Much welcome rain for gardeners fell in the past twenty-four hours, at least helping the fruit and late flowers to recover a little. It will hopefully help the Brussels sprouts and cabbages put on growth for the autumn/winter whilst there is considerable residual warmth in the ground. By mid-afternoon an additional 2.9mm had fallen, however between 20.00 and 22.00 a slow moving rain band, about 40 miles wide, slowly passed over the area bringing another 12.1mm of moderate rainfall. Thus the daily rainfall total was 15.0mm making it the wettest day since 16th August (15.9mm). The wind, predominantly from the Southeast, was brisk with a peak gust of 20mph.
The maximum temperature was again above average, as every day this month, with a peak of 21.9C (+3.0C). Likewise the overnight minimum, registered at 02.45, with a low of 13.0C (+3.7C). A warm start by day and night to Meteorological Autumn.
Tuesday began bright but total cloud cover obliterated any sign of the sun. By 08.00 the thermometer had crept up to 15.7C
