The sunshine on Monday, also a calmer day, meant the thermometer rose above average (+2.1C) to a peak of 16.1C at 16.35.
The reverse was true as after the peak the temperature began to fall, and quite rapidly late evening, so that a minimum of 1.3C was reached at 05.08 this morning, Tuesday, which was 2.8C below average. This meant a sharp ground frost occurred for over four hours and any tender plants uncovered outside would have been badly effected.
Sun was in evidence, initially weak, from dawn that lifted the temperature on Tuesday morning at 08.00 to 6.9C
The ridge of high pressure to the east, which has influenced our weather for the past three days, has been blocking the advance of the next weather front coming in from the west.
