Sunday was another cool day due to the brisk southeasterly breeze and lack of sunshine. The thermometer only reached a maximum of 13.6C mid-afternoon at 14.36 before cloud built up again, being 5.5C below my 40-year average. The thicker cloud ahead of the depression produced the first spots of rain at 18.00 with more frequent and heavier rain after 19.00.
After two very cool nights with a minimum of 2.2C last night saw the thermometer drop away to 9.8C late evening at 20.47 before the thicker cloud and rain arrived when the thermometer did an about turn and began to rise to reach 14.0C at 08.00 Monday.
Monday dawned dull under thick low cloud and light drizzle falling. The depression is now slowly moving eastwards into the North Sea having dawdled over the UK yesterday.
The rainfall for the past twenty-four hours, to 08.00 Monday, amounted to 17.4mm taking the September rainfall total to 220.9C. This total is 350.6% of my 40-year September average or plus 157.9mm. This exceptional rainfall made it the wettest September since 2020 that brought 191.0mm and the previous record set for any month in the year when 219.1mm was recorded in January 2014.
