The Arctic airmass meant another very cold day on Friday with a maximum of just 2.7C being 5.4C below the average and the coldest day since 13th February. The high was recorded at 13.23 when the thermometer did an about turn and started to drop again registering a minimum of -5.8C at 04.38 on Saturday. That low was 8.3C below the average.
After the wet November we have now had twelve successive dry days.
Saturday arrived with clear skies and a temperature of -4.5C at 08.00.
The soil thermometer at a depth of 5cm read -1.2C at 08.00.