There were 2.3 hours of sunshine on Saturday but late in the day and overnight the rains returned bringing another 10.2mm that raised the monthly total to 59.7mm.
Temperatures by day and night were just below and just above average respectively with 7.2C (-0.8C) and 3.3C (+1.4C).
Sunday saw broken cloud after dawn whit rain showers not far away.
The brisk wind on Friday, then coming from the west, meant a cool day with a peak of 7.5C, just below average, with 2.8 hours of welcome sunshine after the previous day’s deluge. In the evening another 1.9mm of rain fell.
The cloud overnight meant that no frost occurred, in fact the minimum of 3.6C at 01.23 early Saturday morning was 1.4C above average.
Saturday arrived with a totally cloudy sky and the wind then coming from the south west.
The past twenty-four hours of Thursday saw over eleven hours of rainfall amounting to exactly 20.0mm of precipitation that brought the month total to 47.6mm, which is 52% of the monthly average.
The wind for the majority of the day came front the south before early afternoon veering into the west. As a consequence of the warmer air the thermometer rose to a maximum of 8.6C early in the day at 11.44, which was 0.6C above the 35-year average.
In addition to the excessive rainfall, winds were a feature, particularly in the early hours of Friday, gusting to 26mph as the depression began to fill. The barometer had been falling for over twenty-four hours reaching a low of 971.9mb at 00.19 on Friday morning before rising rapidly. This was the lowest barometric pressure reading since 10th December 2017.
With just a glimpse of sun on Wednesday. but mainly cloudy with heavy rain showers. it was not surprising to find the maximum 6.0C was 2C below the average. With the sky again clearing towards evening a brief ground frost set in with a minimum of 0.4C at 00.19 early Thursday morning. However, with cloud once again encroaching from the west the temperature then began to recover so that by 08.00 on Thursday the thermometer read 4.2C
Thursday dawned very dark and wet as the rain began to intensify from the next weather front.
Tuesday was a gloomy, wet day although it was mild with the thermometer rising to a maximum of 11.8C, almost 4C above average, in the early evening at 18.21. However, at that time a squall line passed over the area bringing intense rain and strong winds. Within a few minutes the wind began to veer from the south into the west and the temperature to drop continuously so that by 23.00 there was a fall of 6C.
It was windy all day with a peak gust of 39mph at 16.18.
Rainfall for the past twenty-four hours amounted to 8.9mm bringing the monthly total to 26.2mm.
With relatively clear sky overnight the thermometer continued to fall registering 2.4C at 08.00 on Wednesday morning and the sun began to shine as it rise above the horizon.