Although the warmth on Monday was a little less than recently the maximum of 16.1C was still 1.5C above the average. In fact only one day this month has produced a below average maximum and that was the 14th, which was just 0.2C below the 38-year average.
Another 3.2mm of precipitation fell during Monday that took the monthly total to 88.7mm that is till 1mm below the long-term average.
We have now had a week of continuous above average minima, last night the thermometer dropped to a low of 9.4C being 2.2C above the average.
Tuesday arrived with a little brightness although by 08.00 no sunshine was in evidence whilst the temperature had risen slightly to read 10.9C.
The air stream will back today for the southwesterly on Monday through south to southeast as the two centres of low pressure relocate to the north of the UK. This will also mean a rise in barometric pressure, up 10mb since Monday.