Monday saw the thermometer soar to 30.3C making it the hottest day since 21st June 2017 and 8C above the 34-year average.
The total hours of strong sunshine was the highest for a week with 11.25 hours.
There followed a much cooler night with a minimum of 12.3C, just above average.
By 08.00 on Tuesday the thermometer had already risen to 19.5C under the effect of one hour of intermittent strong sunshine.
The Meteorological Office class a day as dry if any precipitation is less than 1mm. Since 30th May we have had 49 dry days out of the 54 period.
June rainfall of 5.3mm BUT evaporation equivalent to 110mm of rainfall
July rainfall of 4.9mm BUT evaporation equivalent to 95mm of rainfall
Update at 17.20: maximum lower today at 27.7C, being 2.6C down on Monday’s peak due to variable cloud and reduced hours of strong sunshine. However, the peak today was still 5.4C above the 34-year July average.