Sunday was another dull and gloomy day although in the early afternoon the cloud began to thin and the briefest of brightness triggered the sunshine recorder for a minute.
It was the second consecutive dry day thanks to the influence if the high pressure centred over Scandinavia but now beginning to ease away with the wind a little stronger.
The maximum of 7.4C failed to reach the average (-0.6C) whereas the overnight minimum of 4.8C, due the the cloud cover, was 2.6C above the 35-year average.
Monday at dawn saw total cloud cover but varying in its thickness.