Friday, October 17, 1997

Weather nasty again in the morning, but clearing to a golden evening by about 4.30pm.

Thursday, October 16, 1997

Rotten weather in the morning - heavy damp grey overcast, drizzle.

Saturday, October 11, 1997

Rained all afternoon. Enjoyed watching the traffic splash past.

Friday, October 10, 1997

Last night's stormy weather had blown itself out in the morning - cool, clear, sunny, still a bit of wind.

Thursday, October 09, 1997

Very windy in the night and morning, slowed me down drastically on my way in. First coat-wearing day of the winter. In the evening rain: rain on window-panes always an evocative sound, especially at night.

Wednesday, October 08, 1997

Very wet day, fortunately not raining on my way to work in the morning. General feeling of autumn and winter coming on. Wind got up during the day.

Monday, October 06, 1997

Cold and bright in the morning, but clouded over, and rained heavily in the evening.

Wednesday, October 01, 1997

Very autumnal all of a sudden. Lovely weather though, very warm.

October 2nd. Beautiful weather again.

October 4th. Beautiful Indian summer weather, like 1988 sitting outside the block.

'Indian summer continued from September... 26.0 recorded on the 1st at Shoeburyness - the highest reading this late since 1985' [...]

October 13th. Much colder, quite wintry. Sharp showers.

October 14th. Cold, North wind again.

October 15th. Not quite so cold.

'It became colder briefly midmonth, before warming up again on the 15th.'

October 19th. Beautiful weather all day, lovely golden afternoon.

'The weekend of 18-19th was particularly warm'

October 20th. Dull and rainy morning, but cold, not the sort of misty moisty stuff we had on Thursday.

October 21st. Cold again, but bright.

October 22nd. Lovely, if cold, autumn weather.

'It became much colder on the 20th'

October 25th. Beautiful weather again, cold.

October 28th. Bright and very cold all day.

October 29th. Weather as yesterday, but even colder.

October 30th. Beautiful frosty morning.

October 31st. Flawless clear, cold weather.

'widespread and severe frosts in the last week'