The maximum of 10.9C on Monday was over a degree down on the unusual warmth of Sunday but it was still 3.8C above my 40-year average. It was another dry day with a brisk wind from the south gusting to 28mph at its strongest. It was just before midnight when the temperature began to fall from double figures reaching a minimum of 6.4C at 05.47 on Tuesday, which was 5.1C above my 40-year average.
Tuesday morning revealed a a mostly cloudy sky. As the low pressure eases away today a high pressure to the south will change the wind direction from south or southwest to northwest for much of the day. The anticyclone centred over France at the moment will dominate our weather for a couple of days. This airstream will be from a cooler direction so the maximum will be a few degrees down on recent days.
The barometric pressure has been rising since the early hours with a reading of 1026.1mb at 08.00.
The rainfall total for January still stands at exactly 90.0mm just 0.4mm above my 40-year average. With little rain in the forecast it will be an average January month for rainfall.
