Although we had 10.7 hours of sunshine on Thursday it was a cooler day than Wednesday with a maximum of 18.8C, which was 1C above average. The brisk wind, then veered into the Northeast, and reduced solar energy due to thin high cloud, moderated the temperature.
It was a dry day and UV level at the top end of ‘high’.
Initially overnight the thermometer fell away to a minimum of 6.7C at 03.25 but increasing cloud brought on the north east wind meant a recovery to 9.4C at 08.00 on Friday norming.
Thick cloud Friday morning meant the first day this week when we were not greeted by sunshine at dawn. A rain band passed over the area between 06.00 and 06.45 that produced a few drops of rain but insufficient to measure thus recorded as a ‘trace’.