Another downpour lasting 7 hours

Wednesday stated with a bright morning and almost an hour of sunshine but increasing cloud around midday obscured any lasting brightness. The warmest time was at 15.26 with a maximum of 11.1C, just above average.

Rain from the next weather front started to fall just after 22.00 last night and continued for seven hours, being particularly heavy between 3 and 4am this morning. The past twenty-four hours gave us 13.4mm. This brings the total for March to 73.2mm being 13mm above the 34-year average.

After the very windy day on Wednesday, with gusts to 33mph, Thursday has arrived with overcast skies but little wind. The minimum yesterday was 6.3C, which occurred at 08.00 on Wednesday morning making this the second warmest night this month and 4C above average.

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