The sunshine on Sunday helped lift the temperature but the cool northwesterly pegged back the rise to 19.7C, which was 2.9C below the average for August. The clear skies overnight allowed the temperature to fall away steadily to a minimum of 7.6C, which was 4.2C below the average. Further rain fell late afternoon adding another 1.1mm to the total, now standing at 30.2mm, almost half the monthly average.
Monday had welcome sunshine to greet the day that lifted the temperature to 14.2C. The barometric pressure has been rising a little further to reach 1021.4mb at 08.00, the highest since the 19th July.