The peak of 12.3C at 13.23 on Monday was yet again well above average being +4.2C, likewise the overnight minimum of 6.2C that occurred at 03.01 early Tuesday was +4.5C. There was minimal rainfall of 0.5mm that took the monthly total 101.4mm being 35.7mm above my 40-year average. February 2024 is the sixth wettest February I have recorded since 1984 but that is likely to change with many hours of precipitation forecast on Wednesday that will increase the total considerably.
This will be the last of the very warm days as Wednesday’s peak will be depressed due to many hours of rainfall before the recent warm, and most airstream is replaced on Thursday by something a little cooler.
Tuesday after dawn revealed yet again a completely cloudy sky ahead of yet again another weather front moving in from the Atlantic. The barometric pressure continues to be high with a reading of 1028.8mb at 08.00 but this will drop away as the next depression closes in.