The thunder has just started here , and with it the flashes of lightning and the heavy rain . The sky outside is very strange , jet black , with a vivid patch of blue , where the sun is shining through . The wind has picked up and the rain is splattering against the leaves outside . The temperature has dropped , and now weirdly we have hailstones .
According to the above context, choose the best option to answer the following question.
Question: What was the weather like before this event ?
Options:
- The storm started three days ago .
 - We had hailstones for two days .
 - It was a sunny day .
 - The temperature was below zero .


It was a sunny day .