Monday saw limited sunshine with cloud building after midday and heavy rain starting at 13.40.
The temperature was a little down on recent days with a maximum of 9.6C, still 2.5C above average. The first 18 days in February have only seen three days with a below average maximum, being the 1st to 3rd.
The rainfall yesterday reached 2.2mm that brought the total for February to 61.4mm, just 3.5mm below the 35-year average.
Clear skies overnight, in which an almost full moon shine brightly, meant the temperature fell away to a minimum of 2.6C at 06.26 this morning, Tuesday, which gave a ground frost.
Tuesday saw the sun shine brightly as soon as it crossed the horizon with the thermometer reading 3.7C at 08.00
Update on Tuesday at 17.45: temperature eased upwards to a maximum of 10.9C at 14.36, which was 3.8C above average, as we enjoy in excess of 9 hours of sunshine. A dry day with moderate breeze gusting to a peak of 17mph.