The wind from the northwest or north-norhwest meant a sight less cold air combined with man-hours of sunshine saw the thermometer rise to 4.6C at 13.46 on Thursday, which was 2.4C below the 38-year average.
The past night although frosty was not quite so cold with a minimum of -1.9C at 00.10 on Friday morning, which was the least cold night for four days but still 3.2C below the average. After midnight the temperature began to ease upwards to reach 0C at 08.00.
Friday at dawn saw banks of cloud on the eastern horizon but soon after sunrise the sun rose above them with weak sunshine at 08.30. A ridge high pressure will be over the UK on Friday so a dry day is likely with more sunshine. The barometric pressure at 08.00 read 1019.4mb, which was a rise of 12mb in the past twenty-four hours.