The wind from the north and north-northeast on Thursday was strong gusting to 25mph at its peak. This cool airstream meant a cool day with the thermometer not rising above 6.5C, which was the coolest day this month being 1.5C below the average. The strong wind and low temperatures meant there was a wind chill making it feel outside at 08.00 more like 2C when the thermometer read 4.7C.
The skies initially cleared in the evening allowing the temperature to drop steadily reaching a minimum of -2.6C, giving a sharp air frost at 01.09 in the early hairs of Friday then rising before dawn to reach 1.7C at 08.00.
Brief brightness was observed after dawn on Friday but this quickly changed as cloud soon drifted in with total cloud cover by 07.45.