Monday brought 4.5 hours of warm sunshine that saw the thermometer rise to 15.8C being 1C above the average and the warmest day for almost a week. It was not a completely dry day as a light shower amounted to just 0.3mm.
An average minimum of 7.2C was reached in the early hours.
Tuesday dawned with a mostly cloudy sky although there were minor breaks in the cloud cover that allowed a little brightness from time to time. The flow of southwesterly air from the Atlantic continues being a relatively warm and moist airmass.