Monday was an appalling day with almost continuous rain during daylight hours amounting to 10.5mm. That additional precipitation took the monthly total to 102.4mm being 12mm above the long-term average. The wind was also very gusty on Monday, a maximum gust of 33mph was recorded, coming from the southeasterly quarter until after midday when it slowly veered into the south-southwest.
Not surprisingly, due to the thick, low cloud all day, no UV was registered, the first time since a similar day on 16th April.
The maximum of 8.4C was 1.6C below average, the first below average maximum this month. In fact it was the coldest day since the 10th February (8.1C). The thermometer dropped away to a minimum of 3.9C, just 0.2C above the average thanks to the cloud cover.
Tuesday began with the cloud much higher than on Monday and the thermometer having recovered a little to 5.6C at 08.00.