Thursday brought a sunnier day with 2.77 hours of strong sunshine and just 0.1mm of rain overnight. It was another mild day with a maximum of 15.6C, which was 1C above the 33-year average.
The south-westerly breezes are bring very mild air as the lowest temperature overnight was just before midnight with a low of 10.8C, some 3.5C above the October average, rising to 15.1C at 08.00. This is the warmest morning since 5th September.
Although we have had splashes of rain over the past twelve days the total for October, when we are nearly half way through the month, stands at just 6.2mm, when the average is 86.4mm.