The last twenty-four hours have been unpleasant with thick cloud producing drizzle yesterday and rain this morning. With no sun and a strong north-easterly wind the temperatures yesterday were depressed with a maximum of only 7.2C, which is 3.2C below the long-term average.
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Cold and gloomy with strong north-easterly winds
The wind, which veered into a north-easterly direction on Friday, has brought much cloud cover, depressed maximum tempertures and a wind chill. Yesterday the peak temperature was 8.2C with wind gusts to 22mph. There was a little sunshine in the morning, amounting to 1.8 hours (during the previous two days none was recorded) but the moist air resulting from air travelling across the North Sea has brought thicker cloud and a little drizzle overnight.
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Warmest morning this month
At 0800 the air temperature was 8.6C, the warmest morning this month. The soil temperature, at a depth of 5cm, was 7.2C also the highest this month.
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Sun’s strength increasing with longer hours of sunshine and greater UV light
Yesterday brought 7.9 hours of sunshine and an increased value for ultra-violet light. This boosted the maximum temperature with a maximum of 11.2C, almost 1C above the long-term average. The 7th has been the warmest this month with a maximum of 14.3C.
The start to the month has been very dry with a total of 3.6mm for the first ten days. -
First day without sunshine for a fortnight
The overcast and moist day yesterday gave us no sunshine, minimal precipitation and the lowest solar energy since 13th February, after an overnight ground frost.
This morning there was a little valley fog before sunrise as the air temperature dipped to 1.5C.