Friday saw the thermometer soar again reaching a maximum of 28.6C, being almost 8C above the 34-year average, late afternoon at 16.05.
Due to variable cloud, the sunshine was much reduced over previous days with a total of 7.9 hours but during those sunny periods the UV level edged higher again at 8.3, which was Very High.
There followed a very warm night when the thermometer did not fall below 16.0C. This was the warmest night since 19th July 2017 that registered a minimum of 16.7C. However, the warmest night on record was set on 20th June 2016 with a minimum of 20.4C.
Saturday initially arrived with some sunshine but was soon obliterated by a low cloud bank. Just before 08.00 the cloud began to break and the sun to become stronger. At dawn there was fog in the Og valley that very quickly dispersed.
Update at 16.04: temperature stable at around 26.6C for most of afternoon, currently peaking at 26.8C.
Update at 17.00: maximum temperature of 26.9C at 16.32, which was almost 2C down on Friday’s maximimum but still 6C above the August average.
Note: Over the past week or so the wind has completely dropped out for long periods during the early hours of the morning. On several of those occasions I have discovered that my highest anemometer (4 metres above ridge height) has been tied up by spider’s gossamer threads that stopped it from rotating. Fortunately, some time ago I obtained a 7 metre fibre glass pole that just reaches the anemometer, to remove the offending gossamer threads, by standing very carefully on a nearby bank.