Sun and lots of it yesterday!

What a difference a day makes! After so many days with heavy showers it was great to enjoy 8.76 hours of strong sunshine on Tuesday. This was the third highest sunshine total for this month.

As a consequence of the strong sunshine the thermometer rose to a maximum of 24.9C just after 4pm, but the reduction in cloud and consequent continuos sunshine into the late afternoon meant that the peak of 25.8C was reached later than usual at 17.44.

The thermometer fell away to a minimum of 13.1C at 03.02 this morning making it a very warm night. At this time the cloud from the approaching weather front meant the temperature started to rise so that at 08.00 the reading was 15.7C.

The precipitation from this weather front was initially marked by low cloud and drizzle with steady rain beginning to fall just after 7am.

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