Although daylight hours were dry on Friday brief showers occurred just before 05.00 on Saturday with 0.7mm of rainfall. There have only been three totally dry twenty-four hour periods in February being the 4th to the 6th.
The past twenty-four hours have been remarkably mild brought to us on the brisk southerly wind. The maximum of 9.8C was 2.3C above average and the minimum overnight was 8.1C, which was a significant 6.8C above the 35-year average.
Saturday initially brought low cloud and drizzle with strong gusty winds again, with a maximum of 30mph at 07.06.