Th temperatures on Saturday began to slide downwards under the cooler airstream with a maximum of only 19.1C, which was 3.5C below average and the second coolest day this month. The clear skies overnight saw the thermometer drop to a low of 7.4C. This minimum was a significant 4.4C below the 39-year average and the coldest night since 21st July (6.1C), a touch of early autumn perhaps?
Welcome sunshine was seen as soon as the sun rose above the horizon on Sunday that lifted the temperature to 12.6C by 08.00. The soil temperature at a depth of 5cm at 08.00 read 13.3C, the coolest since 3rd June, not good for the runner beans and dahlias. The wind is forecast to veer a few degrees into the westnorthwest as Sunday progress, an even cooler direction.