Monday saw the temperatures began to recover after the rain of previous days. The thermometer peaked at 27.8C being 7.5C above the 39-year average.
No rain fell in the past twenty-four hours, the storms were to the north of our area. The UV level just edged into the ‘Very High’ category.
The past night was mild with a low of 11.7C, being .6C above he average.
As the land begins to dry out after the rainfall the rate of evaporation has begun to climb again. The equivalent loss of rainfall through evaporation from ground sources and plant life now totals 43mm for June against the rainfall of 14.8mm.
Tuesday saw the sun begin to shine strongly shortly after it rose above the horizon lifting the thermometer to 19.5C at 08.00. The wind has veered into the northeast again, but light.
Update at 17.30. Although a maximum of 28.6C was recorded today, Marlborough is not technically experiencing a heatwave. The heatwave threshold for Wiltshire is 27C and for a heatwave to be declared there must be three consecutive days when the threshold is exceeded. We have now had two consecutive days when the peak exceeded 27C, 27.8C on Monday and 28.6C on Tuesday but Sunday only reached 25.1C. If the maximum tomorrow is above 27C, we will be experiencing a meteorological heatwave.