Near average rain, near average temperatures until the last week.
Frequently windy. No air frost but at least three ground frosts.

Without just two significant wet days it would have been a relatively dry month.
Indeed after the two preceding dry months ground conditions are still very much on the dry side for the time of year.

Average temperature = 10.7°C; diff from climate av: +0.8°C
Average humidity = 89%
Average dewpoint = 8.9°C
Average barometer = 1008.7 mb
Average windspeed = 9.2 mph
Average gustspeed = 13.0 mph
Average direction = 228° ( SW)
Rainfall for month = 86.4 mm (+10mm)
Rainfall for year = 747.4 mm (+ 37mm)
Maximum rain per minute = 0.6 mm on day 28 at time 17:48
Maximum temperature = 18.2°C on day 03 at time 16:11
Minimum temperature = 0.4°C on day 02 at time 07:48
Maximum humidity = 98% on day 30 at time 14:34
Minimum humidity = 59% on day 21 at time 15:48
Maximum dewpoint = 15.1°C on day 31 at time 13:37
Minimum dewpoint = -0.3°C on day 02 at time 7:48
Maximum pressure = 1030.3 mb on day 02 at time 07:52
Minimum pressure = 987.6 mb on day 08 at time 19:37
Maximum windspeed = 32.2 mph from 315°( NW) on day 21 at time 15:45
Maximum gust speed = 51.8 mph from 315°( NW) on day 21 at time 17:15
Maximum heat index = 18.2°C on day 03 at time 16:11
Avg daily max temp :13.8°C
Avg daily min temp :7.3°C
Growing degrees days :65.9 GDD
Total windrun = 6607.3miles
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Daily rain totals
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01.2 mm on day 4
19.4 mm on day 6
00.2 mm on day 7
01.2 mm on day 8
00.6 mm on day 9
01.4 mm on day 10
00.4 mm on day 11
00.4 mm on day 12
04.0 mm on day 13
26.6 mm on day 14
02.2 mm on day 15
10.6 mm on day 16
02.8 mm on day 17
03.6 mm on day 18
00.2 mm on day 19
02.4 mm on day 21
00.6 mm on day 22
07.2 mm on day 28
01.4 mm on day 30

Summary for October 2014

Temperature (°C):
Mean (1 minute)  12.7
Mean (min+max)   13.4
Mean Minimum     10.1
Mean Maximum     16.7
Minimum          5.5 day 12
Maximum          21.9 day 03
Highest Minimum  15.6 day 18
Lowest Maximum   10.5 day 14
Air frosts       0

Rainfall (mm):
Total for month  70.2
Wettest day      17.1 day 06
High rain rate   14.4 day 06
Rain days        22
Dry days         10

Wind (km/h):
Highest Gust     36 day 21
Average Speed    3
Wind Run         1670.0 km
Gale days        0

Pressure (hPa):
Maximum          1028.8 day 02
Minimum          990.3 day 08

Days with snow falling         0
Days with snow lying at 0900   0

Here's a series of graphs summarising how autumn 2014 has stacked up so far against the long term average (1981-2010):

It's clearly apparent just how dominant above average temperatures have been, with a large number of days 2-6*C above the LTA and an if anything even larger number of nights in that range.

The 'extremity' seemed to oscillate between somewhat above and a long way above the LTA in September, before a drop off not long into October as the only period of near average conditions commenced, featuring a couple of particularly chilly nights with respect to the LTA. Then came the most extreme period of the season so far, with temperatures consistently coming in well above the LTA - enough to push the 7-day moving average minimum anomaly all the way up to just below +6*C by the end of October, an extraordinary feat!

The anomalies for that record breaking final day of October were close to +8*C both by day and night. Rarely is that seen within 2 months of the winter solstice; the sun doesn't pack enough punch to introduce the kind of variability seen April-September (for example, the record maximum set in 2003 is some 15*C above the LTA).

Mean temp 8.02c

Mean min 4.07c

Mean max 11.97c

Lowest -0.8c

Highest 16.3c

rainfall 90.7mm

Air frosts 2

Mean pressure 1004.5mb

 DATA TABLE FOR RADSTOCK FOR OCTOBER 2014

REPORT 

October was another warmer than average month with the temperatures 0.8C above the long term mean from my station. There were some wet weather events through the mont totting up 87mm of rain but this is around the average for October. There were some isolated days with strong winds mostly around the passage of Gonzalo around the 21st but overall the wind was not a major feature. By far the biggest talking point was the warm period at the end of the month with 20.1C recorded on the 31st which beats my previous all time record of 20C being recorded on just 1 or 2 occasions many years back and that being on very early dates in the month. There was a thunderclap on the night of the 16th and distant lightning was visible overnight on the 8th. With no other notable events as such October turned out a warmer month than average with no air frost and rainfall close to average so nothing out of the ordinary this year.

A very warm month. A three way tie for the warmest day of the month which included the final day. From the 13th onwards the minimum only fell into single figures four times.

Rainfall overall was average although most of it fell in the first half of the month.

Summary for October 2014 Bromley

Temperature (°C):
Mean (1 minute) 13.8
Mean (min+max) 15.0
Mean Minimum 10.4
Mean Maximum 19.7
Minimum 2.2 day 04
Maximum 23.9 day 31
Highest Minimum 15.8 day 18
Lowest Maximum 13.7 day 14
Air frosts 0

Rainfall (mm):
Total for month 93.0
Wettest day 23.4 day 12
High rain rate 18.0 day 09
Rain days 15
Dry days 16

Pressure (mb):

Maximum 1020.4 day 02
Minimum 990.9 day 06

Damp end to month, but total rainfall for month is similar to previous years.  Quite "warm" relatively speaking.

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Averages\Extremes for the month of October 2014

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Average temperature = 10.1°C
Average humidity = 72%
Average dewpoint = 4.8°C
Average barometer = 999.2 mb
Average windspeed = 0.8 mph
Average gustspeed = 1.6 mph
Average direction = 256° (WSW)
Rainfall for month = 202.8 mm
Rainfall for year = 1328.3 mm
Maximum rain per minute = 1.3 mm on day 27 at time 06:32
Maximum temperature = 16.0°C on day 02 at time 14:34
Minimum temperature = 1.6°C on day 29 at time 05:05
Maximum humidity = 94% on day 31 at time 14:58
Minimum humidity = 27% on day 01 at time 17:17
Maximum dewpoint = 14.1°C on day 31 at time 14:58
Minimum dewpoint = -8.2°C on day 21 at time 16:27
Maximum pressure = 1021.0 mb on day 02 at time 08:21
Minimum pressure = 975.0 mb on day 21 at time 05:35
Maximum windspeed = 12.7 mph from 248°(WSW) on day 21 at time 05:59
Maximum gust speed = 29.9 mph from 270°( W ) on day 21 at time 06:01
Maximum heat index = 16.0°C on day 02 at time 14:34
Avg daily max temp :13.1°C
Avg daily min temp :7.2°C
Growing degrees days :51.7 GDD
Total windrun = 595.8miles
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Daily rain totals
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01.3 mm on day 1
07.2 mm on day 3
05.4 mm on day 4
15.8 mm on day 6
01.1 mm on day 8
01.2 mm on day 9
06.2 mm on day 10
01.3 mm on day 11
04.1 mm on day 16
23.5 mm on day 17
05.4 mm on day 18
09.4 mm on day 19
04.1 mm on day 20
10.8 mm on day 21
02.0 mm on day 22
12.8 mm on day 23
05.2 mm on day 24
15.1 mm on day 25
29.4 mm on day 26
14.8 mm on day 27
18.2 mm on day 28
04.1 mm on day 30
04.4 mm on day 31

 LLTNP 105m asl 

Having calculated the highest and lowest temps I've recorded for each day of the month (and the rest of the year for future use...), I've discovered that a record high maximum occurred five times in October:

17th: 18.2 beating 18.0*C (2005)

18th: 18.8 beating 18.0*C (2006)

19th: 18.8 beating 17.7*C (2013)

30th: 17.6 beating 17.0*C (2005)

31st: 20.0 beating 16.4*C (2009)

That last one has raised the bar by 3.6*C, equivalent to the UK max being lifted to 42.1*C... okay, maybe not, given how much more energy is needed to keep lifting the temperature once it's already that high.

So, some amazing achievements by October 2014, though the record used is only 2003-2013.

Reflecting the small size of the record, there were also two lowest minimums (5th and 12th with 3.0 and 2.2*C respectively).