Yet another welcome above average maximum temperature on Wednesday that saw the thermometer rise to 17.8C, which was a significant 3.2C above the 38-year average. Likewise, the overnight minimum of 11.8C was 4.5C above average. The southerly breeze brought the warm air from far south, originating in the region of Africa , however it was a very windy day with a maximum gust of 32mph at 11.23 making it the windiest day since way back on 7th April.
Thursday dawned grey with heavy, low cloud and very light rain that by 08.00 added 0.3mm to the monthly total that at 89.6mm is exactly average for October. The warm air brought on a south or possibly later southeasterly air flow continues for another day.