Sunday was not as hot as Saturday with a peak of 25.1C, however, this was still 4.9C above the 39-year average. The wind had veered into he northwest, a direction not seen for a month and was very light with a maximum gust of just 10mph, also the lowest for a month.
A modest shower, lasting for just over half an hour, fell early evening at 19.00. The centre of the intense storm was just to the east and travelled northwestwards towards Swindon in a long line of shower cells. Thunder was heard for over half an hour in the distance. More rain fell after midnight, 01.00, and a heavier burst at 02.15 falling at the rate f 25mm/hour. The rainfall total for the day and night was 5.5mm.
Monday began with misty conditions after the rainfall but by 08.00 the sun was beginning to burst through the cloud cover and had lifted the temperature to 17.4C at 08.00 after a minimum of 15.3C at 05.11, which was 5.2C above the average. The wind today is forecast to come principally from the southeast.