Author: Eric Gilbert

After a bright morning on Sunday drizzle and light rain arrived late afternoon but only amounting to 0.5mm. That addition brought the monthly total to 44.2m when the average is 66.9mm.

Temperatures by day and night were again below average with a peak of 20.6C(-0.5C) and low of 10.C(-0.8C). Those figures were down 3C by day and night compared to the Saturday temperatures.

Monday, although starting cloudy and dull, saw the sun break through just before 0830. However, the significant change has been the wind that having been in the southwest quadrant for two weeks has veered into the west-northwest and later the northwest, a chilly direction, even in our so called summer.

Before it began to fall away the short lived ridge of high pressure on Saturday gave us 6.2 hours of sunshine and the UV level of 7.5 was the highest since 27th July being rated at Very High.

Both the maximum of 23.9C (+2.8C) and minimum of 14.2C (+2.5C) were above average. It was the warmest night this month equal to the 6th.

Sunday after dawn saw very light drizzle falling, not measurable, that limited visibility to around 1,200m but by 0730 had cleared. The thermometer by 0800 had risen to 16.1C making it the warmest start to a day at that time since 27th July.

Usually with barometric pressure at 1020+mb we enjoy much sunshine and warmth however, Friday was similar to previous days with mainly overcast skies, just 4.7 hours of sunshine, but it was dry. The notable feature on Friday was the UV level peaked at 7.4, which was rated Very High, the highest since 29th July.

Saturday arrived again with overcast skies but less wind and backing into the southwest. After a warm night, when the thermometer did not drop below 13.6C, the temperature at 0800 was 16.0C, the warmest start to a day at that time since 23rd July. The barometric pressure peaked at 1022.5mb late on Friday.

A slow moving weather front over southern England meant a cool, damp day on Friday with hours of drizzle and light rain amounting to very little, 0.7mm, just unpleasant. The thermometer did not reach an average maximum with a peak of 20.8C (-0.3C) in the southerly wind gusting to 20mph at times.

Even the overnight minimum was below average (-0.8C) with a low of 10.9C.

Saturday arrived overcast but at least was dry. With the ridge of high pressure slightly higher today. the highest this month, it should be a better day than yesterday but the weather front is still plaguing the area.

The ridge of high pressure was maintained during Wednesday that brought us 8.9 hours of sunshine, a dry day and the UV level into the Very High category again, the highest since 29th July.

Temperatures by day and night were above average with maximum of 22.1C (+1.0C) and minimum of 14.2C (+2.5C), a very mild night.

Thursday after dawn was overcast and dull but slowly the sun burnt through the thin cloud and by 0745 was beginning to shine strongly. As a result the thermometer climbed to 15.8C at 0800, the warmest start to a day at that time since 27th July.