Wind backing into west eases temperatures

Yesterday the thermometer rose a little higher than the previous day to a maximum of 4.7C just after midday, even so this is 2C below the mean for January due to the wind backing into the west, a slightly warmer air flow than from the north. The thermometer fell slowly to around 2C late afternoon with a minimum of 1.7C just after midnight. The increased cloud cover this morning meant that the temperature has recovered to 4.6C at 08.00. No rain has fallen in the past twenty-four hours that also brought almost 2 hours of strong sunshine, down from the 6 hours of the previous day.