Thursday saw the temperatures lower again, by day and night. The maximum reached was 14.7C, still 0.7C above the average but almost a 10C drop from the peak earlier in the week.
It was a dry day with the UV level rising to 5.2, which was classed as ‘high’. it was also the windiest day since the 15th with a peak gust of 26mph.
A cool night was to follow with the thermometer falling to 4.2C at 03.17 in the early hours of Friday.
Friday saw mist draping the Marlborough Downs and Savernake Forest limiting the visibility to 1,000m initially. However, by 08.00 the sun was doing its best to break though lifting the mist and temperature to 8.3C.
Update on Friday at 18.50: another cool and breezy day with the maximum of 14.8C occurring early in the day at 11.48 being 0.8C above average. The wind strength rose to a peak of 23mph as a rain squall passed through at 12.17 with a heavy shower mid-afternoon.