Thanks to the Kernow Weather Team here in Cornwall we have a dedicated group of weather watchers with all the kit to keep us right up to date with regular weather reports. They kindly take a break from their busy day to bring us a monthly review. Here’s their look at what October brought us – and it was a mixed bag of weather, along with above average temperatures. 

October started wet, with rain and a lot of flooding. Trafalgar Square roundabout in Truro was brought to a standstill as torrential rain flooded the area, all due to the effects of ex Hurricane Kirk, which thankfully left us be. Although it had us worried for a while as its first track looked to head our way. By the end of the first week a ridge of high-pressure brought a settled period of weather but also came a couple of much colder days, although it never left us rain free. There was even some frost as temperatures dipped to just below freezing -2°C, but it was very short-lived. 

Next up was the the Northern lights, this gave us a show and we were sent in some amazing photos.

Not long afterwards a spell of strong winds and heavy rain brought more misery to our already saturated ground. Once we lost the high pressure the Atlantic swung back into action and brought us a series of lows, along with a southerly airflow which lifted temperatures up to 19.8C, but mist, fog, wind and rain were never far away.

The middle of October arrived with Met Office yellow weather warnings for rain. Following on was our first named storm of the season – Storm Ashley – which was named by Met Eireann. The low pressure thankfully only brought us winds of up to 60-65mph, but much higher winds affected Ireland and Scotland, although this storm stayed mainly off land, high tides still came with it, the north coast seeing 13foot waves. 

Now we’re at the end of October and high pressure is keeping our weather settled but with plenty of mist and fog. Nobody knows what November will bring, but I’m sure there’s a sting in its tail somewhere. 

If any Roseland readers managed to get any pictures of the northern lights we would love to see them. Just email them to lindsay@roselandonline.co.uk