Thursday brought almost 3 hours of strong sunshine in the morning, boosting the maximum to 12.8C being 2.8C above the 33-year average, before another weather front approached after midday with increasing cloud. Just after 15.30 the rain began to fall, producing 0.7mm of precipitation before fading away by 16.30.
The thermometer began to fall as the sun disappeared then fell rapidly as the sky began to clear, almost 4C drop in one hour mid afternoon. The thermometer fell almost continuously until this morning, under clear skies overnight, reaching a minimum of -2.2C. This was the coldest night since 27th April(-3.0C), just a fraction lower than the minimum of -2.1C on the 6th November.
This morning, not surprisingly due to the clear skies, the day started with hazy sunshine.
Those with a barometer will have noticed that the pressure is very high, reading 1030.1mb at 08.00, the highest reading since the end of October due to a temporary ridge of high pressure.