Friday produced 8.6 hours of strong sunshine with a UV level again in the ‘Very High’ category that raised the peak temperature to 19.9C. This was 1C down on Thursday but average for June.
The rainfall to date totals just 2.6mm but the evaporation from ground sources and plant life is the equivalent of 46mm of rainfall. No wonder our gardens are beginning to show signs of stress from lack of moisture at the hottest parts of the day. There appears to be little significant rainfall in the forecast. The driest June was in 1995 with just 12.5mm in total.
Cloud overnight meant anther mild night with the minimum of 11.3C being 3.3C above average. At 06.15 there were a few large raindrops that amounted to 0.1mm.
Saturday has dawned with intermittent sunshine from broken cloud that raised the temperature to 13.7C at 08.00.