We've haven't had all the figures in yet but it looks like September in Wales was sunnier but cooler and slightly wetter than average.
It was the coolest September since 1994 with a mean temperature of 11.9 Celsius. The average is 12.9 Celsius.
There was 133.5 hours of sunshine, making it the sunniest September since 2006.
The month was on course to be drier than average but a deep low pressure changed that with a wet spell of weather and some flooding between 23 -26 September.
In Wales, September ended up 35th wettest in records that date back to 1910 with provisionally 133.5mm of rain. The September average is 116.6mm.
One of the wettest places was Hawarden in Flintshire where 155mm of rain was recorded (6.1 inches).
While the southwest was drier, with below average rainfall in Pembrokeshire
John Goodger, who runs a weather station near Velindre near Glasbury in Powys, reckons his rainfall total for the six months April to September is the highest for this period in local records going back to 1885!
He recorded 706.1mm (27.8 inches) over three-quarters of the annual average.
October has started off wet with some heavy downpours today. Tomorrow will bring a mixture of sunshine and heavy showers.
Thursday will be drier but overnight into Friday there is a risk of more heavy rain and the Met Office has issued a yellow alert for this.
Good news is that the rain will hopefully clear away leaving plenty of dry weather next weekend, with high pressure heading our way.
Derek
