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'