After the very wet day on Tuesday the cloud associated wth the low-pressure system slowly moved away in the morning to provide 1.82 hours of strong sunshine that raised the thermometer to a maximum of 20.8C late in the afternoon, which was 1.5C below the July average. The UV level recovered with a reading of 8.8 being was towards the top end of ‘Very High”.
The winds from a northerly direction had abated a little with a maximum gust of 16mph.
It was a mild night with a minimum 2C above the average for July, a minimum of 13.6C occurred at 06.18. There was a brief shower, amounting to 0.1mm, in the early morning.
The butterflies on the three sliders over the last couple of weeks have been in sympathy with the Marlborough in Bloom theme of butterflies with today, 13th July, being the judging day.