It was a largely cold and settled day for many parts of the UK, although heavy rain affected north-western parts of the country. Fog became widespread during the evening.
Many parts of the UK experienced an 'Indian summer' during the latter part of the month. However, heavy rain over parts of Aberdeenshire caused localised flooding towards the end of October.
A round-up of the headline weather events during 2008. From snow in London in October, to 20 million gallons of flood water in an underpass in Belfast, it was a big weather year.
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