Monday was dry although cooler thanks to the easterly drift of wind that limited the temperature rise to 14.2C (-0.5C). Cloud overnight meant a mild night with a low of 9.1C (+1.8C) with rain falling between 02.30 and 04.15 early Tuesday amounting to 2.8mm.
Although areas of the country have received excessive amounts of rainfall the monthly total for Marlborough stands at 80.5mm being 10mm below the average. The recent extreme rainfall was just to the north of Marlborough.
Tuesday first light revealed a cloudy sky although beginning to lift and thin by 08.00 when the temperature read 9.6C. The barometric pressure remains low, currently 1002.0mb, due to the presence of four depression surrounding the UK.