Monday once again gave us many hours of strong sunshine that lifted the thermometer to 24.2C being 4.0C above the average. However, during the early hours of Tuesday there was a dramatic change. A large area of intense rain triggered the automatic rain gauge at 04.30 that lasted until 07.30. Just after 06.00 there was intense rainfall that fell at the rate of 110mm/hour and was so heavy that it knocked over some of my bread beans. The daily rainfall amounted to 26.6mm making it the wettest day since 19th December 2022 (29.8mm). The monthly rainfall total is now 56.7mm, being 2.5mm above the 39-year average.
The minimum temperature overnight occurred at 03.02 with a low of 13.6C, thereafter the temperature began to climb as the cloud arrived ahead of the rain.
By 08.00 on Tuesday the rained had stopped and the cloud was beginning to lift a little as the weather front moved northwards. The wind had veered from the south on Monday to north ahead of the rain band and will be variable today but principally from the west.
The barometric pressure is currently at its lowest for two months with a pressure of 1006.1mb at 08.00 thanks to the depression that arrived from the Atlantic.