Big change expected after record September
Paul Hudson
Autumn is expected to arrive this weekend, with heavy rain and strong winds across all parts of the country on Friday night and into Saturday morning.
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Although the weather pattern bringing the wind and rain is normal for early October, it will feel very different from the glorious conditions of September.
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According to provisional Met Office figures, September across the UK was the driest and fourth warmest (based on the mean temperature) September in modern day records, going back to 1910.
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September was also the driest calendar month since August 1995.
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It continues a run of remarkable statistics so far this year.
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June and July were in the top 10 warmest on record, with August the coolest for over 20 years.
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And the lack of rainfall in September is also striking when compared with August, which was the 8th wettest on record.
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The period January to August was also the wettest such period on record too.
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But the extended outlook for the first half of October is, for a change, pretty normal 鈥� unsettled and at times wet 鈥� with low pressure firmly in charge.
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