Yesterday was such a contrast to previous days. The damp overcast conditions prevailed all day, which reduced the maximum temperature to 18.9C, the lowest this month. The UV level dropped to moderate and there was no strong sunshine, which meant that the daily solar energy total was very much reduced, the lowest since 14th May.
Category: News
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Distinct change in weather
After days with many hours of sunshine and above average temperatures, yesterday brought 3.3mm of rainfall, the total for the month now 39.2mm (average is 60mm). The cloudy day meant that the UV level was at the lowest this month, still in the high category, and only a glimpse of strong sunshine just after dawn. The overcast night meant that the thermometer did not drop far from its peak of 19.8C to 15.3C just before dawn.
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Thursday was the quietest & sunniest day this month
Thursday brought 10.76 hours of strong sunshine, very high levels of UV with light breezes. However, the winds having veered into a cooler northwesterly direction meant that the maximum temperature was just below the average for July at 21.9C and dipped overnight to 8.9C.
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UV levels return to ‘Very High’
Yesterday the UV levels again reached the very high category accompanied by 4.77 hours of strong sunshine and brisk winds gusting to 25mph in the afternoon.
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Warm night and light rain early
Yesterday was the coolest day of the month so far with a maximum of 20.6C, a little below the average for July. There followed a warm night due to the cloud cover and southerly winds with a minimum of 12.7C. This morning there have been light showers with rainfall amounting to just 0.6mm.