The barometric pressure held high on Sunday giving 5.9 hours of welcome sunshine but the wind from the north east meant depressed temperatures. The maximum was 11.0C, which was 4.7C below average. The thermometer fell steadily after the peak reaching a minimum of -1.8C at 04.41 Monday morning under clear skies. This was 9.0C below average and the coldest night since 4th April.
It was only the fourth dry day in October.
Monday arrived with bright sunshine as soon as the sun crossed the horizon with the thermometer having slowly risen to 1.2C at 08.00.