Author: Eric Gilbert

Saturday was much brighter again and we saw the sunshine for almost three quarters of an hour. The wind came predominantly from the west and lighter than on Friday that saw the the thermometer rise to 9.0C being 1.8C above the average.

No rain fell in the past twenty-four hours with UV registering 0.7 at its peak, equal highest this month.

The temperature fell away to 2.7C just after dawn on Sunday being 1.3C above the average. There was much blue sky after daybreak with the odd cloud passing by allowing much sunshine, weak at the start but gaining in strength after 08.15.

Although Friday started gloomy, late morning the cloud thinned and lifted to allow a little welcome sunshine to break through for just over half an hour. However, after the previous cool night and the wind in the morning coming from the northeast, the thermometer struggled to reach a maximum of just 2.6C being 4.5C below the January average. The wind subsequently veered into the east and southeast overnight.

The coldest part of the night occurred at 20.04 Friday evening with a minimum of -1.3C before advancing cloud from the next wide rain band saw the thermometer recover to +1.3C at 22.00. The wind strength increased as the weather front arrived with a peak gust of 24mph at 01.46.

Saturday arrived with very low, thick cloud and continuous light rain that overnight amounted to 3.6mm. The temperature at 08.00 read 4.8C. The wind is currently coming from the southwest and quite brisk.

Although the warm air persisted on Thursday until just after midday the wind, then coming from the cooler north, saw the thermometer begin to fall away. By 17.00 the thermometer read 4.6C and at 22.00 had dropped further to 2.0C. The minimum of 0C was reached at 06.27 on Friday morning. The strong wind gusting to 26mph produced a wind chill so that it felt up to 2C below that registered on a thermometer.

Another 1.8mm of rainfall was recorded that brought the monthly total to 14.9mm when the average is 90.5mm.

Friday brought another dark and gloomy start to the day with thick cloud. The wind had veered further into the north-northeast but much lighter than the wind on Thursday.

Wednesday was another gloomy day with thick cloud producing drizzle and rain overnight that amounted to 2.7mm. It was a very mild day with the thermometer hovering round 9C all day with a maximum of 9.4C, being 2.3C above the average and a minimum of 8.8C, which was 7.4C above the 37-year average and 2.3C above the daytime average.

Thursday arrived again with thick, low cloud and drizzly rain.

Tuesday saw the wind coming from the west at the start of the day but it then veered into the north then east and in the evening came from the south. The temperature rose just a degree during the daytime reaching 9.0C, being 1.9C above average. It then fell away during the evening to a minimum of 1.9C at 22.50 before rising again as cloud built up from the next weather front.

Wednesday arrived as another gloomy, overcast day with a mixture of rain and drizzle falling from low thick cloud. The rainfall over the past twenty-four hours amounted to 3.7mm with the temperature at 08.00 reading 8.1C