With a maximum of just 2.9C at 13.33 on Saturday it was the coldest day since 11th February being 4.3C below the 33-year December average.
There was no precipitation until just after 02.15 this morning, when initially rain began to fall that readily turned to wet snow after 04.30 as the moist air ran up against the cold air from previous days. The total precipitation from rain and snow was 14.6mm, making it the wettest day since 2nd August and bringing the total for December to 22.0mm.
Having hovered around 1C for most of the day there was a rise in temperature from midnight until just after 2am when it reached 2C then fell to a minimum of 0.6C.
The barometric pressure at 08.00 this morning was 975.3mb, the lowest reading since 20th November 2016, as the centre of the low pressure passed over this region.