Wednesday was another very wet and wind day thanks to ex hurricane Lee. The wind was strong all day with a maximum gust of 34mph at 10.52. The drizzle started at 07.50 but turned to rain just after 09.00 and continued all day and well into the evening amounting to 29.9mm. That brought the monthly total to 84.5mm being 137% of the 39-year average.
Even though the air was tropical the maximum of 17.1C was 1.8C below the average. As the cloud cleared late evening the thermometer began to drop steadily to reach a low of 7.6C at 07.14 on Thursday making it the coldest day since 3rd July.
We were greeted by brilliant sunshine an hour after sunrise on Thursday and the sun had risen above the bank of cloud in the east clearing from the rain band. The barometric pressure reached a minimum of 995.6mb early Thursday, which was the lowest pressure since 2nd August.