Under the intense barometric high pressure Monday gave us 10.75 hours of strong sunshine, the sunniest day since the 6th August. However, the light breeze from the north pegged back the temperature as the thermometer struggled to reach a maximum of 14.4C. This was 2C above the very low peak on Sunday but still 4.4C below the September average.
It was a dry day with the UV easing into the Moderate level after being at Low on Sunday.
The clear sky overnight saw the thermometer tumble again giving an air frost as the air temperature dropped below freezing for half an hour just before dawn with a minimum of -0.2C, which meant a hard ground frost after about 1am.
Tuesday saw the sun shining brightly as it arrived above the horizon triggering the sunshine recorder at 07.53 with the promise of much more sunshine throughout the day. With the thermometer reading 2.1C at 08.00, when readings were taken today, it was the coldest morning since 29th March.
Tuesday update at 15.20: as the anticyclone eased away over the North Sea the wind backed into the south bringing a milder air. As a result, combined with much sunshine, the thermometer steadily rose to a maximum of 17.0C at 15.02, over 2C up on the Monday peak and closer to the average (-1.6C).