The southerly breeze, gusting to 29mph, meant a mild day on Thursday with a maximum of 8.8C being 0.9C above the average. The thermometer hovered around 6.5C during the daytime but in the evening slowly rose to the maximum of 8.8C at 20.39 before slowly falling back again. It was a dull and damp day as the 100 mile wide rain band slowly crossed our area with another 4.1mm of precipitation taking the monthly total to 34.0m, the average is 92.7mm.
Friday arrived with brightness and the promise of some sunshine, if muted at this time in December. The depression to the west of Ireland will mean the wind will come from the southwest for most of the day.
