Sunshine all the way on Thursday with 6.72 hours, the sunniest day since 13th November. However, it was not a warm day as the brisk northerly breeze pegged back the temperature to a maximum of just 4.2C, which was 2.8C below average.
The rainfall total for January stands at 4.5mm whereas the evaporation from ground sources and any plant life is equivalent to 4.86mm of rainfall.
Initially overnight the sky was clear producing a frost with the thermometer down to -2.2C at 02.38. At this time cloud began to ease in from the west so that by 08.00 today, Friday, the thermometer read -0.6C.
Friday morning arrived with broken cloud and the early possibility of bright periods before the cloud builds heralding the arrival of another weather front.
Update on Friday at 17.50: another dry and cool day with a maximum temperature of 5.8C, being 1.2C below average, with four hours of sunshine.
