Thursday was another very sunny and dry day that saw the equivalent loss of 4mm of rainfall through evaporation from ground sources and plant life. The equivalent loss of rainfall this month now amounts to 75.3mm when the rainfall has been 52.7mm.
The northeasterly wind persisted, and was a little stronger with a maximum gust of 20mph, that limited the temperature rise to 19.4C, but this was still 2.3C above the average.
The overnight minimum of 6.8C was exactly average with that occurring at 05.12 early Friday.
Friday arrived with strong sunshine after sunrise with the wind veering a few degrees to come from the east-northeast.
The high pressure has been intensifying over the past two days with a pressure reading of 1032.3mb at 08.00 and continuing to rise. This is the highest barometric pressure since 2nd March.