The thermometer only reached 15.1C on Monday due to a brisk northerly breeze. This high was still 0.5C above the average.
The temperatures dropped rapidly overnight due to the colder air stream from the north and totally clear skies. The minimum of -0.3C was logged at 06.04 on Tuesday producing a ground first and the first air frost of the season.
The sun shone brightly after dawn with the barometric pressure having recovered that should produce a fine, dry day.
Sunday brought yet another above average day for warmth as the thermometer rose to 17.4C after a cold start, this was 2.8C above the average.
Rain began to fall just after midnight when a cold weather front crossed the area and as it traversed eastwards the wind veered from the south into the north, there was also a drop of 2C in the air temperature. The wind gusted to 24mph in the rain squalls.
Monday dawned dull with total cloud cover from the hang back of cloud from the weather front and the wind quite brisk from the north.
The thermometer only rose to 17.0C on Saturday making it the coldest day this month but was still 2.4C above the average. In fact every dawn this month brought an above average maximum.
The thermometer plummeted overnight dropping to 1.5C at 04.10 on Sunday that produced a ground frost, was he coldest night since 17th September also a significant 5.7C below the average. In fact it has been the fourth consecutive below average minimum.
Sunday arrived clear and bright with sunshine shortly after dawn. The ridge of high pressure that has brought us the fine weather has started to decline with a reading of 1019.9mb at 0800, then lowest pressure for four days.
The thermometer rose to 18.7C on Friday making it the warmest day since 22nd September and a significant 4.1C above the 38-year average. A modest rain shower that started, hesitantly, at 16.25 brought 0.6mm of ria fall.
It has been a very cold night with a minimum of 4.4C being 2.8C below the average under clear skies.
Saturday arrived with good sunshine after dawn but rising later in Autumn did not do much for raising the temperature as by 08.00 the thermometer had only risen to 5.0C.
During the many hours of sunshine on Thursday, especially during the morning, the thermometer rose to 17.9C mid-afternoon being 3.3C above the average. Interesting that the first six days of this month have seen a variation in the maxima of just 0.5C. The breeze continued from the southwest.
The past night was also well above average (+3.0C) with a minimum of 10.3C.
Friday arrived with some brightness although mainly a cloudy sky. The barometric pressure has started two wain as a depression to the north gets closer. The reading at 08.00 was 1021.2mb, a drop of 7mb since this time yesterday.