The high pressure (1031.3mb) made itself felt on Friday with 15.45 hours of sunshine, the highest daily total this month, and also the highest daily solar energy.
Not surprisingly, the temperature by day recovered to rise 1.6C above average with a peak of 21.6C. But as occurred during the previous night, the clear skies meant a cool night with an identical minimum of 5.8C, which was 5.1C below the 34-year average.
Saturday dawned with broken cloud and strong sunshine that by 08.00, when records were taken, had raised the temperature to 14.5C with more continuous sunshine.
