The thermometer slowly rose yesterday morning to a maximum of 4.8C, 2C below the mean, just before 1pm. This gradually melted most of the powdery snow that fell just before dawn. The strong north-westerly winds, gusting to 28mph, meant that there was a significant wind chill indicating that it was more like -4C. Sunshine yesterday totalled almost 2.3 hours. Overnight there was a slight air frost with a minimum of -0.8C at 02.47, but since then the temperature has risen above freezing to 1.C at 08.00.
Thankfully the wind has now abated and backed more into a westerly. This morning there is high cloud with light winds and the thermometer is slowly rising.
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