The past twenty-four hours have been more like autumn as an intense low-pressure system swung in from the Atlantic bringing strong winds and continuous heavy rainfall.
The twenty two hours of, at times very heavy rainfall, amounted to 23.6mm, the fourth wettest June day since records began here in 1984. The disturbed weather was due to a couple cold fronts that contained a very wide band of rain, which within it had intense downpours.
The record for the wettest June day was set on 3rd June in 2008 with 33.9mm.
The winds often exceed 30mph with peak gusts of 36mph on two occasions.
Not surprisingly the daytime temperatures were depressed with a maximum of only 14.8C at 14.37, which is 5C below the June average. However, the thick cloud meant an average night as the temperature dipped to a minimum of 9.4C just after 6am.
If your wall barometer has fallen anticlockwise far to the left it is working correctly as the barometric pressure dropped to its lowest in three months wth a minimum reading of 986.6mb at 03.35.
At this time the pressure started to recover with the wind abruptly veering from the south into the west.
This morning, the rain reduced in intensity just after 7am and was minimal after 8am.
