Windrush Weather

Author: Eric Gilbert

  • Fog early morning

    Following a warm and dry day with a maximum of 22.3C, fog formed overnight as the temperature dropped to a minimum of 7.7C. The fog, with a visibility of around 200 meters, cleared readily by 0810 as the strong sunshine got to work.

  • Little wind and warm sunshine

    Yesterday was notable in that the strongest gust of wind was just 9mph. Warm sunshine later in the afternoon made for a pleasant evening and this morning at 0800 the temperature was 16.3C, the second warmest this month, with virtually no air movement.

  • Very cool day after wet morning

    There was welcome rainfall yesterday morning, but no great quantity, with a daily total of 4.6mm, which brings the figure for June to 19.8mm (35%). Due to the cloud and rain, the maximum temperature was just 16.7C when the mean for June is 19.7C. There was compensation in the afternoon as the sun appeared with the diminishing cloud cover to produce 3.36 hours of string sunshine.

  • Minimal rainfall overnight

    The very light rainfall during the early hours measured 1.4mm bringing the total for June to 15.2mm, which is 27% of the mean (56.2mm).

  • Minimal rainfall but high evaporation

    There have been 15 dry days this month, minimal rainfall totalling 13.8mm and evaporation of 68.6mm. These dry conditions, combined with the maxima for the last four days exceeding the mean for June, means that the gardens and lawns are getting very dry.