Second coldest night this month

Summer returned on Friday with 11.3 hours of sunshine and, for only the third day this month, an above average temperature with a maximum of 20.7C (+0.5C).

It was a dry day, only the sixth this month with the UV level of 8.5 rising into the ‘very high’ category.

With clear skies overnight, no cloud blanket, much warmth was radiated into the atmosphere giving the second coldest night this month with a minimum of 4.6C (-5.7C) at 04.58.

Saturday arrived with the sun shining strongly in a blue sky that lifted the temperature to 15.1C at 08.00 giving the promise of a summer’s day ahead, the result of the highest barometric pressure this month at 1021.0mb.

Update on Saturday at 17.05: summer returned with a maximum temperature of 22.2C at 15.37, which was exactly 2C above average. This was the third warmest day in June after 25.6C and 22.3C on the 1st and 2nd respectively. A dry day with the UV level again into the ‘very high’ level, but it is midsummer!

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