The thermometer climbed to 28.7C on Saturday making it the hottest day since Tuesday and 6.0C above the average. The UV level of 7.2 was again rated at Very High.
The past night has been the warmest for three night but still just below the average with a low of 11.1C.
The equivalent loss of rainfall through evaporation from the groud and plant life is running at over 4mm a day with 56mm lost this month set against the only wet day when 4.3mm was recorded.
Sunday arrived with cloud in the east that stopped the sun shining strongly until 06.00 when thin high cloud muted the strength until around 07.30 As the sun climbed higher the temperature began to rise rapidly so that by 08.00 it read 19.5C
The centre 0f the anticyclone has eased away eastwards, currently over Holland. This allowed the breeze to change direction on Saturday late afternoon from north to west and then south. Today it will have a more south-easterly component and beginning to bring in the very hot air from North Africa and Continent, having dropped out since 23.00 on Saturday until 08.30 on Sunday when there was a little movement.