Overnight rain after dry day

Although there were several hours of sunshine on Sunday the brisk northerly breeze, gusting to 17mph, pegged back the maximum temperature to 16.4C being 2.5C below average. It was another dry day with Moderate UV level.

A cold front passed over the area in the early hours of Monday producing light rain at first briefly from 04.00 and a short heavier burst at 06.40 that amounted to 2.7mm.That addition took the monthly rainfall total to 46.3mm being 69% of the long-term average. The minimum of 10.2C at 23.00 on Sunday was the highest overnight minimum for ten days due to the coucloudld cover from the rain band.

Monday was cloudy to begin the day but as the cold front eased away to the southeast the back edge of the weather front could be clearly seen with clear skies approaching from the Northwest, from which the wind willow today.

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