Temperatures by day and night were depressed over the past twenty-four hours with a maximum of 9.8C and 1.2C being 0.3C and 2.5C respectively below the 38-year average. It was the coldest start to a day at 08.00 since 8th April. However, we still have not experienced an air frost in October or November this year, which at the moment is a record.
A significant feature of the weather over the past two days has been the absence of wind. The maximum gust on the two days was 9mph and 8mph with many hours of total calm.
The large high pressure system to the east has begun to influence our weather with the wind today veering into the east or southeast. The pressure reading at 08.00 was 1020.7mb, up 13mb since this time yesterday.
Tuesday at dawn revealed that fog had developed overnight limiting visibility to 200m as a result of the low temperature and lack of wind.