Yesterday brought a cloudy start to the day, which brightened up in the afternoon with a little strong sunshine (0.4 hours). The significant feature of yesterday’s weather was that the wind had swung into the north east, thanks to a high pressure system to the north of us that produced continuously strong winds with a peak of 40 mph at 16.16. Through-ought the period there were sustained winds of 16 mph averaged over a ten minute interval. This gave a windchill factor that reduced the ambient temperature by several degrees such as at the warmest point in the afternoon, with a maximum thermometer reading of 11.1C, it felt like 7C. it was the first dry day in a week.
This morning dawned with thick cloud cover and the north east wind having abated just a little. Unlike the previous night the cloud cover kept the temperature above freezing with a minimum of 5.8C
The weather station of Marlborough, Wiltshire
