| October | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mm | 1.4 | 3.8 | T | 16.7 | 0.2 | 15.0 | 0.1 | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0 |
| October | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mm | 0 | T | 0.5 | 18.3 | T | 0.6 | 6.8 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 22.6 | T | 0 | 95.9 |
Although over twice as much rain was recorded as last October - the driest since records began at this site in 1994 - October 2008's rainfall was only 71.3% of the average for October over that period.
Rain began falling at dusk on 29th increasing in intensity into the night and the early hours of 30th with lightning of a distant intense thunderstorm only too obvious after mid-night. It was during this period that Ottery St Mary, 13 miles to the west, experienced up to 100 mm of rain, hail and snow in two hours together with thunder and lightning which resulted in the town taking on the appearance of the arctic with the build up of ice several feet deep. Cars were washed away, roads ripped up, edge banks washed away and hundreds of sheep were drowned and washed down the river Otter.
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