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After the middle of September no shade temperature
appreciably above 70° was recorded in any part of the
United Kingdom, and although the weather was often fine
and sunny, the general conditions were showery and
unsettled, with occasional frost at night. Quite at the
close of the month a gale blew from the Northward or
North.Westward in the rear of a cyclonic disturbance
which passed across North Britain, the storm being of
unusual severity on our East and South.East Coasts, and
in fact over the entire North Sea area.
Mean temperatures : Highest, 72.1° ; lowest, 47.9°.
Rainfall at Leyton, 1.26 inch.
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October.—October commenced with a short spell of cold
Northerly winds, blowing on the 1st with the force of a
strong gale on our Eastern and South.Eastern Coasts.
After the 4th a long spell of dry anti.cyclonic weather set
in, light variable winds being experienced, with fairly high
temperatures, and with occasional night fogs over the
inland districts. At many places in the West and North
no rain was experienced for 12 or more consecutive days,
but in the South.East of England heavy falls occurred on
the 4th, the 7th, and the 13th.
After the 19th the weather was influenced by cyclonic
disturbances which arrived in quick succession from the
Atlantic, and was consequently mild, stormy, and wet, the
only frost of any consequence occurring on the night of
the 28th.