Yet more rain fell on Thursday and overnight producing the wettest day since 20th September with 20.8mm, which took the monthly total to 77.5mm when the long-term average is 90.2mm. Thankfully Storm Babet let us off lightly being much further to the north, just hours of steady rain.
The southerly air flow meant a mild day that saw the thermometer climb to 16.8C, which was 2.1C above the average. The past night has also been mild with the thermometer not sinking below 12.2C, which was 4.9C above the average.
The centre of the next depression that has brought overnight rain, is over south Wales. The barometric pressure at 08.00 on Friday read 976.0mb making it the lowest pressure since 20th January 2021.
