Barnard Castle (Durham) weather

Headline:

Cloudy with showers.

Today:

Any lingering rain soon clearing to the southeast. Then generally fine and dry, though isolated showers may develop in the afternoon. Brisk coastal winds developing. Temperatures near normal. Maximum temperature 13 °C.

Tonight:

Cloudy with showers, though cloud will clear overnight inland and temperatures will fall and could see a frost in rural places. Staying cloudy along the coast with isolated showers. Minimum temperature 3 °C.

Thursday:

Fine day Thursday after a chilly start with rural frost, chance of a coastal shower during the morning. becoming cloudy during the afternoon before rain and stronger winds overnight. Maximum temperature 13 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Windy Friday and Saturday, with brighter spells and also outbreaks of rain and showers. Becoming drier and more settled on Sunday.

Remaining changeable through the middle of October, as a series of low pressure systems run across the North Atlantic, often to the north and northwest of the UK, bringing occasional bands of rain and strong winds, but interspersed with brighter and more showery conditions. Rain will be most prevalent across hills in the west and especially northwest, where above average rainfall is likely through this period. Longer drier interludes are more favoured in sheltered southern and eastern parts, but even here it is likely to be wetter than during recent weeks. Whilst brief cooler interludes are possible, temperatures are likely to be a little above average in many areas for the period as a whole, potentially quite warm in parts of the southeast early in the period.

The remainder of October and into early November will probably maintain a changeable pattern overall, with areas of low pressure often passing close to the UK from the North Atlantic, interspersed by occasional ridges of high pressure. As such, showers or longer spells of rain are likely at times, with the wettest and windiest weather typically in the west and northwest, driest conditions more favoured in sheltered southern and eastern parts. A trend to more widely unsettled conditions is possible into November. Whilst some occasional colder interludes will be possible at times, temperatures are likely to be near or a little above average for the period as a whole.