Monday was a very breezy day with the wind often gusting above 30mph and a peak gust of 34mph. Another 5.9mm of precipitation fell that took the monthly total to 27.4mm when the 39-year average is 56.6mm.The thermometer just about reached the average by day with a maximum of 14.0C, just 0.1C below. Because the sky cleared in the evening the temperature fell away steadily to reach a minimum of 4.9C, which was 1.2C above the average.
Tuesday arrived with broken cloud that gave us intermittent sunshine, which lifted the temperature to 5.7C at 08.00. The humidity at 08.00 was 89%, the lowest at that time since the beginning of March.