Thursday saw the thermometer rise to a maximum of 22.4C, the warmest day for a fortnight at 16.18 and 1.5C above the average.
The south to south south west breeze was moderate, the day was dry and the UV level recovered to 6.4 being rated as ‘high’.
Overnight the minimum of 10.7C was exactly same as on the previous night being 0.8C below average. However, the difference between the two following mornings was that during the early hours of Friday fog formed limiting visibility to 150m at dawn. During the next couple of hours the visibility varied as the fog bank moved around and variable cloud gave very hazy sunshine.
The August rainfall total still stands at 78.7mm (119% of the average) with evaporation of 2 to 3mm per day now totalling 54mm.
Update on Friday at 18.50: Continental air has arrived with the thermometer rising steadily all day to a maximum of 26.0C at 16.26. This made it the hottest day this month, the hottest day since 25th July being 5.1C above the August average. The solar strength was not particularly high, the third lowest this month, due to very thin, high cloud moderating the sun’s strength.