The 10.64 hours of strong sunshine on monday was down over an hour from that recorded on sunday but the residual warmth in the ground meant that the thermometer steadily rose to a maximum of 27.8C at 15.41. This was the hottest day since 6th July and 7.1C above the long-term August average.
It was a very mild night as the thermometer did not drop below 14.2C. With sunshine shortly after dawn this had risen to 16.0C at 08.00 – a very warm start to the day.
The ground temperature at a depth of 5cm was 18.1C at 08.00, the warmest at this time of day this month and since 19th July.