Yet again both the maximum of 14.0C and the minimum of 7.7C were well above my 40-year average with +5.9C and + 6.0C respectively. The westerly breeze was quite brisk with a peak of 18mph although there were times when the breeze was quite light. A UV value of 1.8 was the highest since 22nd October.
Monday revealed another overcast start to the day with light rain in the air just after 07.30 as yet another weather front passes over our area. The barometric pressure is still quite high with a reading of 1030.1mb at 08.90, so the rain will be minimal and ease towards lunchtime. The wind will back from northwest to southwest as the day progresses thanks to a large area of high pressure centred over the Bay of Biscay directing the warm, moist air clockwise around its circulation.
Although cooler weather will arrive towards the end of the week, February is likely to be another month when the average temperature is well above average, which will make a run of seven consecutive months with the average above my 40-year average. After 18 days the average for February is quite exceptionally 3.1C above my 40-year average but this will drop a little as the cooler weather arrives.
