A maximum of just 2.1C on Thursday was 5.0C below my 40-year average, even with many hours of sunshine, being the second coldest day this month after the extreme low on Wednesday. Not surprisingly, under clear skies overnight, the thermometer fell steadily to reach a minimum of -6.3C at 7.28 on Friday morning. This was the coldest night since 25th January 2023 (-7.7C).
Friday morning revealed a blue sky with sunshine as soon as the sun rose above the horizon.
The centre of the high pressure is now over northern France that will produce an air stream from the west southwest or southwest today, not seen since 2nd January. This will bring a significant change in our weather with milder and more moist air stream slowly raising the temperatures by day and night. The temperature at 08.00 was -5.8C.
The barometric pressure has risen a significant 17mb in the last twenty-four hours with a reading of 1022.8mb at 08.00, hence the clear skies and sunshine.
The soil temperature at a depth of 5cm has seen the extreme cold seep further into the ground with a temperature of -2.9C at 08.00.
