Thursday was again plagued by showers throughout the day, amounting to 2.8mm, bringing the September total to 41.8mm being the eighth successive wet day.
The greater amount of cloud combined with the west to north-west wind gusting to 23mph, pegged back the temperature to a maximum of 16.1C, which was 2.6C below the September average.
The main feature of the last twenty-four hours was the very low overnight temperature as the thermometer dropped to 5.3C. This was the coolest night since 20th May and underlines that autumn is truly her, being 4C below the September average.
This morning broke with intermittent hazy sunshine through broken cloud that slowly dispersed the fog that had formed before dawn in the River Og and Kennet valleys.
