The effect of ex storm Helene was felt on Monday with the temperature rising to 22.8C at 15.12, which was 4.2C above the 34-year average.
Although the morning was predominantly cloudy, with occasional light drizzle (0.2mm), as the cloud lifted and cleared in the afternoon we enjoyed 6 hours of sunshine.
The tropical air was felt overnight as the thermometer did not drop below 16.1C, just after midnight, which was almost 7C above average resulting in the warmest morning since 21st August.
The wind, having fallen lighter in the afternoon on Monday, began to increase from around 8 pm with a maximum gust of 31mph at 03.11 this morning just before the barometer reached its lowest point with a reading of 1002.5mb at 04.20 as Helene traveled closer moving northeast from the Atlantic. This was the lowest barometric pressure since 29th July.
Tuesday update at 10.00: as Helene eased away the barometric pressure rose rapidly, which causes the wind speed to slowly decline over the past three hours and veer into the southwest.
Tuesday update at 15.45: peak temperature was early day at 13.33 with a maximum of 19.9C. This was 3C down on the Monday high but still 1.3C above average. The wind, now from the southwest, fell lighter late morning but after lunch started to increase in strength again.