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What a glorious day yesterday was? The thermometer soared to a maximum of 15.1C just before 2.30pm, the warmest day 31st October, and 5C above the mean for March. There were 5.36 hours of strong sunshine within which the UV level rose to 3.0, the strongest UV since 1st October last year. The strongest breeze was a maximum of 16mph, the quietest day this month, all due to the temporary ridge if high pressure.
The clear sky before midnight allowed the thermometer to drop to a minimum of 3.9 at 00.12 but increasing cloud reversed the downward trend so that at 08.00 the thermometer read 7.9C. This morning the cloud base has been gradually lowering with visibility down to 1,000m at 08.00

Although there was a brief glimmer of sunshine yesterday it was like a spring day wth a maximum of 12.8C, which was recorded at 12.48. The legacy of the warm front was, with a cloudy night, a minimum of 7.8C, which is almost 6C above the long-term mean. The rainfall total was 1.7mm bringing the figure for March to 28.4mm.
This morning variable cloud is slowly diminishing allowing glimpses of sunshine.

As the sun got to work yesterday, with 3.36 hours, the afternoon felt quite springlike as the wind abated giving a maximum of 10.3C at 13.36. Later in the afternoon the temperature began to fall away when a minimum of 7.0C was reached just before 8.30pm. At this point the approaching warm front began to be felt as the thermometer began to rise again with light rain just before 10pm.
The rainfall total to 0800 was 3.1mm and at that time the thermometer read 10.5C, the warmest morning since 10th December.

After so many wet days it was good to have a dry day yesterday although the large amounts of cloud reduced the sunshine again to 1.5 hours. Interestingly, the wind picked up just before midnight with the strongest gust of the day of 19mph at 23.07 and this windy period lasted until after 3am this morning.
There followed another cool night with a minimum of 2.2C, not as cold as the previous night, just above the average for March. This morning has dawned with high cloud and the sun struggling to provide a bright start to the day.

More of the same yesterday with sunshine and sharp showers. There were just 2.3 hours of strong sunshine on Sunday, half the number of hours that were recorded on Saturday. There were a few brief, very sharp showers amounting to 5.1mm. The showers and increased cloud amounts kept the temperature down to a maximum of 9.7C but clearer skies overnight meant that the thermometer dropped to 0.9C just before 7.30 this morning giving a slight and temporary ground frost.