October 2008
Weather in Letchworth Garden City, day by day
Mean temperature
9.3°C
Station average 11.7°C
Highest
21.3°C
On Sun 12 Oct
Lowest
−2.8°C
On Wed 29 Oct
Rain
55.2 mm
87% of the station average, 63.4 mm
Wet days
17
With 0.2 mm of rain or more
Wettest day
21.4 mm
On Tue 28 Oct
Strongest gust
27 mph
On Sat 4 Oct
Highest pressure
1031.8 hPa
Lowest 994.0 hPa
How it compares
The coldest October of the 18 on record.
The 7th driest October of the 18 on record.
Day by day
| Day | High | Low | Rain | Gust |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1 | 15.0°C | 7.7°C | 2.0 mm | 23 mph |
| Thu 2 | 12.4°C | 5.7°C | 0.0 mm | 13 mph |
| Fri 3 | 9.8°C | 3.7°C | 1.0 mm | 14 mph |
| Sat 4 | 12.9°C | 1.9°C | 1.4 mm | 27 mph |
| Sun 5 | 15.2°C | 3.7°C | 8.8 mm | 20 mph |
| Mon 6 | 13.9°C | 0.8°C | 0.0 mm | 11 mph |
| Tue 7 | 16.9°C | 10.5°C | 0.4 mm | 23 mph |
| Wed 8 | 15.8°C | 6.3°C | 0.0 mm | 10 mph |
| Thu 9 | 17.0°C | 3.9°C | 0.0 mm | 14 mph |
| Fri 10 | 17.5°C | 9.9°C | 0.0 mm | 22 mph |
| Sat 11 | 18.3°C | 8.2°C | 0.0 mm | 14 mph |
| Sun 12 | 21.3°C | 8.3°C | 0.0 mm | 14 mph |
| Mon 13 | 16.6°C | 11.4°C | 0.0 mm | 12 mph |
| Tue 14 | 15.1°C | 10.6°C | 0.0 mm | 15 mph |
| Wed 15 | 15.6°C | 9.9°C | 2.2 mm | 13 mph |
| Thu 16 | 12.3°C | 5.8°C | 0.2 mm | 14 mph |
| Fri 17 | 13.7°C | 4.7°C | 0.0 mm | 11 mph |
| Sat 18 | 13.8°C | 5.8°C | 0.0 mm | 15 mph |
| Sun 19 | 13.8°C | 6.6°C | 0.0 mm | 25 mph |
| Mon 20 | 14.8°C | 8.0°C | 8.8 mm | 27 mph |
| Tue 21 | 11.9°C | 4.4°C | 0.0 mm | 16 mph |
| Wed 22 | 12.8°C | 3.1°C | 0.0 mm | 14 mph |
| Thu 23 | 13.4°C | 5.6°C | 0.6 mm | 27 mph |
| Fri 24 | 12.8°C | 5.3°C | 0.8 mm | 25 mph |
| Sat 25 | 12.8°C | 3.5°C | 0.2 mm | 24 mph |
| Sun 26 | 13.6°C | 6.8°C | 5.6 mm | 24 mph |
| Mon 27 | 10.1°C | 2.4°C | 0.2 mm | 12 mph |
| Tue 28 | 7.3°C | −0.1°C | 21.4 mm | 12 mph |
| Wed 29 | 6.0°C | −2.8°C | 0.2 mm | 9 mph |
| Thu 30 | 7.6°C | 0.5°C | 1.2 mm | 20 mph |
| Fri 31 | 7.6°C | −0.1°C | 0.2 mm | 13 mph |
Weather fronts
- Likely cold front · Wed 1 Oct, 05:30
- Likely cold front · Sun 5 Oct, 10:00
- Likely cold front · Tue 7 Oct, 18:00
- Likely cold front · Wed 15 Oct, 13:30
- Likely cold front · Mon 20 Oct, 14:45
- Likely cold front · Fri 24 Oct, 04:00
- Likely cold front · Sun 26 Oct, 06:30
- Likely cold front · Tue 28 Oct, 15:30
- Likely warm front · Thu 30 Oct, 03:45
Found automatically from this station’s readings alone, so likely rather than certain. What’s a front?
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Rainfall up to yesterday is from the Environment Agency’s rain gauges near Letchworth: the station’s own gauge is sheltered by nearby buildings and trees and catches less than falls. Today’s is the station’s. Contains Environment Agency information © Environment Agency and/or database right, under the Open Government Licence.