Saturday brought sporadic light showers throughout the day with 1.4mm and thunder (10.58) between 1045 and 11.10.
In between the showers we enjoyed 6.34 hours of sunshine with the broken cloud limiting UV to the High category as against Very High on many previous days.
The thermometer peaked at 20.3C, which was the first day this month with a below average maximum temperature (-2C) being 8C down on Friday and 10C down on Thursday.
As the barometric pressure fell the wind began to rise with a very strong gust of wind, reaching 35mph at 15.54, being the strongest gust since 1st March.
A heavy shower passed over mid-evening with bursts just after 1am and started in earnest after 02.45 as the weather front arrived. The rainfall over the past twenty-four hours amounted to 11.5mm, the wettest day since 24th May. This brings the July total to 17.4mm when the 34-year average is 60.9mm. Fortunately we escaped the horrendous downpours experienced at various areas of the country.
The minimum temperature overnight was 13.9C, a mild night, being 2C above the average.
Sunday arrived with the rain band slowly crossing the area and wind gusting to 20mph.
Update at 18.30: only 19.1C reached today being 3.1C below average, only second this month, with more rain and strong winds. This was the first day in July without any sunshine.