The cool west to northwest wind persists so it is not surprising that the maximum temperature yesterday was depressed at 13.1C, the coolest day this month and equal that on the 13th. Intermittent sunshine broke through after midday but it was mainly reduced in strength by thin cloud so only 0.8 hours were triggered on the sun recorder, which has a threshold of 100w/m2.
Overnight the initially clear sky meant that the thermometer tumbled to its lowest of 3.8C at 01.44 this morning but subsequent cloud cover allowed the thermometer to rise a couple of degrees and by 08.00 registered 6.3C.
Strong sunshine has broken through this morning as the cloud cover moved off eastwards.
The weather station of Marlborough, Wiltshire
