The brisk wind on Friday, then coming from the west, meant a cool day with a peak of 7.5C, just below average, with 2.8 hours of welcome sunshine after the previous day’s deluge. In the evening another 1.9mm of rain fell.
The cloud overnight meant that no frost occurred, in fact the minimum of 3.6C at 01.23 early Saturday morning was 1.4C above average.
Saturday arrived with a totally cloudy sky and the wind then coming from the south west.