The anticyclone currently over the UK, with a reading at 08.00 today of 1035.1mb, gave us 6.14 hours of sunshine on Monday, the highest daily sunshine total this month. However, after a sharp frost that night the thermometer only reached a maximum of 5.0C, this was 2.8C below the December average.
Overnight, the clear skies meant that the thermometer fell steadily to a minimum of -3.0C at 02.38, that was 5C below average, before rising to -1.4C at 08.00.
Yesterday produced the quietest day this month with a maximum of just 8mph, previously held with 11mph maximum on 5th.