Under the waning influence of the high pressure yesterday produced another blistering day with the thermometer just tipping the scale at 30.0C at 15.02C, which was 7.7C above the long-term average. This just beat the Wednesday maximum of 28.6C.
There was minimal wind strength with the strongest gust late afternoon at 15mph. Another dry day with the only precipitation this month of just 0.2mm of moisture that fell midday on Monday.
The UV level fell just a little but at 7.1 was still in the ‘Very High’ category as it has been all this week.
Another very mild night followed with the thermometer slowly falling to its lowest point at 05.22 this morning with a minimum of 13.1C, which was 1.5C above the July average.
This morning dawned with intermittent strong sunshine totalling 1.6 hours by 08.00, by which time the thermometer had recovered to 17.9C, a very warm start to the day.