Saturday saw rain and drizzle all morning and well into the afternoonfrom the extensive weather front. However, at 15.15 the thermometer read 14.8C but within 15 minutes this had dramatically fallen 4C, the wind had veered from south west to north west and the barometric pressure immediately began to rise.
All this occurred as a cold front made its way down south eastwards across the country. There was no sunshine during the day, not surprisingly, but for the first time my equipment gave a zero reading for solar energy at 100w/sq.m
Rainfall for the past twenty-four hours amounted to 13.5mm bringing the monthly total to 149.4mm, which is 65.8mm above the 35-year average. Thus is not a station record as in 2004 October produced 1593mm.
Due to the initial warm air the maximum was 14.2C, just below average, but the cold polar maritime air meant a minimum of 1.2C just after dawn on Sunday.
Sunday after dawn saw the hang back of cloud from the weather front but weak sunshine breaking through.