Over 50 years on 4th October the average maximum was 15.6 °C, the average minimum 8.4 °C, and the average mean 12.0 °C. The warmest 4 October by daily mean was 1983 (17.5 °C; maximum 20.1 °C). The coldest was 1994 (mean 5.6 °C; minimum 0.4 °C). The highest minimum was 15.0 °C in 2013.
Decade averages of the daily mean are fairly flat: 12.2 °C (1976–85), 11.5 °C (1986–95), 11.9 °C (1996–2005), 12.1 °C (2006–15) and 12.1 °C (2016–25). The 1991–2020 average for this date is 11.9 °C.
Source: Met Office Hadley Centre, HadCET daily maximum, minimum and mean files (current version plus provisional recent values). Mean temperatures since 1974 include a small urban-warming adjustment.
UK (Central England) temperatures, 4 October
Met Office HadCET, °C. Max / Min / Mean
1976–2025. Not whole UK (Lancs–London–Bristol)
Year Max Min Mean
1976 13.7 6.7 10.2
1977 15.4 10.2 12.8
1978 14.2 6.6 10.4
1979 15.8 13.1 14.4
1980 14.3 8.8 11.5
1981 14.9 5.1 10.0
1982 14.2 9.6 11.9
1983 20.1 14.8 17.5
1984 14.4 3.4 8.9
1985 17.4 11.8 14.6
1986 18.2 7.9 13.1
1987 16.5 9.3 12.9
1988 14.2 6.0 10.1
1989 17.7 8.1 12.9
1990 15.1 6.3 10.7
1991 15.4 6.4 10.9
1992 15.2 9.4 12.3
1993 15.4 7.9 11.6
1994 10.8 0.4 5.6
1995 17.1 12.8 14.9
1996 14.1 6.7 10.4
1997 19.0 10.7 14.8
1998 11.5 8.3 9.9
1999 13.2 6.1 9.6
2000 15.6 10.7 13.1
2001 16.7 10.9 13.8
2002 17.3 6.9 12.1
2003 13.2 8.9 11.1
2004 15.0 10.3 12.6
2005 14.8 8.5 11.7
2006 14.9 7.3 11.1
2007 16.0 9.0 12.5
2008 14.5 2.3 8.4
2009 14.7 7.7 11.2
2010 16.5 8.5 12.5
2011 17.9 11.8 14.9
2012 14.9 4.6 9.8
2013 19.2 15.0 17.1
2014 14.9 11.4 13.2
2015 15.8 5.2 10.5
2016 18.0 8.2 13.1
2017 15.1 8.2 11.7
2018 17.3 9.7 13.5
2019 15.4 6.1 10.7
2020 13.4 8.4 10.9
2021 15.3 8.3 11.8
2022 17.5 10.4 13.9
2023 16.9 10.2 13.6
2024 16.0 4.9 10.5
2025 13.5 9.6 11.5
50-yr avg: max 15.6 / min 8.4 / mean 12.0
Warmest mean: 1983 (17.5). Coldest: 1994 (5.6)
Source: Met Office HadCET