Minimal sunshine and warmth on Friday as it was mainly cloudy being a degree down on Thursday and 1.5C below the 38-year average.
The thermometer dropped below freezing at 19.45 Friday evening and eventually fell to -0.8C at 00.57 early on Saturday.
Saturday arrived dull with full cloud, a little higher but little wind. Any evidence of an air frost had disappeared as the temperature had slowly risen to 0.9C before dawn. The soil temperature at a depth of 5cm registered 0.3C at 08.00.