to 8.4c by 1800 g.m.t.

Sunshine today, 1.89 hrs.

Rainfall from 0900, trace.

T.M

[thejailender]

What a day we've had !

Woke up this morning to see a river on the road outside. I made it to work, but even though work is only 1 mile away, I still had to take a detour of about 3 miles as the direct route was under 4 feet of water.

There was no way out North or South of Alness, the A9 road was closed because of flooding, the minor roads because of landslides/flooding.

Anyway, as only a few made it into work, it was closed and we were all sent home at lunch time as high tides at 1.30pm were giving cause for concern.

I thought the worst had past then, but as it turned 3pm the wind got up. I measured average winds of 48mph with gusts upto 65mph.

Needless to say I can no longer get back out of Alness, this time due to fallen trees, there is hundreds down.

The rain also returned, after a brief sunny spell, of about 2 hours, and the floods returned everywhere

The wind and rain seems to have left us now, although we are still getting the odd shower.

I know the wind strengths weren't that of hurricane force, but looking around the place it's the sort of damage you see on the news reporting hurricanes.

At least the Electricity is back on now !

[reef]

Report for Thursday 26th October 2006, Readings taken at 23:00.

After a partly cloudy start with occasional light showers it became much clearer during the afternoon. This continued into the evening with long clear spells and very little in the way of cloud. After a mild night it started off warm but gradually became cooler as the cold front passed over. Nevertheless it felt rather cool due to a very strong wind with gusts to gale force.

Current Temp: 10.3°C

Max Temp: 16.6°C (at 11:24)

Min Temp: 10.3°C (Current)

Humidity: 76%

Min Humidity: 68% (at 20:24)

Pressure: 1004.3hPa (Rising)

Dewpoint: 6.2°C

Wind: SW (10mph)

Rain Today: Trace

My October average currently stands at 13.5°C (+2.9°C Above the 1971-2000 average).

[Shanice]

Pollard's Hill, Surrey

Past 24 Hours Recordings:

Max Temp: 19.7°C

Min Temp: 9.7°C

Rainfall: Trace

October Stats:

Max Temp Avg: 18.06°C

Min Temp Avg: 11.42°C

Mean Temp Avg: 14.74°C

Highest Daytime Max Temp: 22.2°C on the 9th

Lowest Daytime Max Temp: 14.4°C on the 24th

Highest Night Min Temp: 15.2°C on the 10th

Lowest Night Min Temp: 7.8°C on the 5th

Highest 24 Hours Rainfall: 22mm on the 1st

Total October Rainfall: 102mm

2006 Stats:

Highest Daytime Max Temp: 33.9°C on 19th July

Lowest Daytime Max Temp: 1.4°C on 2nd February

Highest Night Min Temp: 20.4°C on 26th July

Lowest Night Min Temp: -3.9°C on 4th March

Highest 24 Hours Rainfall: 34mm on 13th August

Total Year Rainfall: 568mm

Driest Month: 18mm...July

Wettest Month: 114mm...August

1990-2006 Stats:

Highest Daytime Max Temp: 36.8°C on 10th August 2003

Lowest Daytime Max Temp: -4.1°C on 7th February 1991

Highest Night Min Temp: 21.2°C on 7th June 1996

Lowest Night Min Temp: -8.5°C on 7th February 1991

Mean Temp Avg: Warmest Month: 22.4°C...July 2006

Mean Temp Avg: Coldest Month: 2.81°C...February 1991

Mean Temp Avg: Warmest Year: 12.25°C...2002

Mean Temp Avg: Coldest Year: 10.73°C...1996

Highest 24 Hours Rainfall: 52mm on 15th September 2000

Driest Month: 1mm...August 1995

Wettest Month: 156mm...November 2002

Driest Year: 433mm...1996

Wettest Year: 875mm...2000