RAINFALL REPORT 
October’s total was 56.6mm which was 30% below the average. The first 18 days were largely dry with a decent amount (9.1mm) on the 3rd and small amounts on the 2nd, 12th and 13th. 
The first named storm of the season, Amy, was on the 4th, so we had a very windy day. Despite the dry weather, sunshine was in short supply: in fact I noted only the 5th and 6th as lovely days with most of the rest covered by the comment “dull, lots of cloud and misty at times.” This was down to a prolonged period of anti-cyclonic gloom. 
From the 19th onward only the 21st and 27th were totally dry. The 19th saw 8.5mm and the 28th 10.6mm. Daylight time for the 22nd and 24th was noted as nice. And in fact the month was the third dullest October since records began, with about 30% less sunshine than normal. That was a shame as the autumn colours were pretty good this year, when the sun did make an appearance.