With a little more sunshine, 3.2 hours, Wednesday was a little brighter and a little warmer than previous days with a maximum 20.7C at 16.47 thanks to late afternoon sunshine. This made it the warmest day for five days but still below average, just 0.1C.
With mainly clear skies a cold night followed allowing the thermometer to fall to a minimum of just 5.8C at 06.20, which was 5.7C below the 34-year August average.
Thursday arrived with thin high cloud and weak sunshine with the thermometer slowly rising to 8.8C at 08.00 making it the coldest morning at this time since 9th May.
The diurnal range over the past twenty-four hours was considerable at almost 16C.
Update at 15.00: wind still light but now coming from the northeast, which pegged back temperatures to a maximum of 18.7C at 12.35 after brief strong sunshine.
Update at 17.40: burst of late after sunshine lifts temperature again to maximum of 19.1C at 17.26, being 1.6C below average. Very light breeze, still from northeast. Another dry day.