The breakdown in the heatwave arrived on Sunday. The morning was noticeable for the variable cloud cover as shower activity drifted in from the south with occasional light rain, especially just before midday but only amounting to 0.8mm. The thermometer rose to a maximum of 25.2C in the afternoon sunshine being 6.3C above average and the lower maximum since the 2nd.
The past night was very mild with the thermometer not dropping below 17.0C this was the warmest night since 11th August (17.2C) being 7.9C above the average.
Monday revealed a cloudy start to the day with occasional bright intervals.