Winds veering into northwest bring showers of hail, both large & small

Several sharp showers of rain and hail occurred during the day. Small hail is less than 5mm in diameter and large hail, which fell late morning, contained large hail which is greater than 5mm in diameter. Around 11.20am, as the very heavy shower passed over, the temperature fell 5C in as many minutes.
With just over a week to go before the end of the month the total rainfall of 30mm is about 50% of the 30-year average. This contrasts with the past few months when 717mm fell from 16th October to 15th March, a record. This time span is the accepted period when precipitation filtering through to ground sources principally exceeds evaporation. The driest year was 1991/92 when just 224mm was recorded.