The rain returned on Monday afternoon and with a vengeance overnight as a wide and slow moving rain band produced 11.4mm of rain. The monthly total is now 56.7mm but still 32mm below the 38-year average.
The last of the warm air from the south meant another above average maximum with a peak of 14.9C (+4.8C). Overnight, before the rain band and advance cloud arrived, the thermometer dropped away to 7.8C (+4.2C) at 21.58.
Rain began shortly after 03.00 early on Tuesday that by daylight had produced the bulk of the rain. By 08.00 the rain had become lighter but still continuous, the temperature having recovered to 11.6C.
The wind still comes from a southerly quarter with the barometric pressure very low with a reading of 994.0mb at 08.00, a drop of 34mb since the high on Saturday.