Bright and sunny till about four, but very cold. Finally managed to see Venus in daylight (and through double glazing) 17º altitude at 2.40pm, 37º left of the Sun, mag -3.9 against limiting magnitude -3.2, so quite a feat. It took binoculars to locate it, but it was easily visible with the naked eye thereafter.

0930. 0, still. Frost. Very cold.
1440 Venus observed!
1500 4 Ci increasing to 8 As.