Yesterday was a miserable day with many hours of rainfall totalling 10.0mm. The thick cloud meant no sunshine, strong or indirect, producing the coldest day this month with a maximum of 14.4C, 6C below the mean. The rainfall for August now totals 59.5mm, which is 95% of the mean for August.
Today the barometer started to drop steeply just after 7.00am with rain arriving again at noon. This has depressed temperatures with a maximum of 14.8C.
Although it has seemed like a wet Summer, the total for the three months up to 0800 this morning was 10mm below the long-term average of 183mm. June was a very dry month but July was 50% above the 31-year average. However, with heavy rain now falling, this situation will change before the end of the day.
The weather station of Marlborough, Wiltshire
