The very moist and warm air on Sunday lifted the temperature to 18.3C, which was the warmest day since the 19th and just 0.6C below the 39-year average. It was a very mild night with a low of 13.3C being exactly 4C above the average
Light showers late evening amounted to 1.8mm that took the monthly total to 91.9mm being 30.1mm about the long-term average.
Monday arrived with welcome sunshine. The temporary ridge of high pressure with a reading of 1018.4mb at 08.00, the highest since the 14th, should give is a sunny and dry day. The next depression, centred between Scotland and Iceland, will bring more warm and moist air on a southerly air stream.