This October continued the recent trend towards warmer and wetter Octobers. It also continued the sequence of abnormally warm months during 2006 such that the September-October pair and the summer half year (May to October) both broke previous records for warmth by a wide margin. The average maximum's for the month in Lyneham were two degrees up on normal and the thermometers topped 19.9°C on the 10th. Following the spring and summer drought, we were experiencing better and higher than usual rainfall figures for the month. A total of 83mm fell during the 31 day period which was 133% of the norm. The wettest day of the month was on the 19th where 23.8mm of rain fell within a twenty-four hour period. Having noted these high downpours, there was remarkedly 12 days where next to no fall was recorded. The higher monthly total was accumulated within a couple of days with exceptionally high volumes of rainfall within short periods, causing localised flooding in the district.