Another warm day and night with temperatures again above average with a maximum of 14.4C (+3.8C) and a low of 6.7C (+4.3C) at 06.30 on Thursday.
A further substantial fall of rain began at 21.00 Wednesday evening and returned just before midnight when intense rain fell briefly at a rate of 160mm/hour. The daily rainfall total was 12.mm taking the monthly total 80.7mm, which is 22mm above the 39-year average.
Variable cloud on Thursday morning allowed glimpses of strong sunshine that lifted the temperature to 9.7C at 0800.