Thursday was another of the very cool days with the first rain drops observed at 14.20 but sporadic light bursts continued until early evening with the heaviest falls between 18.30 and 19.00 that in total amounted to 3.6mm. That additional precipitation took the monthly total to 8.9mm when the 40-year average is 53.8mm
It was cool as the thermometer struggled to reach 15.7C at 13.17, which was 4.9C below my 40-year average. After that time the temperature slowly began to drift downwards to around 13C for much of the late afternoon and then dropping to a minimum of 10.7C at 05.31 early Friday. Thankfully that was the last of the very cool nights, which gardeners will appreciate. That low made it only the second above average minimum this month, after 11.7C on the 4th.
Friday initially brought us a little brightness but around 08.00 the cloud began to thicken and obscure the sun as another weather front crossed our area with the rain radar showing heavy showers over the West Country heading our way by mid-morning. A showery day is ahead.
The centre of the low is much closer with a barometric reading of 1001.3mb at 08.00, the lowest pressure this month. Sadly for the summer month of June, this depression is going to be with us for possibly three days and not until Monday is it likely to improve significantly.