The breeze has been very light for the past few days and Thursday was no exception as a maximum gust of 10mph was recorded at head height. However, the breeze on Thursday was from the north or north-northwest being a much cooler air stream. Therefore, it was not surprising to find the maximum of 19.6C was well down on previous days and 1.5C below the 38-year average.
It was also a mostly cloudy day that brought very limited sunshine by the afternoon and the UV peak of 3.8, being in the Moderate category, was the lowest since 20th June.
Clearer skies overnight and the cooler air stream meant a very cool night with the thermometer dropping steadily away to a minimum 8.7C. This low was 3.0C below the average and the coldest night since the 6th August (5.8C).
Friday brought early morning sunshine that lifted the temperature to 12.8C by 08.00. The soil temperature at a depth of 5cm read 14.8C at that time being the coolest since 3rd July.