Category: Commentary

Although the wind strength was much lower on Tuesday with a maximum gust of 14mph and the wind coming from the south east, a much warmer direction, the thermometer resolutely refused to rise above the June average. The maximum of 19.6C occurred early afternoon at 13.44 and was 0.5C below the 36-year June average.

It was another dry day with the UV at midday rising into the ‘Very High’ category briefly in the sunshine that amounted to 4.9 hours.

The second mildest night this month followed with the thermometer not falling below 11.1C that was registered at 03.45 Wednesday, which was 1.1C above average.

Wednesday dawned with complete cloud cover. A few spots of rain, not measurable, thus recorded as a trace, were observed at 07.45.

Monday returned to being a dry day again after the very brief rain showers on the two previous days. However, the wind having veered into the north east, and quite brisk in the morning, depressed the temperatures so that the thermometer only reached 17.9C, being 2.2C below the June average.

Cloud overnight limited the loss of warmth into the atmosphere, however, the minimum of 8.6C was still 1.4C below the June average. We have only experienced one night this month when the minimum was above average, namely the 3rd.

Tuesday saw complete cloud cover, but bright, with the wind very light having veered further now coming from the east.

The heavy showers on Sunday again averted dropping useful quantities over Marlborough, just two light showers amounting to 1.0mm.

The temperature recovered in the lighter winds from the north west to peak at 18.8C but sill 2.3C below average.

It was not quite such a cool night but the minimum of 5.8C was still significantly 4.2C below average.

Monday saw broken cloud and hazy sunshine that lifted the temperature to 11.7C at 08.00 but the wind has veered back not the north east, a cooler direction.

Throughout Saturday there were occasional light rain flecks in the air but not measurable. However, just before 17.00 a longer, light shower, amounting to 1.3mm, arrived making it the wettest day since 3rd May when 1.9mm was logged.

It was a cold day with the wind gusting to 22mph from the west that limited the warmth to around 12C for much of the day but started to ease upwards late afternoon to reach a maximum of 14.4C at 18.15. This coincided with the wind dropping out as the barometric pressure began to rise due to the deep depression in the southern North Sea easing away.

It was another very cool night with the thermometer falling steadily away to a minimum of 5.1C at 05.33, being 5C below average for June, interestingly exactly as on the previous night.

Sunday arrived with hazy sunshine but little wind and feeling much warmer than the two previous days, allowing the thermometer to rise to 10.3C at 08.00.

The north westerly wind was very gusty on Friday with a maximum of 25mph. The cool Arctic air and strong wind depressed the temperature, although a little higher than the Thursday peak, with 16.9C being 3.2C below average. These conditions brought by the intense depression meandering down the North Sea.

It was another dry day with the UV for much of the day rated ‘High’ but briefly before and after 13.00 rose to ‘Very High’.

The thermometer sank to 5.1C at 04.24 early Saturday morning as the wind dropped out. This was 5C below the 36-year average and the coldest night since 15th May. Shortly after the time the wind slowly began to rise again registering a peak gust of 20mph just before 08.00 and having backed furthering, now from the west.

Saturday saw strong sunshine after dawn but by 07.30 the first evidence of clouds began to drift across the sky heralding the advancing weather front. By 08.00 the thermometer had recovered a little to read 9.6C, making it the coldest start to the day at this time since 16th May.