Weatherday: Dido did it first

Backlit in the Valley (2022).

A blustery day with bright spells. Rain bursts through the morning will give way to sunny spells and cloud, with rain in the late evening becoming very heavy overnight.

Highest temperature 7deg in moderate breezes from the west, which will veer southeasterly and become very strong overnight.

On this day in 1867, the first ship passed through the Suez Canal, though the official opening didn't take place until 1869. The SS Dido was owned by the Scottish merchant shipping company Anchor Line.

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