The stream of warm and moist air from around the Azores region and Northwest Africa continued on Thursday that saw the thermometer rise to 14.3C being 4.2C above the 38-year average. The exceptional weather meant that this peak temperature fell very little during the nighttime, dropping just 0.4C to a low of 13.9C. The minimum was an exceptional 10.2C above the long-term average and also even more exceptionally 3.8C above the long-term average maximum.
It was another dry day, just, as there was moisture in the air from the low, thick cloud during the morning but not measurable.
Friday saw a temperature of 14.1C at 08.00. The south-southwest air stream continues on Friday pushed on between the high pressure over the continent rotating clockwise and two low pressure systems over the Atlantic rotating anticlockwise, as they do. The barometric pressure at 08.00 was 1024.6mb, the highest pressure since 18th October, and still rising.