A maximum of 0.6C on Tuesday was the warmest day in three days but still a very chilly 8C below the average and the third coldest day this month. The wind backed a few degrees to come from the Northeast and picked up a little, after the previous calm days, with a maximum gust of 14mph.
The past night was again very cold due to the Arctic air with the thermometer sinking to -4.0C at 06.45 on Wednesday.
Dawn on Wednesday revealed a less cloudy sky with the cloud much higher and thinner. The barometric pressure was at its lowest this month yesterday with a minimum reading of 1004.8mb, the lowest since 24th November.