Wednesday started off well with the thermometer rising to 16.1C at 11.06, which was 2.1C above average but thereafter the temperature fell away to hover between 11C and 12C throughout the rest of the day. The thermometer fell as the heavy showers arrived at 11.14 producing 4.1mm with a couple of minor showers overnight adding another 0.8mm bringing the daily total to 4.9mm. This brief wet spell broke the fourteen consecutive days without measurable rainfall.
It was a much windier day with a peak gust of 22mph, the strongest gust since the 15th.
Overnight the thermometer fell away to a minimum of 7.4C a 02.08 in the early hours of Thursday.
By daybreak on Thursday there were breaks in the cloud allowing very brief glimpses of weak sunshine with the thermometer having recovered to 9.8C at 08.00.