Thursday was a day best forgotten as it was dark and dreary all day with copious amongst of precipitation. As a result the thermometer struggled to reach a maximum of 17.2C late in the day at 18.29 being 1.9C below my 40-year average. The many hours of rain amounted to 26.8mm. Te diurnal range of temperatures, difference between night and day, was exceptionally low, just 1.6C, due to a low of 16.6C at 06.40 that meant a mild night being 6.9C above the average. The wind from the northeast was strong gusting to 22mph.
Friday dawned slowly as we were still under the rain band and thick cloud that continued to deposit bursts of heavy rain with the humidity at 100%. The depression is still over the continent with the barometric pressure reading 1011.1mb at 08.00. The wind has backed into the southwest.
