The past twenty-four hours have once again seen temperatures significantly above my 40-year average with a maximum of 11.9C (+3.8C) at 14.15 Saturday and 10.7C at 07.26 Sunday (+9.0C). The diurnal range of temperatures was thus minimal, the difference between day and night, being just 1.2C.
The other significant feature has been the fourteen hours of rainfall that started at 17.50 late Saturday and finished just before 07.30 on Sunday although a few tail-end drops fell about 08.00 The daily rainfall total was 27.1mm, which made it the wettest day since 4th January (29.3mm) and took the monthly rainfall total to 100.7mm, which was 35mm above my 40-year average. This made it the wettest February since 2020 when 148.2m was recorded.
Sunday revealed complete cloud cover that was brought by two weather fronts that had crossed overnight although there were signs of it thinning after 08.00, but minimal promise of any consistent sunshine.
