The thermometer struggled to reach 3.0C on Wednesday, 4.8C below average, but it did mean some of the wet snow began to slowly melt away allowing the brisk northerly winds to start drying surface areas.
Clear skies overnight allowed the temperature to drop to near freezing and just before dawn fall to -0.9C.
The total precipitation this month stands at 89.8mm after the two very wet days of the 25th and 26th. This amount just exceeds the 33-year average of 89.4mm.
This morning the almost cloudless sky promises more sunshine than the 10 minutes that was recorded yesterday.
