Tuesday brought us 2.7 hours of sunshine but after midday the cloud began to thicken with rain starting at 14.30 that turned to snow from 16.45- 18.05 producing around 2cm in depth. The maximum of 4.9C, being 2.1C below average, occurred at 14.28 before beginning to fall away as the snow arrived that by 18.00 was down to 1C, which allowed some snow on hard surfaces to partially melt.
The skies cleared overnight allowing a hard frost to set in with the minimum temperature of -4.0C at 07.54 this morning, which was 5.3C below average.
The copper rain gauge held much melt water from the snow but had to be brought indoors to slowly melt the remaining ice, which gave a total precipitation of 6.1mm. This brings the January precipitation to 33.6mm, which is 58mm below the 35-year average.
Wednesday saw the sun cross the horizon just after 08.00 that with broken cloud promises more sunshine.
Update on Wednesday at 18.00: thermometer struggled to reach 4.0C today peaking at 14.03, which was 3C below average. There were 7.5 hours of sunshine but the previous night’s hard frost and snow remaining on the ground in shaded areas limited any warmth for the sun.