Author: Eric Gilbert

Although yesterday was another warm day with very light winds, maximum gust of 13mph, no strong sunshine was recorded however the thermometer reached 22.6C. Early evening and early this morning there were a couple of very brief, light showers amounting to 0.2mm. Due to the recent hot weather and overnight cloud it was another very warm night with a minimum of 13.4C (mean is 9.5C). The barometer at 08.00 read 1011 mb, the lowest for three weeks.

After another sunny day with a maximum of 23.6C the cloud cover kept the overnight temperature high with a minimum of 12.5C, the warmest for a month. The falling barometer over the past twenty-four hours, the lowest reading for two weeks, indicates a change in the weather pattern.
The hot dry weather over the past week has meant that the soil temperature at a depth of 5cm is at its highest with a reading of 17.7C at 08.00 today.

With clearer skies yesterday there was more strong sunshine that boosted the thermometer to 25.3C, the hottest day of the year and equal to 8th May maximum. The winds from an north-easterly direction were very light, maximum gust of 11mph, or totally still for much of the day. Overnight the fog has descended with visibility this morning down to 100m at dawn, which is slowly lifting at 08.00 with the temperature at 12.5C, the coolest for several days.

With 13.3 hours of global sunshine yesterday the temperature was raised to a maximum of 24.8C, a shade below the previous day. The sunshine was never strong, with UV level falling back to the ‘High’ category, but with very light winds or often still conditions it felt hot.
This morning broke with fog that gave visibility down to 200m but quickly evaporated as the sun broke through although variable cloud has arrived. The temperature at 08.00 was 15.9C, the second warmest this month.