Yesterday brought two hours of strong sunshine that boosted the temperature to a maximum of 10.3C, first above average since 1st November. It was breezy with the wind gusting to 24mph early afternoon with a shower amounting to 0.8mm. The thermometer held steady at around 6C until just before midnight when it fell continuously to a minimum of -0.1 at 08.00, but the hazy sunshine began to work on this shortly afterwards.
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A little rain, a little sunshine and temperatures near average
Temperatures recovered yesterday with a maximum of 9.4C and 1.55 hours of sunshine.The wind was still brisk, maximum gust of 21mph, and from the cool northwest. The rainfall was minimal at 0.6mm. In the late evening the wind backed into a southwesterly direction, that combined with the cloud cover, gave a minimum of 3.0C just after midnight, recovering to 6.2C at 08.00.
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Wettest 24-hour period for three months
Although yesterday started dry but overcast the active weather front arrived late afternoon with rain starting just before 6pm. It was a cold day with a maximum of just 5.7C, which is almost 5C below the average for November. The rain continued for twelve hours with a substantial fall of 22.9mm, the wettest day since 27th August.
The barometric pressure fell rapidly over the last eighteen hours with a low of 993.0mb at 02.57, the lowest reading since March, and is now rising rapidly. Due to the cloud and rain there was no frost and little variation in temperature overnight, reading 4.8C at 08.00 -
Early touch of winter
The 5.1 hours of strong sunshine yesterday was very welcome but the strong northerly winds kept the maximum to 7.3C, 3C below average. As forecast, the cold northerly air stream and clear sky meant that the thermometer dropped steadily overnight to a minimum of -3.5C. This morning broke with welcome sunshine but at 08.00 it had made very little difference to the temperature.
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Cold and colder!
The northerly winds, peaking at 23mph yesterday, meant even lower temperatures by day and significant wind chill. The maximum was just 6.4c (average 10.23C) irrespective of almost 4 hours of strong sunshine. Just after 3pm the temperature dropped almost 3C, that with wind chill, meant it was more like 1C.
Overnight the wind has continued, unlike the still nights of October, often well into double figures, but this meant that no air frost occurred due to the movement of air. At 08.00 today the thermometer read 2.4C but wind chill factor makes if feel like -1.2C. The day has dawned with almost clear blue skies and welcome sunshine. The winds from the northerly direction are also drier with the humidity reading 93% at 08.00, the lowest at dawn for almost a month.