Saturday is best forgotten being cold and wet. The light rain petered out mid-morning. The thermometer did not even rise into double figures with a maximum of only 9.2C at 16.44 that was 4.9C below average. Light rain from the extensive weather front crossing the Channel was first observed at 19.10 with more intense rain arriving at 19.50 and continuing all night only easing just before 08.00 on Sunday. The daily rainfall amounted to 23.1mm, which was the wettest day since 23rd March and took the monthly rainfall total to 77.7mm, which is 20mm above my 40-year average.
Sunday revealed a dull and wet start to the new day as the last of the rain lightened and stopped. The depression that crossed the English Channel yesterday was at 08.00 centred over the London area. As it moves northeastwards into the North Sea, the wind, which has already backed from northeast to northwest, will back further into the west then southwest. This heralds a change in our weather for next week with temperatures beginning to recover to normal or a little above.
