Saturday brought us the evidence of Storm Hannah, centred over Ireland, that gave us a very windy day. The peak gust measured 42mph at 09.09 but for many hours the 10 minute average seed was 10 – 12mph.
I was a dry day with the overnight rain ceasing just before 08.00
Due to the strength of the wind and the direction, then from the west, the maximum was depressed producing a peak of only 11.6C, which was 2.4C below average. However, the other factor was the strength and direction of the wind, which produced a wind chill making it feel 3C cooler.
The temperature fell away overnight giving a chilly night with a minimum of 5.4C at 03.46, recovering to 7.6C at 08.00, Sunday, with thick cloud obscuring any sunshine.
Update on Sunday at 16.35: after a very cool morning with the thermometer hovering around 11C, late afternoon sunshine lifted the temperature to a maximum of 14.1C, just above the average for late April. Fortunately the wind has abated from yesterday’s storms with the strongest gust today of 17mph and now from the north west.
