The very warm air from the continent pushed the thermometer to a maximum of 27.9C just after 3pm, the hottest day for a month and 7C above the mean for August.
The equivalent rainfall for the moisture lost from evaporation from ground sources and plant life for August is 64mm, which is 24mm in excess of the rainfall, now 39mm.
Overnight the minimum was 14.1C but sunshine just after dawn raised this to 18.2C at 08.00.
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