Amazing start to October
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| 15:27 UK time, Monday, 3 October 2011
Well, what an amazing start to October with blue skies, sunshine and toasty temperatures - hotter than Athens, Greece!
On Saturday I was in Brecon at the Food Festival and it was baking hot. In fact temperature records were broken at Hawarden in Flintshire, where the thermometer reached 28.2 Celsius, 82 Fahrenheit.
On the Great Orme looking towards Snowdonia and Anglesey by Richard Walliker, Denbighshire.
John Goodger who runs a weather station at Velindre near Glasbury in Powys recorded his highest temperature of the year at 27.2 Celsius, 11 degrees above normal.
Temperatures are above average again today, 17 to 24 Celsius but the autumn heatwave is on its last legs and it's going to turn noticeably cooler and more unsettled over the next few days. The wind will be picking-up and bringing some rain and drizzle, especially on Wednesday.
Sunrise over Mumbles lighthouse on October 1 by Tony Buckley.
Thursday and Friday will be brighter with a mixture of sunshine and showers but there will be a further drop in temperature with brisk north-westerly winds making it feel chilly.
Highs only 12 to 14 Celsius, 54 to 57 Fahrenheit and snow is likely on the Scottish Mountains.
View from Aran Fawddwy over Aran Benllyn, Llyn Tegid and Lake Bala by Ieuan Roberts, Lampeter.
So, after a several days of unusually warm weather and record breaking temperatures it's back to normal this week but we've had a good run.
It's made winter a little shorter and for those of you who don't like the heat, the change to cooler weather will come as a welcome relief.
Derek
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