The maximum of 27.9C on Friday was 5.0C above the 39-year average and the hottest day since 25th June. The warmth lingered overnight under mainly cloudy skies so that the thermometer did not drop below 16.6C. recorded at 05.30 Saturday. This low was 4.7C above the average and the warmest night since August 24th 2022 (17.6C).
The wind mainly from the southeast was lighter than of late with a maximum gust of 17mph. It was a dry day with the UV level again peaking into the Very High category.
The thermometer had risen again by 08.00 with a reading of 20.7C at 08.00.
Saturday dawned with sunshine although by 07.00 variable cloud was beginning to obscure the sun from time to time ahead of the next weather front. A cold weather front is moving up from the south and likely to bring rain later in the morning. An area of intense rain is to the south and its track is indicating that it might hit the Marlborough area. However, it could slide to the east of Marlborough as I have seen it do on many occasions. I don’t know whether the hills affect a storm trajectory but I have observed on occasions, using the rain radar, a storm cloud thins and parts as it approaches from the south and west. Weather fronts bringing rain associated with depressions just roll across the area.