Sunday 5th October
Although Saturday was a very windy day under the influence of Storm Amy it was a mainly dry day, a few spots on two occasions, not measurable, as most of the shower activity passed to the south of Marlborough. The wind was very gusty all day with a peak gust of 34mph, my station is just under the crest of the high ground in Marlborough. The thermometer reached a peak at 13.9C at 13.01 before falling back a little then stabilising around 11C during the evening. The eventual minimum of 9.1C was logged at 07.35 early Sunday, just after sunrise in Marlborough at 07.13.

Sunday arrived with glorious sunshine although this is likely to change into sunny intervals with variable cloud as the day progresses, we are still under the reach of Storm Amy and its disturbed weather.

Over the next few days, as Storm Amy eases eastwards across to Scandinavia, a minor high pressure system with ridge across the UK, currently just to the west of the Bay of Biscay, returning us to much calmer conditions with variable sunshine and the temperature rising, likely above average. These changes are already under way with the barometric pressure having already risen 18mb since yesterday with a reading of 1015.0mb at 08.00 after the very low-pressure of 997.2mb at 03.00 on Saturday.

Marlborough Mop Fairs are organised by the Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain. To announce the opening of the fair, the Mayor of Marlborough attends where they give a short speech.