Monday brought relief from the many hours of rain on Sunday being a dry day. However, the cool westerly wind, brisk at times, pegged back the temperatures.
The thermometer slowly rose to a maximum of 18.6C at 14.54 but with little sun, just 1.7 hours, it was the fourth consecutive below average day (-2.1C).
In the brief sunny intervals the UV level just rose into the High category.
Overnight cloud meant a mild night, the warmest for five days, with a minimum of 13.3C, being almost 2C above average.
Tuesday arrived with overcast skies with no sun to brighten the day although the cool westerly wind has dropped out with little movement of air.
The total rainfall for August is now 60.9mm and evaporation in excess of this with the equivalent loss of rainfall equal to 72mm.
Update at 18.00: late sunshine lifts temperature to a maximum of 20.3C at 17.02, making this the sixth consecutive day with below average temperature (-0.4C). A dry day with light winds, maximum gust of 11mph.