LAST week proved to be a somewhat better week for weather in this area than we have seen recently.

LAST week's weather was fairly unsettled with a mixture of showers and periods of rain.

LAST week started reasonably well, with broken cloud, some sunny spells, and fairly dry.

THE weather of the last week of March in Moray followed the same pattern as much of the rest of the month has seen, unsettled with outbreaks of rain or showers, some of them quite wintry at times.

AN extremely unsettled week with showers of one kind or another on every day of the period.

LAST week gave us another fairly unsettled and cloudy week, with rain or showers occurring on each of the days.

UNSETTLED weather was once again the predominant factor last week, especially early on.

LAST week we saw another in the run of unsettled periods of weather that have set in recently.

AFTER a bright start last week, our weather slowly started to deteriorate as the week went on.

THE weather in Moray last week was a pleasant change from the rather gloomy weeks since the start of the year.

WE experienced a very mild week indeed last week in Moray. The period was generally partly cloudy but with long sunny spells at times, especially in the second half of the week.

WE had another unsettled week of weather last week, with showers or longer periods of rain at times.

OUR run of very unsettled and changeable weather of recent weeks continued to affect our area last week. The last seven days turned out to be quite wet at times, with rainfall being measured on each of the days.

THE weather last week in our area was again fairly unsettled, with outbreaks of rain or showers for a greater part of the week.

WE experienced a rather cold week in this part of Moray last week.

WE experienced a mainly unsettled week of weather here last week, with rain or showers occurring at some time on each of the days.

THE last week of the year proved to be a rather unsettled one with periods of rain or showers on each of the days, with the exception of Sunday, although no great amounts of rainfall were recorded.

WE saw a rather good week of weather in the county last week, with one of these rare occurrences these days, a dry week.

THE weather last week had rather an unsettled start, with blustery rain showers at first and feeling rather cold in the fresher winds.

OUR weather last week saw another in the run of very changeable weather conditions, but perhaps not as cold as the previous week.

WE experienced a generally unsettled week with respect to weather in our area last week.

THE weather last week had a fairly unsettled start, with rain or showers running through to Wednesday, Monday and overnight into Tuesday seeing the heaviest rainfall of that period.

WE experienced a rather unsettled spell of weather in Moray last week with a distinct wintry feel to it.

OUR weather last week was somewhat more unsettled than we have seen lately, certainly for the first part of the period.

THE weather in Moray last week was very pleasant indeed, for the most part.

THE weather in Moray last week continued the mild and pleasant vein that we have experienced since the start of October.

DESPITE being generally cloudy, last week was a bright and mainly dry week, and rather pleasant at times.

THE first week of October was mainly dry and really a rather pleasant period with good sunny spells at the beginning of the week, and again at the weekend on Friday and Sunday.

LAST week we had contrasting weather splitting the week into two parts.

THE weather in Moray last week proved to be rather disappointing, with rather a lot of cloud around and fewer sunny periods than the previous week.

ONCE again high pressure dominated the whole of the UK last week, and again the centres were well to the South and West of us, leaving more cloudy conditions affecting the North-east.

HIGH pressure dominated the whole of the UK last week, but it was disappointing to see so much in the way of cloud and cooler conditions.

ONCE again the weather in our area last week was rather disappointing. We experienced a reasonably good start on Monday with some sunny spells, although there were the odd outbreaks of light rain or showers. Tuesday was a much better day with further sunny periods and remaining dry all day for a change.

IT ALMOST felt like summer last week between Wednesday and Friday, but the weekend brought us back to reality.

OUR weather last week showed much improvement from that of late, with less rainfall over the week and more in the way of sunny spells.

THE wet "summer" continued last week in our area with rainfall on each of the days.

THE weather in Forres last week saw little change from recent times, rather unsettled with probably less sunshine than of late.

LAST week the Moray Firth experienced another unsettled spell of weather, with showers or periods of rain every day except Monday and Sunday.

THE weather last week in the Forres area was another in the unending line of unsettled spells we have been experiencing this summer.

THE weather over our last week of a poor June was very much in keeping with the general trend of the whole month; generally cloudy, rather cool, and with a fair amount of rainfall recorded.

WHAT a disappointing spell of weather we saw last week. The question must be "Where has flaming June gone?"

THE weather in our area last week was a picture of grey anticyclonic gloom, with moist, cool air rolling over us from the North Sea and not much in the way of wind to move things along.

THE weather tended to play fast and loose with us over last week.

THE weather in our area last week proved to be much better than earlier in the month.

OUR UNSEASONABLE run of unsettled weather continued last week, which was disappointing considering the glorious conditions of the previous month.

THE weather of last week gave us a reality check and a strong reminder that we must not take our recent very warm conditions as a standard.

AFTER the glorious weather of the previous week, and the warmest April ever, we could have expected the pattern to continue.

AFTER a gloomy start last week, our weather improved to give us some glorious days from Thursday on.

WE SAW quite a change in the weather last week. There was some welcome rain after the prolonged dry spell, but also some very unwelcome lower temperatures, which did not go down well, since we have been basking in well above average temperatures for some time now.

THE start of the week last week was partly cloudy but dry and reasonably warm. Conditions improved throughout the week to give long spells of sunshine, though rather hazy later in the period. We saw some of the warmest days of the year last week, and the highest April temperatures since 2003 and then back to 1987.

THE weather in Moray last week was generally very good, with long sunny spells at times and very little in the way of rainfall.

THE weather in our area last week was pretty good overall. The week started off with a fine spell, giving some sunshine on Monday, which proved the warmest day of the week.

ONCE again we saw a weather week of two contrasting halves last week, with a cold start and a beautiful finish. Winter returned with a vengeance on Monday but Spring bounced back from Thursday onwards.

LAST week's weather started off in the manner we have become accustomed to recently, quite mild with some sunny periods and a few light showers.

THE weather in Moray last week showed distinct signs of Spring in the air. The daffodils are pretty well all out, along with the crocus carpets that are so beautiful in our parkland areas.

OUR weather last week was a game of two halves – a wet and windy first half and a much better second half.

AFTER our little touch of winter the previous week, last week saw a return to mild, above average, temperatures.

LAST week, I mentioned the continuing above average temperatures and mild conditions of the past weeks, and, of course, no sooner were those words written than we were plunged into the first real bite of winter.

OUR weather last week continued the run of above-average temperatures we have become accustomed to over the past winter.