Windrush Weather

Longest dry spell since April 2011

The wind on Sunday was not quite so strong that meant it was a warmer day with the thermometer rising to 21.9C being 1.8C above the average. However, the breeze from the north east persisted, as it has done for the past two weeks.

We now have experienced 21 consecutive dry days being the longest dry spell since April 2011 that had 22 consecutive dry days. Much moisture has been lost to the atmosphere through evaporation from ground sources and plant life over the past three weeks, however, the equivalent loss of rainfall continues at a slightly slower rate than occurred at the end of last month but still in excess of 3mm per day.

It has been a cool night with the thermometer sinking to 7.1mm, which was 3.0C below the average.

After the sunny start to Sunday the cloud rolled back overnight that revealed complete cloud cover to start Monday.