Although we had another 2.8 hours of sunshine on Tuesday there was much more cloud and the thermometer struggled to reach a maximum of 7.7C, which was 7.1C below the 34-year October average. However, it was another dry day, the 22nd this month.
The clear skies overnight meant a severe ground and air frost was recorded. The minimum of -4.3C, at 03.32 this morning, was a record for this station that was set up in 1984 and equals the record minimum on 29th October 1997.
Wednesday initially arrived with clear skies but a bank of cloud drifted across obscuring the sun. By 08.00 there were breaks in the cloud allowing glimpses of sunshine and the thermometer had recovered to -1.1C.
Update at 18.20 on Wednesday: southerly air flow lifts temperature to a maximum of 12.2C early in the day after sharp frost at 10.59. However, this was still 2.5C below average.
