Author: Eric Gilbert

Yesterday the thermometer peaked at 28.6C, the hottest day since August 2013 and did not fall below 17.4C overnight. We enjoyed 15.74 hours of strong sunlight. At 0800 this morning the temperature had soared to 24.6C. The rainfall for the month was 22.2mm, the fifth driest since my records began in 1984. Over the month we lost 107mm to evaporation.

Yesterday brought us the hottest day of the year with a maximum of 24.9C, the highest UV reading, not surprisingly it was in the very high category, and the highest indirect sunshine total of 13.8 hours. Strong sunshine totalled 7.77 hours.
This morning at 0800 it was the warmest start to the day since the end of July at 18.3C and rising steadily.

The light rain yesterday amounted to 0.5mm bringing the total for June to 22.2mm (40%). The overcast skies until late afternoon tempered the maximum temperature to 20.2C, although it means that the last six days have all been above the average for this month.

Throughout the day the thermometer rose to peak at 24.3C in the late afternoon. This was the warmest day since July 30th last year. Being close to the longest day it is not surprising that the UV peak was again in the ‘Very High’ category accompanied by 4.76 hours of strong sunshine.