With a maximum of just 5.9C on Saturday it was a chilly day thanks to the cool airstream originating in the Arctic region and brought on an easterly breeze. This peak was a significant 5.6C below my 40-year average. It was a cloudy day with light roan and drizzle in the wrong not amount to much, just 0.2mm.
It has been a cold night as the thermometer fell below freezing just before midnight and reached a minimum of -2.5C at 7.02 early onSunday being 5.0C below my 40-year average.
Sunday after dawn revealed foggy conditions with variable visibility as the fog moved around with a minimum visibility of 300m. However, by 07.30 the fog had thinned considerably, just leaving misty conditions for a short while. It was a delight to see sunshine that broke through in Marlborough at 07.35 that lifted the temperature to -1.4C at 08.00.
The depression that plagued our area on Saturday is now to the north of Scotland so a bright, dry day is ahead with less sunshine after midday. The barometric pressure had recovered to 1001.3mb at 08.00, up a significant 13mb since that time on Sunday, and rising fast.