After a very sunny start to Saturday the cloud increased mid-morning obscuring the sun. Light rain arrived just before 16.00 and was heavy in the early hours adding another 7.8mm to the monthly total now standing at 50.9mm being 83% of my 40-year average. The thermometer reached its peak of 11.2C at 12.41 but fell very little in the afternoon and overnight dropping just a degree to 10.2C at 03.18 thanks to the thick cloud as the next depression approached.
Sunday struggled to come alive as the thick cloud meant the rain continued. The temperature had in fact risen a little to 10.7C by 08.00.
Due to a very mild night, the ground temperature at a depth of 5cm read 10.4C, the highest since the mild spell on the 15th February.
