Sunday was another blustery day under the influence of Storm Dennis that saw winds frequently above 30mph and a peak of 38mph. The morning was very wet until just after 13.00 when the clouds began to thin. However violent squalls still occurred at 19.34 and 21.40 increasing the daily rainfall total to 12.2mm.
We have been very fortunate that the worst of the deluges occurred to the west, south and north of Marlborough. The monthly rainfall total for February currently stands at 87.4mm, which is 135% of the 35-year average.
Monday saw muted sunshine after dawn as cloud eased away to the east.
Temperatures by day and night were again above average with a maximum of 8.8C (+1.2C), down 4C on the Saturday high and a minimum 3.3C (+2.0C) being 5.3C below the Saturday minimum. The thermometer had recovered to 4.2C at 08.00 and the barometric pressure risen to 1005.7mb. So far this month we have only had two days with below average maxima.
Update on Monday at 18.45: thankfully almost a dry day, just 0.2mm, and two hours of sunshine. Although breezy a maximum gust of 30mph was much less severe than of late.
