With overnight rain amounting to 1.6mm, this brings the August total to 62.3mm, still 4mm short of the 34-year average, which if no more rain falls this month will make it the fourth consecutive below average month.
There is little rain in the forecast for the last three days of August with the evaporation now equivalent to 72mm of rainfall.
Tuesday saw a little sunshine in the afternoon of 2.85 hours, an hour longer than on Monday, that with very light winds, maximum gust of 11mph, from the south and south east, meant a slightly warmer day with a maximum of 20.3C (-0.4C) at 17.02.
The cloudy night gave a minimum of 11.9C, just above average, that produced a rain shower of 1.6mm.
Wednesday started damp from the overnight rain and thick cloud and very still conditions.
Update at 18.25: temperature eases up again to peak of 20.6C at 16.47, almost average for August, as sunshine increase to over 3 hours in the afternoon. Another dry day with light winds from the northwest.