Sunday was another cold day, the coldest since the 17th, with a maximum of just 2.1C. This was 4.9C below the 38-year average and due to less sunshine than previous days and the previous extremely cold night.
The overnight minimum of -5.9C occurred at 08.13 on Monday being 7.2C below the average.
The ridge of high pressure, reaching from almost Siberia, has intensified further with a reading of 1038.4mb at 08.00. I had to go way back through the records to find a higher barometric pressure, which occurred on March 19th 2022. The ridge has meant almost no air movement during the past four days, Sunday was no exception, with an air movement maximum of just 2mph and from the Southeast.
Monday arrived with almost clear skies, some thin, wispy cloud again, with sunshine as soon as the sun rose above the horizon.