Monday saw the early effect of the hot air being brought to us on a south westerly air flow from North Africa as the thermometer steadily rose ta maximum of 25.6C at 16.05, which was 2.9C above average. The humidity was high all day, around 70%, making it feel very uncomfortable, when under such heat it is around 40%.
Another dry day with the UV level at the top end of the very high category.
Overnight the thermometer dipped away to a minimum of 12.8C at 04.38, being 1C above average.
Fog formed in the early hours with visibility at 05.00 restricted to 100m.
By 08.00 the thermometer had risen to 16.6C and the fog thinned, under the influence of continuous sunshine, with visibility improving to 500m. Not surprisingly, the humidity at 08.00 was very high at 98%, the highest since 2nd February.
Update on Tuesday at 16.20: thermometer maximum of exactly 32.0C at 17.35. This was 9.3C above average and the hottest day in 2019. My weather station is on the north east boundary of Marlborough so the peak temperature in town would have been a degree or two higher.