The depression on Wednesday that very slowly rotated up the country, meant a damp start to the day that got wetter in the afternoon with intense rainfall between 1500 and 1600 that amounted to 10.8mm. That took the monthly rainfall total to 44.4mm being 74% of my 40-year average. The temperature by day was restricted due to the lack of sunshine with the thermometer struggling to reach 15.3C at 16.18, which was exactly 2C below the average. That contrasted with the minimum overnight that produced a low of 10.9C at 05.57 early Thursday, thanks to the cloud cover acting as a duvet, this was 3.9C above my 40-year average.
Thursday began dull but just after 0830 the sun briefly broke through a very small gap in the clouds, but it was a dry start to a new day. The air stream has backed from the northwest on Wednesday coming from the west today. The barometric pressure has risen 6mb since Wednesday as the depression moves away, over Northumbria, so hopefully a better day than yesterday, with indications that Friday will bring a warmer, dry day.
