Saturday gave us a mild day that saw the thermometer rise well above average (+4.6C) at 13.23 with a maximum of 14.9C. There was a little drizzle mid-afternoon, observed at 15.35, with light rain crossing the area in the early hours of Sunday. Due to the warm, moist air it has been a mild night that saw the thermometer drop no lower than 10.0C at 00.15 Sunday.
Sunday struggled to come to come into life being dark and dull with very low, thick cloud with was producing light rain falling at 08.00. A weather front is traversing the country as the day progress with an improvement in our weather likely late morning. The temperature of the soil at a depth of 5cm read 10.8C at 08.00, significantly up from the low of 1.0C on Thursday thanks to the recent mild days and nights. The barometric pressure has fallen to 1012.8mb at 08.00, down 16mb since the high on Thursday.
The monthly rainfall total amounted to 97.5mm being 106% of my 40-year average or + 5.8mm.
