The rain and drizzle eventually ceased around midday on Friday with the afternoon brightening a little with weak sunshine. However, the cloud and rain for part of the day combined with a brisk wind from the northwest gusting 25mph meant a very cool day with wind chill and the thermometer only reaching 12.3C at 16.17 being a significant 6.8C below my 40-year average. It was the coolest day since 27th April – Autumn is upon us! During the late afternoon and certainly overnight the skies cleared allowing any warmth to dissipate into the atmosphere that saw the thermometer drop to just 2.2C at 07.12 on Saturday giving a ground frost. This low was 6.5C below my 40-year average and was the coldest night since the 13th September when just 1.0C was logged.
Another 2.5mm or rainfall fell yesterday morning that took the monthly rainfall total to 203.5mm making it the second wettest month in the near since my records began in 1984 and equalled the identical amount in November 2002.
Glorious sunshine greeted the start to Saturday, what a relief after so many full wet mornings. Today we will be under a temporary ridge of high pressure that will give us a dry day with many hours of sunshine. The barometric pressure has risen a very significant 26mb since 08.00 on Friday. However, on Sunday another Atlantic depression will be heading towards the UK bringing more cloud and rain later in the day.
