After light overnight rain on Friday the extensive weather front produced rain from 09.30 to just before 21.30, almost continuous, with minor short breaks. The deluge produced 31.1mm of precipitation that made it the wettest day since 3rd October 2020 (49.9mm) and took the monthly total 58.0mm, which is still 31.6mm below the 38-year average.
The southerly breeze, gusting to 31mph, was the windiest day this month and continued to feed warm air over the UK. Even though there was no sunshine the thermometer rose to 15.5C being 0.9C above the average followed by a mild night with a minimum of 10.8C, which was 3.6C above the average.
Saturday began with some brightness but no sunshine.
The deep depression off the west coast meant a low barometric pressure of 998.2mb on Friday but by Saturday morning the pressure had begun to rise with a reading of 1008.3mb at 08.00.