The past twenty-four hours of Thursday saw over eleven hours of rainfall amounting to exactly 20.0mm of precipitation that brought the month total to 47.6mm, which is 52% of the monthly average.
The wind for the majority of the day came front the south before early afternoon veering into the west. As a consequence of the warmer air the thermometer rose to a maximum of 8.6C early in the day at 11.44, which was 0.6C above the 35-year average.
In addition to the excessive rainfall, winds were a feature, particularly in the early hours of Friday, gusting to 26mph as the depression began to fill. The barometer had been falling for over twenty-four hours reaching a low of 971.9mb at 00.19 on Friday morning before rising rapidly. This was the lowest barometric pressure reading since 10th December 2017.