Author: Eric Gilbert

We had much less sunshine on Sunday than on previous days, 2.44 hours, as a consequence the thermometer hovered around 12C most of the day and slowly struggled to 14.8C late afternoon as the low cloud slowly thinned. This was 4C below the September average. The winds were light, maximum of 11mph and from a NNE direction.

There was very light drizzle just after noon that was not measurable.

It was also a warmer night than of late with a minimum of 7.7C, still 1.6C below the September average.

Banks of low cloud are obscuring the sun this morning with only the occasional glimpse between breaks.

Saturday produced another 4.4 hours of strong sunshine with the UV level at the ‘Mpderate’ level as it has been for the past week or so.

The temperature eased up a little on Friday’s maximum with a peak of 15.9C, still 2.8C below the September average.

It was almost a dry day, which would have been the first in the last ten days, but a shower late evening produced 0.3mm.

With clearing skies again the thermometer dropped steadily to a minimum of 5.5C, almost identical to the previous two nights, which was 4C below the 33-year average.

The temperature eased upwards after 5am as drifting fog dropped down limiting visibility to a maximum of 300m.

Friday produced a couple of showers midday and then early evening amounting to 1.9mm being the ninth consecutive day with measurable rainfall.

The wind having veered into the northwest pegged back the temperature, that combined with reduced sunshine of 4.31 hours meant a cooler day again, 2C down on thursday. The thermometer peaked at 13.51 with a maximum of just 14.3C, which was 4.4C below the 33-year average. This was the coolest day since 9th May

With predominantly clear skies the temperature dropped consistency overnight producing a minimum of 5.4C, some 4C below the September average. As a result of the moisture and very low temperatures radiation fog formed again in the River Og valley.

There was intermittent sun after dawn that by 07.45 had dispersed the fogged slowly beginning to raise the temperature so that at 08.00 the thermometer read 6.7C, the coolest morning since 29th April.

Thursday was again plagued by showers throughout the day, amounting to 2.8mm, bringing the September total to 41.8mm being the eighth successive wet day.

The greater amount of cloud combined with the west to north-west wind gusting to 23mph, pegged back the temperature to a maximum of 16.1C, which was 2.6C below the September average.

The main feature of the last twenty-four hours was the very low overnight temperature as the thermometer dropped to 5.3C. This was the coolest night since 20th May and underlines that autumn is truly her, being 4C below the September average.

This morning broke with intermittent hazy sunshine through broken cloud that slowly dispersed the fog that had formed before dawn in the River Og and Kennet valleys.

We enjoyed 7.9 hours of strong sunshine on Wednesday with no rainfall during the daytime. Despite the sunshine the westerly breeze moderated the temperature with a maximum of 16.4C, down a degree on Tuesday and 2C below the average.

However, a narrow band of rain arrived at 20.25 with a much heavier pulse at 22.20 resulting in 7.1mm of rainfall. This brings the total for September to 39.0mm.

It was a cool night with the thermometer dropping to 7.2C at 6am resulting in the coolest morning this month at 08.00 with the temperature at 8.4C.

The image of a red sky at dawn indicates that more rain is likely during today, although there has been intermittent sunshine for the first few hours of Thursday.