Category: Commentary

Thursday brought a sunnier day with 2.77 hours of strong sunshine and just 0.1mm of rain overnight. It was another mild day with a maximum of 15.6C, which was 1C above the 33-year average.

The south-westerly breezes are bring very mild air as the lowest temperature overnight was just before midnight with a low of 10.8C, some 3.5C above the October average, rising to 15.1C at 08.00. This is the warmest morning since 5th September.

Although we have had splashes of rain over the past twelve days the total for October, when we are nearly half way through the month, stands at just 6.2mm, when the average is 86.4mm.

Wednesday produced a very disturbed day with much cloud but the main feature was the increasing strength of the wind over the morning peaking at 33mph in the afternoon, the windiest day since 12th September.

A heavy but brief squall produced 2.8mm of rain late afternoon.

Both maximum and minimum were above average with 16.6C (+2C) and 9.6C (+2.3C) respectively.

The sun returned on sunday with 3.99 hours of strong sunshine. This, combined with light winds, maximum gust of 10 mph, pushed the thermometer to 17.0C, which was 2.4C above the 33-year average and the warmest day since 28th September.

No rain fell in the past twenty-four hours so the total this month still stands at 3.3mm.

The temperature gradually rose overnight from a low of 9.2C just after 10pm to 11.6C at 08.00.

Variable cloud this morning is allowing occasional weak sunshine to percolate through the gaps.

Saturday can best be described as grey with a damp morning followed by a dry and brighter afternoon.

There was intermittent drizzle in the morning until midday, amounting to 0.3mm, after which the sky brightened but with no sunshine. However, the improvement in the afternoon lifted the temperature to 1.2C above average with a maximum of 15.8C.

Overnight cloud meant a mild night with the minimum 1C above the October average with a low of 8.3C.

This morning has arrived with a mostly cloudy sky obliterating any chance of sunshine.

The wind on friday commenced from a westerly direction and early afternoon veered into the north west. This restricted the maximum temperature to 14.6C, exactly average for October.

We enjoyed 6.5 hours of strong sunshine, that combined with the lightest winds this month, maximum gust of 15 mph, produced a very pleasant autumnal day.

The thermometer slowly fell in the afternoon and early evening to a minimum of 7.9C just before 11pm, but with the advancing cloud from the next, weak weather front, reversed this trend so that by 08.00 the thermometer had risen to 12.2C.

There was no rain by day but early this morning there were a couple of very light showers amounting to 0.6mm.

This morning has started grey with thick cloud and a moist air with a humidity reading of 96%.