September 2025 Commentary

The last few days of August had broken the spell of the long hot and dry summer, while September continued the change back towards Autumn and Winter.

The average daily temperatures slowly decreased throughout the month, though it was the night-time figures that registered the bigger change. The first few days of September had heavy downpours of rain and the second week was also wet but of the last ten days of the month, nine of them were dry. Indeed the last few days of September were gloriously sunny but the nights were chilly.

The month overall had an average temperature of 14.9C which is over one degree below the average over the last ten years and it represented the coolest September since 2015.

The rainfall total of 117.4mm was just above the average of 112 over the last decade so it broke the run of six consecutive months in 2025 with below average rainfall totals.

Around the local area, it appeared that most crops had been harvested before the arrival of the wet spell and it did green up most grassy areas but there wasn't enough to make much impact on the rock-hard footpaths outside of the village.

Philip Spray