Although the brisk breeze coming from the north usually means a cool day, this air stream originated in the Atlantic and had drifted clockwise around the anticyclone in mid-Atlantic before arriving in the UK, thus originating from a warmer, moist area.
There was a very brief, light shower at 15.45 that produced just 0.1mm of precipitation.
The thermometer rose to 6.6C being just 0.6C below the average and the warmest day since the 15th. There was no air frost overnight but there might have been a short-lived ground frost as the thermometer dropped to 1.1C at 02.16 early Friday before rising again to 2.7C at 08.00.
The brisk northerly breeze gusted to 20mph at one time and during that period there was an element of wind chill such that outside it felt 2C lower than that indicated on the thermometer.
Friday arrived with dull conditions due to low, thick cloud with the wind having veered into the northeast, but lighter than on Thursday.