Coldest October night and morning

Sunday saw the thermometer ease upwards to a maximum of 9.0C but this was still 5.7C below average although up almost 4C on the low Saturday peak.

Another 4.35 hours of sunshine was logged and mid-morning there were a few spots of rain but not sufficient to measure hence the term ‘trace’ in the records.

With clear skies overnight the thermometer fell steadily to reach a low of -0.3C making it the coldest night in October, being 7.7C below average.

Monday arrived with clear skies and the sun shining brightly as it rose above the horizon. However, a bank of fog to the north slowly drifted southwards arriving over Marlborough just before 07.30 that by 08.00 limited visibility to 500m. Within 15 minutes this had cleared although banks of cloud then obscured the sun.

Update on Monday at 17.35: thermometer again refuses to rise above the average, the third successive day for October with a maximum of 7.7C being 7C below.
Barometric pressure falling steadily all day as deep depression edges northwards from the continent with drop of 10mb in 12 hours.

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