The barometer edged higher again on Sunday as the centre of the anticyclone drifted closer to the UK, just off the Cornish coast, with a maximum of 1049.6mb at 00.17 early Monday morning. This was the highest pressure since my station began in 1984 and close to the UK record of 1053.6mb set in 1902.
The temperatures were depressed due to the air mass coming from the north west but very little movement, a peak of just 9mph was recorded. The maximum of 5.8C was 1.2C below average and another air frost occurred overnight with a minimum of -2.7C being 3.8C below the 35-year average.
Monday arrived with broken cloud and still wind conditions.
We have now had two consecutive days without rain, the first this month, and with the barometric pressure maintaining its strength there are likely to be more dry days this week.
